When Allan Holdsworth played chords, it could look downright bemusing and somewhat physically demanding; what’s more, how did he even come up with that stuff…
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There’s something about the major pentatonic scale that seems very dry to me, which can be a good thing because it lends itself well to…
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The Lydian Dominant Scale, also known as the Lydian b7 scale, is the fourth mode of the melodic minor. But don’t worry about that for…
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A lot of musicians draw parallels between learning music and learning languages, and I would equate fluent improvisation skills to fluency skills in another language…
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The altered scale for guitar is a difficult concept to grasp for a lot of players. This is because you get told that it’s the…
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Ear training, especially for guitar, is probably the least interesting thing to do on the instrument, though perhaps one of the most important skills to…
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It’s fairly common for intermediate players to get stuck in a pentatonic rut. The problem is usually not the pentatonic scale itself… I mean, just…
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You’ll find a ton of information on guitar improvisation on the internet, so much so that sifting through it all would probably take you several…
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We all get stuck in scale ruts every now and again, especially where the modes are concerned. There’s a lot more music to be made…
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I have a fascination for the number 5 and everything that’s associated with it. In guitar terms this translates to pentatonic scales, running right from…
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