Guitar Lessons & Articles
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TV Practicing for Rhythm and Speed
In the beginning, I struggled a lot with rhythm guitar, and for an unusually long time, no matter how much…
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Outside Playing: Twisted CAGED Soloing
I’m not a huge fan of the CAGED System, but I am grateful to its existence because it forced me…
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How to Come Up with Funk Chords on the Fly
My first guitar teacher was and still is a great funk player. I’d go see him play at the local…
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Outside Playing: How Not to Get Lost
I love outside playing, the more outrageous the better. I think it was Allan Holdsworth who called it, ‘playing all…
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Scalloping a Fretboard: My First Attempt
Scalloped fretboards are reputed to be well-suited to bending, vibrato and speed, and especially players with a light touch, the…
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The Simplest Way to Solo Over Anything (Part 2)
In Part 1 we looked at how to use the major scale patterns to solo over pretty much any kind…