Guitar Lessons & Articles
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The Improvisational Genius of Allan Holdsworth: His Approach to Soloing
I have a lot to thank my first guitar teacher for; in particular, the day he introduced me to the…
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The Problem with Shapes and Patterns on Guitar
It’s no secret that the guitar lends itself well to creating visual information such as chord shapes, scale boxes and…
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How to Crack Your Picking Code
If you’ve ever seen any of Troy Grady’s Cracking the Code videos, which dissect and reverse engineer (mainly) shred guitarists’…
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Soloing Over Chord Changes: How to Start
Transitioning from blowing up and down pentatonic scales to purposely crafting your solos by taking the chord changes into account…
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Guitar Chords and Language Learning
Chords and Language LearningYou’ve probably heard the phrase, ‘learning music is like learning a language’, bandied around by musicians, and…
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Guitar Hacks: Learn Triads Faster
Triads are incredibly useful on guitar, not only for building chords and arpeggios, but for soloing too, and especially soloing…