How to Unlock Arpeggio Patterns Using Scales

This was a real eye-opener for me as I’d never been a fan of learning those ‘etude’ style arpeggio shapes, especially if they were based on the CAGED System. Back at Music College, and after learning all my scales in … Read more

Diatonic Arpeggios You Can Really Use (Part 3)

If you’ve been following this series, you can probably guess how we’re going to form eleventh arpeggios. If you haven’t, feel free to check out Part 1 and Part 2 as they’ll provide you with a solid foundation for incorporating

Diatonic Arpeggios You Can Really Use (Part 2)

In Part 1, we looked at a way to pull arpeggios out of scales by looking at the bigger picture first, then focusing on a smaller part of it. This way, we were able to extract all the diatonic … Read more

Diatonic Arpeggios You Can Really Use (Part 1)

Truth be told, I always found arpeggios very challenging to learn and ended up trying to force them into my playing. At Music College we were given all these patterns to learn that you’d spend hours on end practicing, but … Read more

Fretboard Motion: 3NPS + 4NPS Scales (Part 2)

In Part 1, we looked at dividing the fretboard up into string pairs in order play horizontally up and down the neck. In Part 2, we take the symmetry idea a little further by creating diagonal patterns across the string … Read more

How to Create Melodic Guitar Solos

Traditional methods of learning scales such as the CAGED System and the 3NPS System don’t really lead to melodic guitar solos. This is mainly due to the rote, drill-type way in which they’re learned—endlessly, and often mindlessly running up and … Read more

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