If you’ve been following this series (go to: Part 1 | Part 2), and practicing the material, you should now have more than enough patterns and concepts under your fingers to be able to get…
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In Part 1 we looked at four of the most common scales used in blues soloing and how to learn them in positions. We also focused on learning the individual sounds of these scales and…
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I recently got back into blues playing, so I thought I’d share this practice routine for getting the fundamental blues scales down and incorporated into your playing. Over the years, I’ve found that if I…
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The Minor Pentatonic Box 1 was probably one of the first things you learned when you started improvising on guitar, and it’s probably the most used shape/pattern in rock and blues improvisation. It feels like…
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If you’ve gotten tired of the minor/major pentatonic and blues scales when soloing over a blues, you may be wondering if there are any other scale options. The good news is that there are a…
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If you find you’re running out of ideas when soloing over a blues, then you absolutely must learn blues scales in open positions. When you think about open position scales in the blues, you probably…
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I think every guitarist should learn to play the blues at some point on their musical journey. It has so much to offer in terms of expression, feel, improvisation, plus an immensely rich back catalog…
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I don’t know about you, but I cringe when I hear a guitar player (usually in a guitar shop) scraping the A minor pentatonic barrel for all it’s worth by running up and down the…
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One of the things that set great improvisers apart from mediocre ones is their phrasing. Think of phrasing as your ability to communicate your musical ideas on guitar in clear, concise way rather than simply…
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There’s a daunting amount of stuff to learn on guitar and it can sometimes be difficult to know where to start, or what will be most beneficial to your playing and progress. My recommendation is…
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