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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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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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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If you’ve been playing or studying modes for a while now, you might have overlooked the Phrygian mode in favor of the more usable minor…
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I recently had a request for some 3NPS diminished scale patterns of the half-whole and whole-half variety. If you’ve ever studied the 3NPS (3-note-per-string) patterns,…
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I’m a big fan of the hungarian minor scale because like most exotic scales, it steps outside the stable harmony of the major scale, but…
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I like to experiment with permutations of scales and intervals in order to come up with sequences that are unique to the guitar, and therefore…
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