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How to Practice Improvisation on Guitar

You may think learning scales, arpeggios, licks and whatnot will make you a great improviser and don’t get me wrong–these things are

The Lydian Dominant Scale, also known as the Lydian b7 scale, is the fourth mode of the melodic minor. But don’t worry

A lot of musicians draw parallels between learning music and learning languages, and I would equate fluent improvisation skills to fluency skills

You’ll find a ton of information on guitar improvisation on the internet, so much so that sifting through it all would probably

I have a fascination for the number 5 and everything that’s associated with it. In guitar terms this translates to pentatonic scales,

If you’re a fan of fusion improvisation, Wayne Krantz is essential listening, especially live and in the 55 Bar in New York.

What we need to do now is approach our arpeggios, scales and modes through formulas instead of any kind of time-consuming patterns

Let’s look at the major and dominant side of triad soloing. To get a major triad, all we need to is raise

In Part 1, I mentioned that 4-note clusters are actually better for learning triad soloing than triads themselves. This is because 4-note

This series of lessons is both a continuation of the How to (Finally) Learn Your Fretboard series, as well as an in-depth