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How Not to Get Lost When Improvising Over Little Wing

A common problem among guitarists is getting lost while improvising. There are many reasons for this, the most notorious one […]

Sometimes all it takes is a suggestion or a new perspective to jump-start your improvisation skills or give your solos […]

Here’s an interesting concept for you to try out. I remember playing around with it unintentionally when I first began […]

While the pentatonic scale is an incredibly useful tool for guitar players of the rock and blues variety, the standard […]

You’ll find a lot of stuff on the internet about breaking out of scale boxes; some players suggest learning the […]

We’ve been talking a lot on the blog lately about improvisation methods and systems. The guitar is a double-edged sword […]

You might be feeling somewhat overwhelmed at this point, so it would be a good idea to take a breather […]

In Part 8, we look at the last of the upper chord extensions: the 13, and we’ll also be walking […]

Nowadays, I play in fourths tuning (EADGCF) around 75% of the time because I love it, and the rest of […]

In Part 6, we look at the mysterious world of 11 and #11 chords and how to simplify the process […]