As guitarists, we tend to play in a linear fashion by moving from one string to the next, and while there’s nothing wrong with that, it can’t get somewhat limiting in sonic terms. To break…
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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 those early days of discovering the intoxicating possibilities of the…
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If you’re a fan of fusion improvisation, Wayne Krantz is essential listening, especially live and in the 55 Bar in New York. Wayne is one of a handful of players who are unapologetically themselves, have…
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If you’re still with me, we’ll dedicate this part to summarizing and consolidating what we’ve learned so far into a usable system that you can implement on the fretboard, rather than worrying about making immense…
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In Part 7 of our series on how to learn the fretboard, we turn our attention to major chords and scales on our journey to learning the fretboard, which for me means becoming self-sufficient by…
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Let’s continue our analysis by looking at more complex chords and their corresponding intervals. Minor 7 chords contain the intervals 1, ♭3, 5, ♭7 as you can see below. Let’s take a look at our…
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You’ve reached the turning point! If you’ve been practicing the material in the previous parts, and depending on how long you’ve been playing, you’ll most likely have to fight with yourself NOT to revert to…
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Read Part 3 here. The Perfect 4thThe perfect 4th is the ‘Smoke on the Water’ interval, where it’s used to great effect. In a scale, it’s usually an interval you won’t want to spend a…
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Check out Part 2 here. 3 and 7 Combinations IIWe need to be fluent in recognizing intervals going in all directions on the guitar. Take a look at our 3 and 7 interval combinations again,…
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Check out Part 1 here. In practice, we use a combination of note names and intervals to navigate the fretboard. Note names are our GPS: they get us to the right place on the fretboard,…
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