The altered scale for guitar is a difficult concept to grasp for a lot of players. This is because you get told that it’s the…
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It’s been a while since we’ve looked at blues soloing, so I thought I’d add to the Blues Soloing Tricks series of posts with a…
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I’m a huge fan and student of jazz guitar, but I’m definitely not an expert. If you’ve ever tried to get into jazz guitar, you…
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If you’re comfortable soloing over major/minor and seventh chords, but things get a little shaky when you have to come up with something to play…
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The transition from pentatonic soloing to fusion or jazz improvisation can be a depressing time for guitarists as the good old pentatonic scale no longer…
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Soloing is one of the main attractions of the guitar, and something that we guitarists spend endless hours trying to perfect. So much so that…
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One of the main differences between rock and jazz soloing is that the one-scale-fits-all (usually pentatonics) method doesn’t really cut it in jazz playing due…
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When you start getting into playing over changes, whether in jazz or blues, it can seem like a daunting task to have all those scales…
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Making the transition from rock to jazz playing can sometimes be a bewildering experience. You suddenly feel like a fish out of water, but it’s…
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