A student once asked me if there was a foolproof way not to get lost when soloing on guitar and as I didn’t really have…
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By far the quickest way to get stuck in a rut with your guitar playing is the memorization trap. What do I mean by this?…
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You might be feeling somewhat overwhelmed at this point, so it would be a good idea to take a breather and take stock of what…
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It’s no secret that your average saxophone player is light-years ahead of your average guitarist when it comes to improvisation; this is mainly because your…
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This lesson follows on from the approach we looked at in Blues Soloing Tricks: How to Blend Major and Minor Sounds, so be sure to…
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The blues note is of course the b5, and if you’ve been following this series of blog posts, you’ll find it just after the 4,…
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Transitioning from blowing up and down pentatonic scales to purposely crafting your solos by taking the chord changes into account can be frustrating for guitarists.…
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I can’t remember where I saw this but it’s a great exercise for improving your phrasing, as well as getting out of scale ruts and…
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I’ve never really been into learning other people’s guitar solos note-for-note, so you won’t find a whole lot of those type of articles on this…
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If you were to learn how to improvise without using scales, how would you go about it? This the was the question I set out…
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