Chord tone soloing is one of those things that either eludes guitarists, or they shy away from it in favor of the one-scale-fits-all approach. While you can get by without necessarily learning chord tone soloing,…
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A lot of musicians draw parallels between learning music and learning languages, and I would equate fluent improvisation skills to fluency skills in another language that isn’t your mother tongue. What I mean by pentatonic…
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You’ll find a ton of information on guitar improvisation on the internet, so much so that sifting through it all would probably take you several lifetimes. There are many ways to approach guitar improvisation and…
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What we need to do now is approach our arpeggios, scales and modes through formulas instead of any kind of time-consuming patterns or shapes. The four-note clusters we’ve learned are the basis of many of…
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Let’s look at the major and dominant side of triad soloing. To get a major triad, all we need to is raise the b3 to a 3. Again, if you want to learn the other…
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This series of lessons is both a continuation of the How to (Finally) Learn Your Fretboard series, as well as an in-depth look at triad soloing. Before you run for the hills in fear of…
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In the second part of this tutorial, we look at minor, dominant and other useful scales using the method we outlined in Part 1. Give it a quick read to make sure you’re up to…
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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 a magic bullet answer, I thought I’d get into it…
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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? If you peruse any of the well-know guitar forums, you’ll…
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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 we’ve learned so far about soloing over chord changes. 3…
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