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 fairly common for intermediate players to get stuck in a pentatonic rut. The problem is usually not the pentatonic scale itself… I mean, just…
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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…
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There are literally endless things you can do with pentatonic scales in music and especially on the guitar. We all love them, so why not…
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This is a great one to easily generate a Lydian sound over a major 7 chord by using none other than a guitarist’s best friend:…
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I often get students who like the idea or the sound of modes but are put off by the theory, and as modes are a…
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You’ve probably heard this one a few times… or perhaps even said it yourself. Beginner guitarists, if they can get past those first few months…
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The 5 pentatonic shapes are a staple of learning rock or blues guitar, though truth be told most guitarists generally use 3 of them at…
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Pentatonics Pro is a side project I’ve been working on for a while now which involved mapping out the 330 possible pentatonic scales into a…
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There’s no doubt about it, Eric Clapton is possibly one of the most influential guitarists of all time and while he tends to get overlooked…
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