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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While the pentatonic scale is an incredibly useful tool for guitar players of the rock and blues variety, the standard method of learning the scale…
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This is a common problem among guitar players: they get very good at getting some great licks and runs from major and minor pentatonic scales,…
Leave a CommentI’m a huge fan of pentatonic scales, but not just the major and minor ones; there’s so much more you can do with pentatonics. After…
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I love outside playing, the more outrageous the better. I think it was Allan Holdsworth who called it, ‘playing all the rude notes’, and he…
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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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You’ve probably had the ‘pleasure’ of being in a guitar shop and hearing someone noodling in A minor or E minor pentatonic while trying out…
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