You’ve probably seen a ton of stuff on the internet, and particularly on YouTube, about ‘breaking out of the box’, which basically means you’re stuck in a scale pattern and want to somehow break free of it to play more … Read more
This leads on from what I was talking about in a previous article but it applies more specifically to intermediate guitarists, or those that are stuck on the so-called intermediate plateau. I say so-called because the main problem you face … Read more
Very often guitarists complain of being stuck in scale patterns or boxes, they then go in search of some way to break out of them; however, I don’t believe that it’s necessary to ‘break out’ of a scale pattern to … Read more
If you’ve been playing for a while you’ve probably gotten your lead playing to the point where you can pretty much improvise without thinking too much. This is both good and bad as on the one hand your playing is … Read more
Almost all guitarists get stuck in a rut once every so often, and it can take a while to get past that point. The most common rut is the so-called, ‘intermediate plateau’, where guitarists who have become fairly competent on … Read more