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Category: Scales

Easy Arabic Guitar Scales

arabic guitar scales

In this lesson, I’ll show you how to take a complex idea – infusing your playing with Arabic guitar scales – and

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March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 Graham Tippett
Arabic Scales, Exotic Scales, Pentatonics, Scales alternative pentatonics, Arabic scales, exotic scales, minor pentatonic, pentatonicsLeave a Comment on Easy Arabic Guitar Scales

Intervallic Leaps Made Easy

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As guitarists, we tend to play in a linear fashion by moving from one string to the next, and while there’s nothing

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August 16, 2020August 16, 2020 Graham Tippett
Horizontal Soloing, Intervals, Scales, Unorthodox Guitar intervals2 Comments on Intervallic Leaps Made Easy

Easy Lydian Dominant Scale Flavors

lydian dominant scale for guitar

The Lydian Dominant Scale, also known as the Lydian b7 scale, is the fourth mode of the melodic minor. But don’t worry

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August 3, 2020May 5, 2021 Graham Tippett
Exotic Scales, Improvisation, Jazz Blues, Lydian Mode, Melodic Minor, Scale Patterns, Scales improv, jazz-blues, lydian, melodic minor, modes, pentatonicsLeave a Comment on Easy Lydian Dominant Scale Flavors

How to Achieve Pentatonic Scale Fluency

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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

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July 25, 2020July 29, 2020 Graham Tippett
Horizontal Soloing, Improvisation, Melodic Soloing, Pentatonics, Scales, Soloing improv, melodic soloing, pentatonics, scales, soloingLeave a Comment on How to Achieve Pentatonic Scale Fluency

Ear Training for Guitar: Scales

how to hear guitar scales

Ear training, especially for guitar, is probably the least interesting thing to do on the instrument, though perhaps one of the most

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July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 Graham Tippett
3 Note Per String Scales, Ear Training, Exotic Scales, Scales ear training, scalesLeave a Comment on Ear Training for Guitar: Scales

My Alternative Pentatonics Concept

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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,

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May 31, 2020November 17, 2020 Graham Tippett
Exotic Scales, Improvisation, Intermediate Plateau, Intervals, Mental Stuff, Pentatonics, Scales, Soloing, Soloing Over Chord Changes advanced, alternative pentatonics, intermediate, intervals, pentatonics, phrasingLeave a Comment on My Alternative Pentatonics Concept

3NPS Diminished Scale Patterns – Why Not?

3nps diminished scale

I recently had a request for some 3NPS diminished scale patterns of the half-whole and whole-half variety. If you’ve ever studied the

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March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 Graham Tippett
3 Note Per String Scales, Diminished Scales, Exotic Scales, Scale Patterns, Scales 3NPS, diminished scalesLeave a Comment on 3NPS Diminished Scale Patterns – Why Not?

12 More Quick and Easy Scale Patterns

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A while ago we took advantage of the top three strings of the guitar in standard tuning to come up with twelve

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March 25, 2020June 11, 2020 Graham Tippett
Scale Patterns, Scales scalesLeave a Comment on 12 More Quick and Easy Scale Patterns

What to Do When You’ve Learned Your Scale Patterns

scale patterns

A lot of players get to the point where they’ve learned their scale patterns, be they CAGED, 3NPS patterns, my own Hacking

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January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 Graham Tippett
3 Note Per String Scales, CAGED System, Ruts, Scale Patterns, Scales improv, ruts, scalesLeave a Comment on What to Do When You’ve Learned Your Scale Patterns

How to Solo Using One Scale Pattern (Part 2)

guitar scales

In the second part of this tutorial, we look at minor, dominant and other useful scales using the method we outlined in

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January 3, 2020June 14, 2020 Graham Tippett
Improvisation, Melodic Soloing, Scale Patterns, Scales, Soloing, Soloing Over Chord Changes improv, scales, soloing3 Comments on How to Solo Using One Scale Pattern (Part 2)

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