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Intervallic Leaps Made Easy

As guitarists, we tend to play in a linear fashion by moving from one string to the next, and while […]

When Allan Holdsworth played chords, it could look downright bemusing and somewhat physically demanding; what’s more, how did he even […]

There are literally endless things you can do with pentatonic scales in music and especially on the guitar. We all […]

If you’re a long-time reader of this blog, you’ll know that I’m a huge Allan Holdsworth fan, and have studied […]

In this series, we’re taking a look at what I like to call, ‘fretboard motion’, which is ways of moving […]

In honor of the passing of one of my most influential guitar heroes, Allan Holdsworth, and perhaps one of the […]

Every once in a while, it’s good to look at things from a different perspective, especially if you’re stuck in […]

You’ve probably had the ‘pleasure’ of being in a guitar shop and hearing someone noodling in A minor or E […]

I first saw this on Allan Holdsworth’s REH DVD where he recommends learning scales using four notes per string instead […]

Altered tunings on guitar can provide a welcome distraction from standard tuning, if only to break free from patterns, shapes […]