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The Rootless Lydian Pentatonic Scale (Easy)

This is a great one to easily generate a Lydian sound over a major 7 chord by using none other […]

This is something that a lot of players dismiss because they think they must learn 5 or 7 patterns for […]

This is an excerpt from 25 Guitar Scale Hacks, check out the full eBook here. If you’re getting into blues […]

This was a real eye-opener for me as I’d never been a fan of learning those ‘etude’ style arpeggio shapes, […]

As guitarists, we tend to get comfortable with our playing at a certain level and not venture out of our […]

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

Triads are incredibly useful on guitar, not only for building chords and arpeggios, but for soloing too, and especially soloing […]

Music theory is still somewhat of a mystery for a lot of guitarists, but most have that nagging feeling that […]

It all started back in Music College in the early 2000s, at the ACM in Guildford (UK) to be precise, […]