The Lydian Dominant Scale, also known as the Lydian b7 scale, is the fourth mode of the melodic minor. But don’t worry about that for…
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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 in another language…
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It’s fairly common for intermediate players to get stuck in a pentatonic rut. The problem is usually not the pentatonic scale itself… I mean, just…
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You’ll find a ton of information on guitar improvisation on the internet, so much so that sifting through it all would probably take you several…
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If you’re a fan of fusion improvisation, Wayne Krantz is essential listening, especially live and in the 55 Bar in New York. Wayne is one…
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Let’s look at the major and dominant side of triad soloing. To get a major triad, all we need to is raise the b3 to…
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In Part 1, I mentioned that 4-note clusters are actually better for learning triad soloing than triads themselves. This is because 4-note clusters are the…
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This series of lessons is both a continuation of the How to (Finally) Learn Your Fretboard series, as well as an in-depth look at triad…
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A lot of players get to the point where they’ve learned their scale patterns, be they CAGED, 3NPS patterns, my own Hacking the CAGED System…
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In the second part of this tutorial, we look at minor, dominant and other useful scales using the method we outlined in Part 1. Give…
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