The Advancing Improviser: Parallel Thinking
Parallel thinking is a great weapon to have in your improvisational arsenal, not least because it allows you to get […]
The Holdsworthian Approach to Diminished Scales
In honor of the passing of one of my most influential guitar heroes, Allan Holdsworth, and perhaps one of the […]
Soloing Over Chord Changes: How to Start
Transitioning from blowing up and down pentatonic scales to purposely crafting your solos by taking the chord changes into account […]
How I See the Entire Fretboard When Improvising
There’s no unwritten rule that says you have to use the entire fretboard when soloing, but if the music you […]
How to Make Guitar Scales More Manageable
If you look at the fretboard of a fairly well-worn guitar like the one in the picture, you’ll notice that […]
Math and Melodic Guitar Soloing
Every once in a while, it’s good to look at things from a different perspective, especially if you’re stuck in […]
How to Move Beyond Pentatonics without Theory Headaches
I remember this point in my guitar development well. I had gotten well-versed in various pentatonic scales and the blues […]
The Simplest Way to Solo Over Anything (Part 2)
In Part 1 we looked at how to use the major scale patterns to solo over pretty much any kind […]
The Simplest Way to Solo Over Anything (Part 1)
If you’re not one of those guitarists that simply has to learn everything there is to know about absolutely everything […]
The 2 Position Guitar Scale System: An Overview
In actual fact, the 2 Position Guitar Scale System was the first book I wrote on the subject of scales, […]