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I can’t remember where I saw this but it’s a great exercise for improving your phrasing, as well as getting […]

Make Music with the Modes: The Dorian Scale

A while ago we looked at how to make music with the Lydian scale in this lesson, so let’s continue […]

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

If you were to learn how to improvise without using scales, how would you go about it? This the was […]

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

Getting your head around intervals is a great way to start to take melodic control of your solos i.e. choosing […]

I think every guitarist should learn to play the blues at some point on their musical journey. It has so […]

Soloing is one of the main attractions of the guitar, and something that we guitarists spend endless hours trying to […]

The top three strings of the guitar in standard tuning (GBE) present a unique set of interval locations that is […]

Once in a while you see a guitarist perform, not necessarily a well-known one, and the consensus is that the […]