How to Achieve Pentatonic Scale Fluency
A lot of musicians draw parallels between learning music and learning languages, and I would equate fluent improvisation skills to
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Ear Training for Guitar: Scales
Ear training, especially for guitar, is probably the least interesting thing to do on the instrument, though perhaps one of
12 More Quick and Easy Scale Patterns
A while ago we took advantage of the top three strings of the guitar in standard tuning to come up
What to Do When You’ve Learned Your Scale Patterns
A lot of players get to the point where they’ve learned their scale patterns, be they CAGED, 3NPS patterns, my
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How to Solo Using One Scale Pattern (Part 2)
In the second part of this tutorial, we look at minor, dominant and other useful scales using the method we
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How to Solo Using One Scale Pattern (Part 1)
This is something that a lot of players dismiss because they think they must learn 5 or 7 patterns for
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From Multiple Scales to Multiple Chords
A couple of days ago we looked at How to Easily Learn Multiple Scale Patterns in parallel using just three
Diatonic Arpeggios You Can Really Use (Part 3)
If you’ve been following this series, you can probably guess how we’re going to form eleventh arpeggios. If you haven’t,
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The 2 Golden Rules for Combining Scales with Chords
We’ve been talking a lot on the blog lately about improvisation methods and systems. The guitar is a double-edged sword
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How to Find Scale Patterns That Work For You
Nowadays, I play in fourths tuning (EADGCF) around 75% of the time because I love it, and the rest of
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