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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This is something that a lot of players dismiss because they think they must learn 5 or 7 patterns for each scale in all keys,…
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A student once asked me if there was a foolproof way not to get lost when soloing on guitar and as I didn’t really have…
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As you may have already gathered, any chord, arpeggio or scale can be written out as a sequence of intervals. This information is often lost…
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By far the quickest way to get stuck in a rut with your guitar playing is the memorization trap. What do I mean by this?…
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In Part 8, we look at the last of the upper chord extensions: the 13, and we’ll also be walking you through the process of…
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You might be feeling somewhat overwhelmed at this point, so it would be a good idea to take a breather and take stock of what…
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Nowadays, I play in fourths tuning (EADGCF) around 75% of the time because I love it, and the rest of the time I use standard…
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In Part 6, we look at the mysterious world of 11 and #11 chords and how to simplify the process of soloing over them. If…
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So far, we’ve looked at our core intervals, the 1, 3, and 7 (plus the b3 and b7), the 5 and the natural 6. Let’s…
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