Creativity
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Pentatonic Scale Alternatives on Guitar — New Sounds Without New Complexity
The minor pentatonic scale is one of the great gifts in music. Five notes, infinite phrasing possibilities, works over more…
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10 Game-Changing Soloing Tips for Guitarists
Sometimes all it takes is a suggestion or a new perspective to jump-start your improvisation skills or give your solos…
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5 Radical Ways to Challenge Yourself on Guitar
As guitarists, we tend to get comfortable with our playing at a certain level and not venture out of our…
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How to Own the Fretboard When Improvising
One of the great things about the guitar is the myriad of ways to play the same thing in various…
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Get Into the Hungarian Minor Scale
I’m a big fan of the hungarian minor scale because like most exotic scales, it steps outside the stable harmony…
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How to Come Up With Original-Sounding Stuff on Guitar
I like to experiment with permutations of scales and intervals in order to come up with sequences that are unique…
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How to Get the Most Out of Alternate Tunings
One of the great things about the guitar is the possibility of experimenting with alternate tunings, and what with the…
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Amazing Grace Notes: What They Are and How to Play Them
If your playing seems a bit uninspired as of late, try sprinkling some grace notes into the mix. Grace notes…
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Guitarists and the Improvisational Mindset
Soloing is one of the main attractions of the guitar, and something that we guitarists spend endless hours trying to…
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5 Altered Tunings You Should Definitely Check Out
Altered tunings on guitar can provide a welcome distraction from standard tuning, if only to break free from patterns, shapes…