Ruts
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How to Connect Guitar Scale Positions (Without Learning More Patterns)
Every guide on connecting guitar scale positions tells you the same thing: learn all five boxes, then practise moving between…
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How to Spice Up the Major Pentatonic Scale
There’s something about the major pentatonic scale that seems very dry to me, which can be a good thing because…
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Stuck in a Pentatonic Rut? Try This!
It’s fairly common for intermediate players to get stuck in a pentatonic rut. The problem is usually not the pentatonic…
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Dorian Mode Soloing Ideas
We all get stuck in scale ruts every now and again, especially where the modes are concerned. There’s a lot…
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How I Use Wayne Krantz’ Improviser’s OS Book
If you’re a fan of fusion improvisation, Wayne Krantz is essential listening, especially live and in the 55 Bar in…
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How to Make Triad Soloing Work (Part 1)
This series of lessons is both a continuation of the How to (Finally) Learn Your Fretboard series, as well as…
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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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When NOT Breaking Out of the Box is a Good Thing
You’ve probably seen a ton of stuff on the internet, and particularly on YouTube, about ‘breaking out of the box’,…
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The Reason Intermediate Guitarists Don’t Progress
This leads on from what I was talking about in a previous article but it applies more specifically to intermediate…
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How to Approach Scales in Your First Few Years of Playing
If you’re serious about learning guitar, beyond having the technical ability to play your favorite songs, then at some stage…