Scales
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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…
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My Alternative Pentatonics Concept
I have a fascination for the number 5 and everything that’s associated with it. In guitar terms this translates to…
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3NPS Diminished Scale Patterns – Why Not?
I recently had a request for some 3NPS diminished scale patterns of the half-whole and whole-half variety. If you’ve ever…
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12 More Quick and Easy Scale Patterns
A while ago I took advantage of the top three strings of the guitar in standard tuning to come up…
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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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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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An Alternative to the 5 Pentatonic Shapes
The 5 pentatonic shapes are a staple of learning rock or blues guitar, though truth be told most guitarists generally…
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Practicing Without Patterns
As you may have already gathered, any chord, arpeggio or scale can be written out as a sequence of intervals.…
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Did Allan Holdsworth Learn Scales Like This?
If you’re a long-time reader of this blog, you’ll know that I’m a huge Allan Holdsworth fan, and have studied…