Unorthodox Guitar
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Intervallic Leaps Made Easy
Guitarists tend to play in a linear fashion by moving from one string to the next, and while there’s nothing…
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Allan Holdsworth Chords – How to Find Them
When Allan Holdsworth played chords, it could look downright bemusing and somewhat physically demanding; what’s more, how did he even…
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Mixolydian Modal Pentatonics
There are literally endless things you can do with pentatonic scales in music and especially on the guitar. Everybody loves…
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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…
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Fretboard Motion: The Warp Zone (Part 3)
In this series, we’re taking a look at what I like to call, ‘fretboard motion’, which is ways of moving…
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The Holdsworthian Approach to Diminished Scales
In honor of the passing of one of my most influential guitar heroes, Allan Holdsworth, and perhaps one of the…
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Math and Melodic Guitar Soloing
Every once in a while, it’s good to look at things from a different perspective, especially if you’re stuck in…
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How NOT to Sound Like Everyone Else
You’ve probably had the ‘pleasure’ of being in a guitar shop and hearing someone noodling in A minor or E…
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An Introduction to the 4NPS Scale System
I first saw this on Allan Holdsworth’s REH DVD, where he recommends learning scales using four notes per string instead…
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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…