The Advancing Improviser: Zonal Improvisation on Guitar
Following on the from the lesson on Parallel Thinking, I thought it would be useful to take a deeper look […]
Holdsworthian Diatonic Chords
The way Allan Holdsworth thought about chords as being groups of (usually 4) notes from a scale blew my mind […]
The Advancing Improviser: Parallel Thinking
Parallel thinking is a great weapon to have in your improvisational arsenal, not least because it allows you to get […]
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 […]
The Improvisational Genius of Allan Holdsworth
I have a lot to thank my first guitar teacher for; in particular, the day he introduced me to the […]
The Problem with Shapes and Patterns on Guitar
It’s no secret that the guitar lends itself well to creating visual information such as chord shapes, scale boxes and […]
How to Crack Your Picking Code
If you’ve ever seen any of Troy Grady’s Cracking the Code videos, which dissect and reverse engineer (mainly) shred guitarists’ […]
Soloing Over Chord Changes: How to Start
Transitioning from blowing up and down pentatonic scales to purposely crafting your solos by taking the chord changes into account […]
Guitar Chords and Language Learning
Chords and Language LearningYou’ve probably heard the phrase, ‘learning music is like learning a language’, bandied around by musicians, and […]
Guitar Hacks: Learn Triads Faster
Triads are incredibly useful on guitar, not only for building chords and arpeggios, but for soloing too, and especially soloing […]