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Easy Lydian Dominant Scale Flavors
The Lydian Dominant Scale, also known as the Lydian b7 scale, is the fourth mode of the melodic minor. But…
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How to Achieve Pentatonic Scale Fluency
A lot of musicians draw parallels between learning music and learning languages, and I would equate fluent improvisation skills to…
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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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A Simple Way to Think About Guitar Improvisation
You’ll find a ton of information on guitar improvisation on the internet, so much so that sifting through it all…
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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 3)
Let’s look at the major and dominant side of triad soloing. To get a major triad, all we need to…
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How to Make Triad Soloing Work (Part 2)
In Part 1, I mentioned that 4-note clusters are actually better for learning triad soloing than triads themselves. This is…
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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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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…