improv
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How I See the Entire Fretboard When Improvising
There’s no unwritten rule that says you have to use the entire fretboard when soloing, but if the music you…
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How to Make Guitar Scales More Manageable
If you look at the fretboard of a fairly well-worn guitar like the one in the picture, you’ll notice that…
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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 to Move Beyond Pentatonics without Theory Headaches
I remember this point in my guitar development well. I had gotten well-versed in various pentatonic scales and the blues…
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The Simplest Way to Solo Over Anything (Part 2)
In Part 1 we looked at how to use the major scale patterns to solo over pretty much any kind…
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The Simplest Way to Solo Over Anything (Part 1)
If you’re not one of those guitarists that simply has to learn everything there is to know about absolutely everything…
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The 2 Position Guitar Scale System: An Overview
In actual fact, the 2 Position Guitar Scale System was the first book I wrote on the subject of scales,…
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Soloing by Numbers: Improve Your Phrasing and Your Alternate Picking
I can’t remember where I saw this but it’s a great exercise for improving your phrasing, as well as getting…
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Make Music with the Modes: The Dorian Scale
A while ago we looked at how to make music with the Lydian scale in this lesson, so let’s continue…
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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…