improvisation
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What Scales Did Allan Holdsworth Actually Use? (The Truth About His “Outside” Sound)
Ask the internet what scales Allan Holdsworth used and you’ll get three kinds of useless answer. The first is “everything”…
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The Melodic Minor Scale — How John Scofield Uses It
The melodic minor scale has a reputation as advanced material. It shows up in jazz theory books after you’ve covered…
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The Only Modes You Actually Need to Know
Every guitarist reaches the modes eventually. Usually it goes something like this: you’re getting comfortable with the pentatonic scale, someone…
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How to Make Triad Soloing Work (Part 4)
What you need to do now is approach your arpeggios, scales and modes through formulas instead of any kind of…
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The Simplest Way to Solo Over Anything (Part 3)
If you haven’t already, check out Part 1 and Part 2 of this series of posts as they relate to…