ruts
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Are You Actually Improvising? Take This Quick Test
Here’s a question that sounds like a trick and isn’t. When you take a solo, are you choosing the notes…
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The Advancing Guitarist by Mick Goodrick: What’s Actually In It, and How to Use It
There’s a specific thing that happens with this book. Someone mentions it in a thread about improvisation. Three people reply…
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How to Connect Guitar Scale Positions (Without Learning More Patterns)
Every guide on connecting guitar scale positions tells you the same thing: learn all five boxes, then practise moving between…
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How to Actually Get Better at Guitar When You Only Have 15–20 Minutes a Day
Most advice for busy adult guitarists is the same three tips repeated with different words: practice in the morning, set…
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25 Guitar Hacks That Will Change the Way You Play
Most “guitar hacks” articles are about gear maintenance — pencil graphite in the nut slots, toothpicks in screw holes, that…
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Extended Pentatonic Scales – No More Boxes
It’s common for guitarists to get stuck in pentatonic scale boxes every now and again, and while you can sound…
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Why You’re Still Struggling to Learn the Modes
There comes a time in every guitarist’s life when they feel the need to *drum roll* learn the modes. While…
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How to Spice Up the Major Pentatonic Scale
There’s something about the major pentatonic scale that seems very dry to me, which can be a good thing because…
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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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Dorian Mode Soloing Ideas
We all get stuck in scale ruts every now and again, especially where the modes are concerned. There’s a lot…