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| The Fundamentals of Phrasing, rating: 6.6 |
| To achieve success with phrasing ability, there's a mix of specific practice approaches that generally needs to be studied and eventually mastered. POSTED: 05/10/2013 - 07:29 am |
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| How to Play Better Guitar Solos That Grab the Interest of Your Listeners, rating: 7.9 |
| Learn a simple guitar soloing trick that will leave your audience speechless and force them to listen to you! POSTED: 04/22/2013 - 10:39 am |
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| Combining Mixolydian & Minor Pentatonic, rating: 10 |
| Jimmy Page and Eddie Van Halen constantly jam out classic blues-rock licks and riffs using a very cool process that combines the Mixolydian Mode and the Minor Pentatonic Scale. This unique blending process involves overlaying these two scales while also taking advantage of each of their unique melodic intervals. POSTED: 04/22/2013 - 07:55 am |
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| Slow-Blues Shuffle Guitar Licks, rating: 9.2 |
| In this video lesson I demonstrate four of my favorite slow-blues style guitar licks. The examples cover everything from phrasing techniques to turnaround ideas. Enjoy! POSTED: 03/15/2013 - 09:02 am |
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| Intervallic Licks And Riffs, rating: 6.8 |
| Performing stacked intervals such as repeating 4th's or 5th's can create some very cool melodies. The idea can also be expanded upon by inverting intervals, or by combining different intervals. POSTED: 03/06/2013 - 09:07 am |
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| Arpeggio Design Function, rating: 9.8 |
| Proper study of arpeggio design and function relies on both finding a balance between good technical practice and upon knowing several options for how arpeggios can be applied. POSTED: 02/28/2013 - 07:45 am |
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| How To Improve Your Rock Guitar Solos And Improvisations, rating: 9.6 |
| Would you like to be able to improvise highly expressive rock guitar solos any time you pick up your guitar? POSTED: 02/11/2013 - 10:11 am |
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| Achieving That Scott Henderson Style, rating: 6.9 |
| Apply melodic minor and symmetrical scales to acquire a Scott Henderson style of soloing. POSTED: 01/22/2013 - 08:27 am |
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| Stuck In One Pentatonic Shape: Here Is A Solution, rating: 4.3 |
| This lesson will teach you the secret to soloing all over the fretboard, without hitting an unwanted note. I notice many guitarists when playing a solo they usually are constrained in one pentatonic scale, however just one scale can rid you of that problem. POSTED: 01/21/2013 - 09:08 am |
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| Useful Tips On How To Make A Good Guitar Solo, rating: 4.2 |
| Just like the title says! ;) Read it, you won't regret it! POSTED: 01/09/2013 - 08:13 am |
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| 5 Ways To Ruin Your Blues Guitar Solo, rating: 8.4 |
| Are you frustrated about your Blues solos? You see other players at the jam sessions and they seem to sound much better than you? Your solo sounds like it’s not "going anywhere"? POSTED: 12/27/2012 - 02:38 am |
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| Melodic Metal Solo, rating: 3.6 |
| Influenced by Malmsteen, Maiden, and Rhoads, this exciting metal solo will have you sounding pro in no time! POSTED: 11/20/2012 - 07:36 am |
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| Diminished Arpeggios Guitar Lesson, rating: 8.3 |
| Diminished arpeggios create a tense sound and make interesting patterns when played on your guitar. POSTED: 11/07/2012 - 08:12 am |
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| Repeat Pentatonic Licks Across The Fretboard, rating: 8.1 |
| A few ideas and patterns to add variety to your pentatonic solos. POSTED: 10/08/2012 - 09:18 am |
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| Theory Break Down Of The Half-Hole Step Diminished Scale, rating: 9.2 |
| This lesson is a break down of the "half-hole step" Diminished scale using music theory to determine some applications and new unique licks for this scale. POSTED: 09/27/2012 - 10:39 am |
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| The Half-Whole Diminished Scale. Pt 2, rating: 10 |
| In this lesson we're going to continue looking at the Half-Whole Diminished scale. We'll do that by taking the scale fingering we looked at in the first lesson, and then learning to play it using two different melodic patterns. POSTED: 09/19/2012 - 08:22 am |
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| Inverting Guitar Licks - Part 1, rating: 7.3 |
| In this guitar lesson we're going to take a look at the concept of inverting guitar licks. This is a very simple, but often overlooked, strategy that helps you to get a lot more mileage from all the licks that you learn. POSTED: 09/17/2012 - 08:30 am |
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| The Half-Whole Diminished Scale. Pt 1, rating: 9.1 |
| In this guitar lesson we take a look at the half-whole diminished scale. It's a very dark sounding scale, and is one of my favorites. I hope you like it too! POSTED: 09/10/2012 - 08:28 am |
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| Mixing Guitar Scales - Part 1, rating: 7 |
| This lesson introduces the concept of using multiple guitar scales over a single chord progression. POSTED: 09/07/2012 - 08:19 am |
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| Introduction To Guitar Phrasing, rating: 9 |
| Learning to phrase is an essential thing if you want to make music when you solo. In this article we'll take a look at the three key elements of phrasing. POSTED: 08/08/2012 - 10:04 am |
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| Improvising With Phrygian - A Simple Technique, rating: 2.9 |
| A simple, easy to use idea to implement the Phrygian mode when improvising in a major key. POSTED: 08/08/2012 - 08:48 am |
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| Improve Your Guitar Phrasing By Exploring Rhythm, rating: 8.9 |
| Rhythm is one of the most important elements of guitar phrasing. In this guitar lesson we'll explore how to change the rhythm of a lick to create new variations. POSTED: 08/03/2012 - 10:34 am |
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| Useful Exercises For Chicago Blues And Old School Rock, rating: 8.8 |
| If you still like to play solos of Hendrix, Clapton etc type, then these sorts of exercises are essential. POSTED: 07/30/2012 - 08:09 am |
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| Stop Playing The Same Guitar Solos Over And Over Again - Top Secrets Of Guitar Solo Creativity, rating: 9.2 |
| If you are like most guitar players, you want to be able to play interesting and creative guitar solos. POSTED: 07/27/2012 - 09:22 am |
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| Playing Guitar Licks With Different Subdivisions. Part 1, rating: 8.9 |
| I think we've all had the frustration of woodshedding a lick only for it to never appear in our soloing when we improvise. In this lesson we'll take a look at a way of practicing licks that can help with this problem. POSTED: 07/17/2012 - 09:20 am |
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| Pop Jazz Soloing, rating: 6.8 |
| Soloing over Pop Jazz harmony can be somewhat difficult at times due to this styles often complex jazzy chord changes. This lesson aims at helping players find choices for creating connected solos. POSTED: 05/31/2012 - 03:33 am |
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| Using Arpeggios, rating: 8.4 |
| Arpeggios are a very good way to start a solo. Try them out here. POSTED: 05/16/2012 - 02:36 am |
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| Tips To Build Soloing Skills, rating: 7.3 |
| A short article on practice skills that I use in order to build accuracy, precision, and pin point accuracy. POSTED: 05/08/2012 - 02:30 am |
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| Triple Octave Pentatonics, rating: 9.6 |
| Most of the great improvisational guitar players can jam-out really wicked long pentatonic lines. Have you ever wondered if there was some kind of good way to practice this? POSTED: 05/08/2012 - 02:17 am |
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| Cool Licks: 6th Intervals In C Major , rating: 10 |
| Check out this intended for Intermediate and Advanced players lesson (complete with video) for a cool way to utilize 6th intervals within the C Major scale. POSTED: 05/07/2012 - 02:23 am |
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| A Simple Blues Lesson, rating: 8.8 |
| How abandoning the blues scale will hopefully lead to blues heaven. POSTED: 05/04/2012 - 02:47 am |
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| General Soloing Tips, rating: 9 |
| A short guide for you to find inspiration in your soloing. POSTED: 04/27/2012 - 02:18 am |
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| Breaking Out Of The Box, rating: 9.6 |
| How breaking free of the box patterns can help your playing. POSTED: 04/11/2012 - 07:43 am |
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| Phrasing Solo's, rating: 9 |
| A quick look at a well phrased line compared to the same line with very little phrasing. An article trying to help you understand what "phrasing" actually means! POSTED: 04/10/2012 - 10:13 am |
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| The A To A Of Scales. Part 2: Phrasing, rating: 8.5 |
| Using the A to A method to make phrases more interesting. POSTED: 03/26/2012 - 08:05 am |
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| The Science Of Speed, rating: 6.5 |
| Taking a simple look at the mechanics of speed playing. POSTED: 01/04/2012 - 02:34 am |
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| Getting Creative With Pentatonics, rating: 8.8 |
| An exposition of some ways in which one can expand out on ideas for lines using pentatonics. POSTED: 10/17/2011 - 08:00 am |
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| Chromaticism In Blues, rating: 8.3 |
| Application of the chromatic leading and passing tone to the blues. POSTED: 10/04/2011 - 02:34 am |
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| Melodic Chromaticism, rating: 8.6 |
| An introduction to some chromatic concepts that can be applied to your single-note lines. POSTED: 09/16/2011 - 02:39 am |
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| A Well Balanced Solo, rating: 8.3 |
| Most amateur guitar players will bust out with the shredding for three minutes but that's just boring... POSTED: 09/06/2011 - 03:36 am |
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| Buckethead Magic Shred Lick Fully Explained , rating: 10 |
| Buckethead uses these sequences as the bread and butter of his solos. This lesson gives you all the tools that you will need to get you on your way to shredding like him within a reasonable amount of time. POSTED: 07/25/2011 - 02:57 am |
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| Harmonising With Counterpoint, rating: 9.9 |
| A lesson on harmonising for two guitars via the use of contrapuntal techniques. POSTED: 07/22/2011 - 03:51 am |
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| Sultans Of Swing Solo Analyzed, rating: 8.7 |
| Why does the solo sound so good? Why does Mark Knopfler use the notes that he does in the solo and how they match the chords. Learn about chords theory and the minor scale too! POSTED: 07/21/2011 - 02:50 am |
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| Easy Blues Soloing For Beginners, rating: 5.2 |
| This is just a simple way to know where to solo, what notes to hit, and what key to play it in. POSTED: 07/20/2011 - 02:41 am |
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| Utilizing And Understanding The Blues Scale, rating: 8.2 |
| This is my second series of lessons.. Taking the pentatonic scale to the next level and introducing the blues scale. I Will include One lick for this scale to get you started playing it. POSTED: 06/07/2011 - 03:17 am |
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| Advanced Harmonizing For 2 Guitars , rating: 8.6 |
| This lesson covers harmonizing on an advanced level. It covers harmonizing tapping and sweep arpeggios, harmonizing chromatic and changing harmonic intervals in a duet. Learn to play harmonies like Avenged Sevenfold and Trivium. POSTED: 06/06/2011 - 02:56 am |
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| Pentatonic Licks. Lesson 2, rating: 7.4 |
| Sequel to my first Pentatonic licks lesson. I will still be using the key of A minor, and i will include 2 more licks and explain a little more about the Pentatonic minor Box scale. POSTED: 05/31/2011 - 03:04 am |
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| Solo Training, rating: 5.6 |
| How to start playing solos in major or minor chord secuences. (Personal Tips) POSTED: 05/31/2011 - 03:00 am |
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| Pentatonic Licks, rating: 6.4 |
| This is my first lesson, I'm going to go in depth of how amazing the Pentatonic Minor and blues scale can be. I'm going to show you what it is made of and a few licks to get you started playing it. If you want to practice it in a song.. I suggest finding a Blues or funk backing track in a minor key on youtube and soloing over it. POSTED: 05/27/2011 - 02:59 am |
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| Pitch Axis Theory: Soloing, rating: 7 |
| Through an understanding of Pitch Axis Theory, you can greatly expand your ability to improvise (especially in soloing) POSTED: 05/20/2011 - 03:30 am |
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| Evil Metal Licks Lesson, rating: 9 |
| Learn how to make your playing sound evil to rise to metal fame. Learn to use tapping, arpeggios, sweep picking and exotic scales to create Licks of Doom that will turn holy water into blood! POSTED: 04/01/2011 - 06:42 am |
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| Tips For Guitarists: Even More Soloing Secrets, rating: 8.2 |
| This is another lesson I'm posting on how to add some spice to your guitar solos as the last one seemed to go down quite well. Need to know why your solos just don't sound like the solos on records, or how you can get your solos to sound 'not so clique', or just want a new lick to practice? I'll do my best to help. POSTED: 01/27/2011 - 06:17 am |
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| The Piano Method - Linking The Pentatonic Scales, rating: 7 |
| A simple technique that can be used to link and blend the various pentatonic patterns across the neck. This trick is especially great for on-the-spot improvisation, and gaining a new aspect of guitar soloing. POSTED: 01/25/2011 - 04:50 am |
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| Tips For Guitarists: Soloing Secrets, rating: 8.1 |
| These are some tips that I have for guitarist who want to add a little bit more flavour to their playing but don't know how. Let's say you know all the modes and scales, then what? And say you know what the pentatonic minor blues scale is, how do you make it sound bluesy? POSTED: 01/21/2011 - 06:42 am |
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| Descending Chromatic Lines, rating: 8.2 |
| Many guitar teachers spend the time to teach their students how to play the chromatic scale, but very few are able to demonstrate or teach how to use the scale in a live playing situation. This article should get you started. POSTED: 12/22/2010 - 06:13 am |
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| Modes 2: Correct Use Of Major Scale Modes, rating: 5.4 |
| The second part in a series attempting to dispel the myth and fear around modes. Explains the use of major scale mades in a functional harmony role. POSTED: 11/24/2010 - 04:41 am |
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| Bluesrock Soloing With Scale And Two Licks, rating: 3.7 |
| Okay in this lesson I'm going to teach you a pentatonic like scale and two licks using the scale. Both licks can be used for blues, jazz, and rock. The licks have a lot of fell to them that you may like. POSTED: 11/09/2010 - 07:08 am |
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| Less Boring Ways To Practice Scales, rating: 9.4 |
| Learning Pentatonic scales and changing strings in a less boring way. POSTED: 10/13/2010 - 07:01 am |
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| Advanced Pentatonic Movement, rating: 7.7 |
| Less boring ways to move along a pentatonic scale. Quite advanced. POSTED: 09/29/2010 - 06:24 am |
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| The Second Lesson: Improvising , rating: 7.3 |
| Taking a closer look at Improvising. POSTED: 09/22/2010 - 06:29 am |
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| Palm Mute In Solos And Melodies, rating: 6.3 |
| Palm mute mostly use in rhthym and on up strings, but hear I try to show some palm mute technique in melodies & solo riffs. POSTED: 08/30/2010 - 07:20 am |
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| A Basic Approach To Chord Tone Soloing , rating: 8.6 |
| This lesson outlines a basic approach to chord tone soloing building a short solo over a progression in Bbm. It is a simple but effective concept which when expanded upon yields extraordinary results. POSTED: 01/28/2010 - 06:31 am |
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| Awkward Key Signatures Made Easy, rating: 9.2 |
| Are you totally comfortable with some key signatures but the rest stubbornly refuse to stay in your head? Read on. POSTED: 12/01/2009 - 07:39 am |
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| Keeping Rhythm During Your Solos, rating: 5.5 |
| How to keep your rhythm during solos. Includes tips and tricks. POSTED: 10/12/2009 - 08:35 am |
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| How To Economically Control Your Fret Hand, rating: 9.2 |
| Using basic changes, you can drastically alter your playing speed and control. POSTED: 08/11/2009 - 08:44 am |
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| Wide Fingering, rating: 8.8 |
| Playing fast on close frets is not much hard, so if you want to do something new try these riffs. for playing these riffs you need to have a wide fingering. POSTED: 07/06/2009 - 07:49 am |
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| Playing Metallica Solos, rating: 9.4 |
| Most people know Kirk Hammett because of his huge use of wah pedal. But it's not just pushing wah pedal and playin some strange riffs. There's some riffs that Hammett use alot in his solos. POSTED: 07/03/2009 - 08:50 am |
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| Tips For Playing Original Solos, rating: 6.3 |
| A little bit of help for people who want to Create their own solos. POSTED: 07/01/2009 - 08:22 am |
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| Enhance Your Soloing, rating: 6.7 |
| In this lesson I'll try to help you spiceing up your soloing. POSTED: 06/15/2009 - 07:20 am |
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| Soloing The Linear Approach, rating: 9 |
| Why approaching the scale from a single string point of view can be very useful indeed! POSTED: 05/04/2009 - 07:06 am |
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| Pentatonic Sequences For Soloing, rating: 9.5 |
| Ever wanted to sound more like Eric Johnson? Ever just want new interesting ways to play the pentatonic? Well then this lesson is for you. I'll go over some simple sequences that will not only build speed, but will make your leads sound better. POSTED: 05/04/2009 - 07:00 am |
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| Some Kind Of Soloing Tips In Eminor, rating: 8.4 |
| In this lesson I will teach you about legato, tapping, sweep and other thing like that. POSTED: 04/22/2009 - 07:38 am |
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| Harmonizing Your Leads, rating: 7 |
| I will show you how to harmonize your solos (should have at least 2 or more people). POSTED: 04/15/2009 - 07:29 am |
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| All The Sweep Arppegios You'll Ever Need, rating: 9 |
| Here I will teach you about some very useful sweep arppegios! POSTED: 04/07/2009 - 07:48 am |
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| Effective Soloing Techniques, rating: 8.5 |
| This is the follow up of my previous lesson, Before 'Shredding'. You've all seen and heard some crazy solos where the guitarist is using techniques that look and sound out of this world. This lesson is going to teach you some of those, so you can sound, look and feel great while soloing. The lesson includes Basic and more advanced Tapping and Basic and more advanced Sweeping. POSTED: 04/01/2009 - 11:20 am |
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| Odd Note Groupings, rating: 8.5 |
| A lesson meant to help you understand what odd note groupings are and how to deal with them. Dig in. POSTED: 03/26/2009 - 10:25 am |
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| Figuring Out Where To Solo, rating: 7.9 |
| I wanted to demonstrate how to solo across the fretboard using basic shapes, and then showing how the shapes connect to cover the fretboard. POSTED: 03/23/2009 - 08:49 am |
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| Shredding - To Create Your Own, rating: 7.3 |
| This lesson will help you Shred and solo through anything you want. I will be explaining lots of styles methods of scales used in music. POSTED: 03/21/2009 - 07:49 am |
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| Legato Concepts: Single String Ideas, rating: 6.8 |
| The lesson we are going to look at today will be using recurring open string notes and moving two-note groupings involving hammer-ons and pull-offs (Legato) to come up with licks that move up and down a string. You'll actually learn a few modes here whilst you're at it, although the theory has been left aside to instead concentrate on the ideas. POSTED: 03/17/2009 - 11:29 am |
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| Soloing With The Minor Pentatonic Scale, rating: 8.5 |
| This will teach you first off what the minor pentatonic scale is, and secondly teach you how to find out where to put it on the fretboard to solo. This is the scale that is used most by almost all of the genres of music that use a guitar, so it will be very useful. POSTED: 10/13/2008 - 10:59 am |
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| Pentatonic Licks - Speed Style, rating: 8.8 |
| A lesson teaching various pentatonic licks to help build up speed and style. Utilizes bending, vibrato, slides and hammer-on and pull-offs. POSTED: 10/13/2008 - 10:33 am |
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| Soloing Through Modes, rating: 7.5 |
| Playing melodic solos using the modes in a scale. POSTED: 10/07/2008 - 10:15 am |
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| Finger Speed Workouts, rating: 9.3 |
| A compilation of general licks to help improve finger and picking accuracy and speed. POSTED: 10/06/2008 - 10:28 am |
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| Speed Up Your Soloing. Part III: Easy Multiple String Licks, rating: 5.5 |
| Welcome back to "Speed up your Soloing"! In this lesson, I'm going to show you some easy multiple string licks. As in the previous lesson, the licks are all in the key of E minor. POSTED: 09/23/2008 - 08:21 am |
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| Speed Up Your Soloing. Part II: Easy Single String Licks, rating: 7.5 |
| Welcome back to "Speed up your Soloing"! In this lesson, I'm going to show you some easy Single String licks that you can use in your solos. The licks are all played on the high E String and all of them are in the Key of E Minor. POSTED: 09/23/2008 - 08:20 am |
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| Speed Up Your Soloing. Part I: Warm Up And Synchronisation Excercises, rating: 8.2 |
| Welcome to "Speed up your soloing"! In the first of these lessons, I'm going to show you some warm up and synchronisation excercises that will help you to improve the coorperation of your picking and fretting hand. POSTED: 09/23/2008 - 08:16 am |
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| Solo Writing, rating: 4.6 |
| An easy step by step guide to creating and writing your own solos which you can practise with. POSTED: 09/16/2008 - 09:01 am |
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| Repeat-Licks For Soloing, rating: 8.3 |
| This lesson introduces repeat-licks that can be used to spice up your solos. They are impressive and fun! POSTED: 05/16/2007 - 01:28 pm |
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| Improvisation For The Fingerstyle Guitarist. Part 2, rating: 8.1 |
| The previous lesson was started with some practical example of improvisaton for fingerstyle playing. Today we continue with another concept. POSTED: 02/09/2006 - 04:57 am |
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| Improvisation For The Fingerstyle Guitarist. Part 1, rating: 8.4 |
| To compose something decent, you not only need the goodwill of the muse but also at least some insight into harmony and compositional techniques. As improvising is 'instant composing' you will definitely need all these tools. POSTED: 02/02/2006 - 08:53 am |
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| Soloing In Illustrations, rating: 8.9 |
| Here are some illustrations how famous guitarists used arpeggios for different soloing techniques. POSTED: 08/02/2005 - 05:23 am |
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| Soloing With Minimal Theory Knowledge, rating: 7.4 |
| You want to jam and don't know how? Read this and learn. This lesson will show which notes you can play for a certain scale, all written in easy to read and remember diagrams. This won't tell you why. Just how. POSTED: 03/09/2005 - 09:32 am |
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| Beginning Rock And Blues Soloing, rating: 8.3 |
| Just a little kicker for those who want to get started in soloing. POSTED: 02/10/2005 - 10:31 am |
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| Guitar Fanning, rating: 3.6 |
| If you are a gun person and know what fanning a revolver is, you will love this lesson. POSTED: 12/16/2004 - 07:12 am |
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| Soloing Basics II. Part 4 - Arpeggio, rating: 8.3 |
| This lesson revolves around of the misunderstood entity known as the arpeggio. POSTED: 07/19/2004 - 04:02 am |
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| Soloing Basics II. Part 3 - Harmonizing, rating: 8.4 |
| When you plan ahead and add some harmony, your solos and melodies can get really evolving. POSTED: 07/19/2004 - 03:56 am |
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| Soloing Basics II. Part 2 - Resolutions, rating: 6.8 |
| Let's delve into this enigma of soloing a little more and find out how to do it. POSTED: 07/19/2004 - 03:53 am |
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| Soloing Basics II. Part 1 - The Basics, rating: 6.5 |
| Let's make sure you will never stuck in the middle of the tune, trying to figure what kind of solo you should play. POSTED: 07/19/2004 - 03:49 am |
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| Guitar Soloing - A Concept For Begginers, rating: 8 |
| Soloing is more than just a couple of scales. Here are some examples. POSTED: 01/20/2004 - 07:21 am |
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| Using Modes To Compose Solos, rating: 6.5 |
| This is a little lesson I made on modes. Just take a look at some of them and get a feel for what they sound like. They can really help with your solos. POSTED: 01/20/2004 - 07:01 am |
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| Major Pentatonic Scale Use, rating: 8.5 |
| Ever played a solo in your minor pentatonic scale and it sounded shocking and you have no idea why? Try this lesson. POSTED: 11/20/2003 - 08:19 am |
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| Composing Solos, rating: 7.2 |
| Okay people, it's great to practise scales and patterns and know all the theory in the world, but you have to be able to put it to practical use. So here, I've composed some short leads to show you a few different ways of writing leads. This one is played over a moderate rock groove. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Soloing Basics. Part 4 - Arpeggios, rating: 9 |
| This lesson revolves around an of misunderstood entity known as the arpeggio. The first quesion that pops into everyone's mind at the mention of this enigmatic term is, "What's an arpeggio?" The fact that it sounds like a type of pasta does not diminish in the least its tremendous usefullness in the world of soloing. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Soloing Basics. Part 3 - Harmonizing, rating: 8.2 |
| One of the things that is a side effect of the shredding movement is the single note solo thing. Let's look at what harmony is. The dictionary says that harmony is "a combination of musical sounds considered to be pleasing." POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Soloing Basics. Part 2 - Scales, rating: 6.4 |
| Let's delve into this enigma of soloing a little more and find out how to do it. If you have a chord change under your one tone (eighth notes or whatever) now you have developed an implied note change even though you are still playing the same note. Let's see why. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Soloing Basics. Part 1 - Soloing Pattern, rating: 5.5 |
| Let's say that your makeshift band is jammin' on a simple three chord warm up progression. It's your turn to solo and what are you going to do? Based on the chord progression, we'll pick a note as our soloing key of choice. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Where To Start With Soloing, rating: 6.6 |
| As most people who have been playing for a while will tell you, one of the most fundamental things to learn in improvisation is the blues. Coincidentally, which scale is one of the best to use when playing the blues, you gessued it, the Pentatonic. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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