Rock Guitar Practice Solo I hear from people all the time who are learning the guitar, and doing what they have been told to do. They are practicing away at all the different patterns, but have …
Simple Double Stops
This week's lesson is the second installment of 'lead shorts'. A series that focuses on different aspects of lead guitar playing by introducing a specific riff or line. Today I look at and discuss a …
Legato & Large Interval Practice
This is the first lesson in a new series of condensed videos I call "shorts". No relation to the clothing item though. In this short lesson I'll show you a fun pentatonic lick moving chromatically …
Footsteps in the Dark
In this lesson I demonstrate how to play and solo over "Footsteps in the Dark" by the Isley Brothers. This is a soul music classic and was also sampled by Ice Cube for the song "It Was A Good Day". If …
How to Solo Melodically Using Motifs
You may have heard, or read, somebody giving advice to new improvisers that goes something like this, "just play melodically" or "sing what you play". While these vague suggestions do indeed …
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Outlining Chord Progressions w/ Unique Arpeggio Patterns
There are many different ways to approach improvisation. Using a linear approach, you derive ideas from scale patterns. In a vertical approach, you use non-consecutive scale tones (aka arpeggios), and …
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