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Secrets of the Symmetrical Augmented Scale

Many modern jazz guitarists have a good handle on how to improvise with the diminished scale, but did you know there’s another symmetrical scale that works over a lot of the same harmonic material? The pattern we’re talking about is ...

Intermediate

Make It Heavy! The Crushing Metal of Shadows Fall

“Want some advice, kids?” asks Jonathan Donais of Shadows Fall. “Don’t pick up a f**kin’ guitar. Don’t play music because no one is going to buy it—especially not heavy metal. If you want to get on MTV these days, you’re better off ...

Bert Jansch

“My sense of song form comes from traditional British music,” says Scottish guitar legend Bert Jansch. This explains a lot about the influential guitarist’s tendency to play in phrases rather than adhere strictly to bar counts or time ...

 

 
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