Lessons Have You Exhausted the Possibilities of Open Chords and Barre Chords? Here’s How to Make Your Progressions Sound More Interesting Learn the art of ‘voice leading’ with examples inspired by Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and more Rediscover the Fertile Ground of the Open Position and Cultivate Some Juicy Licks Learn these 20 fun mashup riffs that highlight the superlative tonal quality of notes and chords within the first five frets Avoid Melodic Monotony and Predictability Using the Half-Whole Diminished Scale Here’s how to create more effective lines by relating the “symmetrical diminished” scale’s recurring fretboard patterns to chords Grid List Latest Lessons The Mixolydian Blues Scale Could Be the Most Useful Scale of All By Guitar Player Staff last updated 15 March 23 This scale reigns supreme as the chief source for carving those major/minor blues-based licks that sound so good over dominant 7th chords Avoid Melodic Monotony and Predictability Using the Half-Whole Diminished Scale By Chris Buono published 15 March 23 Here’s how to create more effective lines by relating the “symmetrical diminished” scale’s recurring fretboard patterns to chords Sculpting Virtual Guitar Solos: Three Techniques to Enhance Recorded Tracks By Craig Anderton published 15 March 23 Purists may object, but recording guitar onto hard-disk is limited only by your imagination April 2023 Guitar Player Lesson Audio By Guitar Player Staff published 13 March 23 Sick of Playing the Same Old Lead Lines? Here’s How Guitar Players Like Robert Fripp, Bill Frisell and Frank Zappa Broke the Mold By Patrick Brennan published 9 March 23 Learn to play “outside” by superimposing arpeggios over chord changes Discover the Dark Secrets of the Harmonic Minor Scale By Vinnie DeMasi published 9 March 23 How Yngwie Malmsteen’s “secret scale” can spawn a set of seven relative modes Expand Your Melodic Vocabulary and Attain Superior Fretboard Awareness With 'Parallel Pentatonic Modal Vision' By Chris Buono published 8 March 23 Learn PPMV – an insightful mapping of the pentatonic scale’s multifaceted natural order Master the Mixolydian Mode Like Chet Atkins, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen and Many More By Tom Kolb published 23 February 23 Harness this powerful and versatile mode with 20 riffs inspired by famous guitarists Discover and Decode Todd Rundgren’s Unique Chordal Chemistry By Jesse Gress published 21 February 23 Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into TR’s harmonic architecture Discover How Jimmy Page’s Genre-Melding Musical Innovations on ‘Houses of the Holy’ Helped Led Zeppelin Reach a New Creative Peak By Jeff Jacobson published 10 February 23 As this classic album turns 50, we explore how the guitarist blew the lid off his band’s blues-based formula 123456789Archives Get The Pick Newsletter Name: Your Email Address : Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors Thank you for signing up to GuitarPlayer. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. MOST READ1Wolfgang Van Halen Unveils Mammoth WVH's “Another Celebration at the End of the World” Music Video210 of George Harrison’s Best Tracks 3Here’s How to Customize Your Own Dub-Inspired Delays Using a DAW (Without Having to Buy Another Plug-In!)4Positive Grid’s New Spark GO is No Ordinary Guitar and Bass Amp5“I’ve Been Privileged to Play on so Many Great and Important Records”: Session Veteran Waddy Wachtel Reveals His Top Six Career-Defining Tracks
The Mixolydian Blues Scale Could Be the Most Useful Scale of All By Guitar Player Staff last updated 15 March 23 This scale reigns supreme as the chief source for carving those major/minor blues-based licks that sound so good over dominant 7th chords
Avoid Melodic Monotony and Predictability Using the Half-Whole Diminished Scale By Chris Buono published 15 March 23 Here’s how to create more effective lines by relating the “symmetrical diminished” scale’s recurring fretboard patterns to chords
Sculpting Virtual Guitar Solos: Three Techniques to Enhance Recorded Tracks By Craig Anderton published 15 March 23 Purists may object, but recording guitar onto hard-disk is limited only by your imagination
Sick of Playing the Same Old Lead Lines? Here’s How Guitar Players Like Robert Fripp, Bill Frisell and Frank Zappa Broke the Mold By Patrick Brennan published 9 March 23 Learn to play “outside” by superimposing arpeggios over chord changes
Discover the Dark Secrets of the Harmonic Minor Scale By Vinnie DeMasi published 9 March 23 How Yngwie Malmsteen’s “secret scale” can spawn a set of seven relative modes
Expand Your Melodic Vocabulary and Attain Superior Fretboard Awareness With 'Parallel Pentatonic Modal Vision' By Chris Buono published 8 March 23 Learn PPMV – an insightful mapping of the pentatonic scale’s multifaceted natural order
Master the Mixolydian Mode Like Chet Atkins, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen and Many More By Tom Kolb published 23 February 23 Harness this powerful and versatile mode with 20 riffs inspired by famous guitarists
Discover and Decode Todd Rundgren’s Unique Chordal Chemistry By Jesse Gress published 21 February 23 Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into TR’s harmonic architecture
Discover How Jimmy Page’s Genre-Melding Musical Innovations on ‘Houses of the Holy’ Helped Led Zeppelin Reach a New Creative Peak By Jeff Jacobson published 10 February 23 As this classic album turns 50, we explore how the guitarist blew the lid off his band’s blues-based formula
