scales John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Marty Friedman and Yngwie Malmsteen Didn't Rely Exclusively on Western Scales - so Why Should You? Add intriguing twists to your playing with the tonal flavors of the Far East, Middle East, Africa and beyond Expand Your Melodic Vocabulary and Attain Superior Fretboard Awareness With 'Parallel Pentatonic Modal Vision' 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 Harness this powerful and versatile mode with 20 riffs inspired by famous guitarists Latest scales Zappa Talks Zappa: Inside the Mind of Guitar Genius By Jimmy Leslie published 12 October 21 Dweezil Zappa explains the art of the guitar solo and reveals how he culled his favorites to create his 'Live in The Moment II' album. How to Chromaticize Diatonic Scales By Brian Davidson published 21 April 21 Applications of this concept are limited only by your fingers, fretboard knowledge, ears, and imagination. A Few Useful Tricks with Minor Scales By Carl Verheyen published 14 April 21 How to handle situations that call for the harmonic minor and melodic minor scales. An Introduction to Pentatonic Substitutions By Tom Kolb published 7 April 21 In part one of this two-part lesson, learn some new and musically colorful applications of a familiar scale. Make Scale-Based Licks Sound Unique with Octave Displacement By Jean Marc Belkadi published 12 June 20 Give your lines a more personal spin with this technique. Spruce Up Your Pentatonic Scales with Note-Repositioning By Vinnie DeMasi published 17 April 20 Conceptualizing your scales as a collection of notes that relate to one another and not just as a set pattern to be played in position by rote can open up a number of musical doors Scale Sequences: Fire Up Your Solos with 15 Mind-Blowing Patterns By Guitar Player Staff published 14 April 20 Take a look at the power of sequencing patterns and explore ways you can put them to use to ignite your solos and licks with a new intensity. 12Archives Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors MOST READ1The Allman Brothers Band’s Dickey Betts has died at 802“Joe Walsh insisted that I buy it”: Jimmy Page on his “Number 1” 1959 Gibson Les Paul3How Robin Trower crafted his blistering tonal triumph, Day of the Eagle4Gary Clark Jr. never asked to be a guitar savior 5Best Travel Guitars 2024: Top Portable Instruments From Lowden, Furch, Martin and more
Zappa Talks Zappa: Inside the Mind of Guitar Genius By Jimmy Leslie published 12 October 21 Dweezil Zappa explains the art of the guitar solo and reveals how he culled his favorites to create his 'Live in The Moment II' album.
How to Chromaticize Diatonic Scales By Brian Davidson published 21 April 21 Applications of this concept are limited only by your fingers, fretboard knowledge, ears, and imagination.
A Few Useful Tricks with Minor Scales By Carl Verheyen published 14 April 21 How to handle situations that call for the harmonic minor and melodic minor scales.
An Introduction to Pentatonic Substitutions By Tom Kolb published 7 April 21 In part one of this two-part lesson, learn some new and musically colorful applications of a familiar scale.
Make Scale-Based Licks Sound Unique with Octave Displacement By Jean Marc Belkadi published 12 June 20 Give your lines a more personal spin with this technique.
Spruce Up Your Pentatonic Scales with Note-Repositioning By Vinnie DeMasi published 17 April 20 Conceptualizing your scales as a collection of notes that relate to one another and not just as a set pattern to be played in position by rote can open up a number of musical doors
Scale Sequences: Fire Up Your Solos with 15 Mind-Blowing Patterns By Guitar Player Staff published 14 April 20 Take a look at the power of sequencing patterns and explore ways you can put them to use to ignite your solos and licks with a new intensity.
