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Dweezil Zappa
Zappa Talks Zappa: Inside the Mind of Guitar Genius

By Jimmy Leslie Published

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.

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Learn how to chromaticize your diatonic scales
How to Chromaticize Diatonic Scales

By Brian Davidson Published

Applications of this concept are limited only by your fingers, fretboard knowledge, ears, and imagination.

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A Few Useful Tricks with Minor Scales

By Carl Verheyen Published

How to handle situations that call for the harmonic minor and melodic minor scales.

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John Mayer
An Introduction to Pentatonic Substitutions

By Tom Kolb Published

In part one of this two-part lesson, learn some new and musically colorful applications of a familiar scale.

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Make Scale-Based Licks Sound Unique with Octave Displacement

By Jean Marc Belkadi Published

Give your lines a more personal spin with this technique.

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Spruce Up Your Pentatonic Scales with Note-Repositioning

By Vinnie DeMasi Published

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

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Scale Sequences: Fire Up Your Solos with 15 Mind-Blowing Patterns

By Guitar Player Staff Published

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.

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