This guitar lick comes from two different scale patterns, box 1 and box 2 of the pentatonic minor patterns, or you could also call them the root 6 major and minor scales. A double stop is simply two notes played simultaneously. In the right context, the right double stop can be an incredibly sweet addition […]
Today’s guitar lick comes straight out of Box 1 of the pentatonic minor scale. Elsewhere, I’ve often called this the root 6 pentatonic minor scale, because the root note for the pattern is on the 6th string. Here’s the tab: The secret to this riff is mastering the repetitive picking motion. Down, pull off, up. […]
In this guitar lesson we’re going to look at some of the alternate rhythm parts used in the Jam Track in D Major I posted recently. Here are the different parts we’re discussing:Start – Main rhythm part4:26 Lead riff over the 2-bar “A” build5:25 Fourths7:03 Alternate rhythm using the C9:25 Acoustic inverted thirds
Are you ready to solo with a fun jam track? This one is in D major. If you’d like to learn how to play some of the rhythm parts in this track, checkout this lesson here.
Sometimes I spend hours just jamming with jam tracks like this one. They’re such a good tool for developing your solo, I don’t know of anything quite as powerful. Having the chords on-screen is also very useful for developing your ability to target individual chords with your riffs on the fly, right in the middle […]
Most of us learn scales the wrong way around. A pentatonic box here, a major scale there, a list of modes that never get used. This is a short free guide on the three or four scales that actually do real work on the guitar, and the order to learn them in.