11 Questions about Modes Answered! We want to you better understand the modes, and how you can use them for your own songs, compositions, and improvisations, helping you become better, a more unique player! With that said, let’s get started! We gathered up all the questions most students on the internet ask about the modes,…
How to use Chord Tones to outline a solo FAST! In this lesson we are going to show how to use Chord Tones to quickly outline a solo. This is a very effective way to generate ideas for a solo. By using the materials in this lesson, you will find that ‘starting from scratch’ on…
How to Improve your outside picking Technique: If you struggle to get more speed and clarity in your picking hand, these lessons were designed for you. These exercises will help to solve outside picking issues. Many guitarists struggle to find a practice routine that can improve sloppy mechanics, as well as make the technique you…
Making The Most With What You Know: Part 2 To continue from the last article, we’re going to check out some more licks, and how to start practicing them with purpose. The hardest part of learning new material is how to integrate it into your playing thoughtlessly. It should slowly become second nature, like…
Sweep Picking – Easy Variations Sweep Picking! This article will discuss basic ways to get more out of basic sweep picking, particularly 3 string arpeggios. All examples shown are based on the A minor arpeggio and are usually the first sweep picking exercise a student learns. Pay careful attention to the pick direction, as notated…
Breaking out of the Cage! When we first learn our scales and scale positions, they’re often presented in a one position, “boxed in” pattern. Then, once we master this pattern, we learn another pattern, and so on and so on. These box patterns are also referred to as the Caged system. As a beginner student,…