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Breaking the box

8 January 2011

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Most of the Scale and Arpeggio guitar charts, that I draw, show each scale in each position (or box) going up the neck. There is a good reason for this. It is a very good way of learning the accessible notes in a specific key, and in a specific place on the guitar neck. However, [...]

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Add Chromatic Lines to your Guitar Solos

31 December 2010

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There’s nothing like being able to burst out a tight cluster of chromatic notes to add a new color or texture to your guitar solos, but there is more to it than just flying around the Chomatic scale. If you ever tried to do this in the context of a guitar solo, then the chances are [...]

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Rhythmic Accuracy In Improvisation

31 December 2010

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A while a go, I discussed using  a metronome in your guitar practice routine. One of the things I recommended you do is to introduce rhythmic variation to your playing. The reason for this is that having mastery of rhythm – being able to play tight controlled bursts of runs, adds a whole new dimension [...]

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5 ways to test drive a new guitar!

30 December 2010

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I took my wife out to dinner, and I was chatting about guitar type stuff and articles for this website (I’m an old romantic aren’t I?) Anyway, she said “How about an article explaining how to choose a guitar?” Well my first thought was, it’s so subjective, and artistic that it would be impossible to explain! [...]

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Applying Quartal Arpeggios

28 December 2010

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Ok, a while ago I talked about the theory behind Quartal Arpeggios and some handy fingerings for them. This time I want to put them into context, so you can hear what they sound like, and start applying them in your own guitar improvisations. So let’s start with a single arpeggio shape. This is one that I [...]

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