A Simple Way to Understand Modes for Guitar 39 Replies

Here's a link to a nice article that I recently wrote called "A Simple Way to Understand Modes for Guitar."  …Continue

Tags: Teaching, Beth, Isbell, Understanding, Easy

Started by Beth Isbell. Last reply by WILDMAN Jul 17, 2011.

Scales To Play Over Blues In G?

Since we seem to have quite a discussion going on in Beth's thread about modes, I thought I would just throw this out there to try and focus some of the discussion about blues and scales. For a given…Continue

Tags: scales, blues

Started by Michael Schaefer Sep 20, 2010.

Simple Way to Incorporate Chord Tones Into Your Blues Soloing or Rhythm Playing 2 Replies

"Breaking out of the box ... or boxes - pentatonic scales, minor & major."An excellent guitarist & teacher once told me that to get inside any song,simply write down each chord & then…Continue

Tags: guitar, progression, changes, rhythm, soloing

Started by Beth Isbell. Last reply by Beth Isbell Apr 12, 2010.

Arpeggios 4 Replies

On top of the column is the chord type. Below is the various arps varying in position. The "R" is the root of the chord. Finger position is VERY important. Bad technique will halt a player's growth.…Continue

Started by Pat Boyack. Last reply by Pat Boyack Apr 12, 2010.