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Lessons from Zen Guitar Zen Guitar is one of my favorite books. I must have read it 5-6 times already. It’s also a book I have recommended to hundreds of students through the years. Philip Sudo offers his own experiences with music to enable us to rediscover the harmony in each of our lives and … A Great Book for Guitarists and Other Musicians: Zen Guitar
Some More Melodic Sequences To Have Fun With This is a continuation of last week’s blog: The Study of Melodic Sequences Ascending 2-note patterns Up in 3rds: 13 24 35 46 57 61 72 13 Up in 4ths: 14 25 36 47 51 62 73 14 Up in 5ths: 15 26 37 41 52 63 … The Art and Study of Melodic Sequences (Part 2)
Why Are Melodic Sequences Expressed with Numbers In this blog, we’ll discuss a really fast, easy way to come up with a gazillion of your own scalar melodic sequences. Scalar sequences are also a fantastic way to improve your soloing, and your picking as well as your fretting hand technique. Scalar sequences are written as … The Art and Study of Melodic Sequences on Guitar
The Hindustan Scale (In Position) To learn more about this scale, check The Hindustan Scale (Linear) Here are the 6 fingerings for the Hindustan Scale in the key of C. When you know the in position fingerings for the major scale really well, then learning the Hindustan fingerings will be relatively easy, since the Hindustan … The Hindustan Scale (In Position)
The Hindustan Scale (Linear) The Hindustan scale is a 6-note scale. It’s actually a Mixolydian scale minus the 6th note. You can learn more about Mixolydian here The Modes Leaving a note out of a 7-note scale creates a new scale that has a more open feel. The formula is: 1 2 3 4 5 … Rock The Hindustan Scale (Linear)
