Tagged with 'guitar solos'
Improvising Over Modal Interchange Chords
Improvisation over Modal Interchange chords. This blog is a continuation from last week’s blog on modal interchange. Check that blog here if you need a review on modal interchange chords: Modal Interchange Chords in Major Keys. This week I wanted to talk about the scales of choice for improvisation over modal interchange chords. In recap,
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Single String Soloing: The Best Way To Learn New Scales
The Best Way To Learn New Scales: 1 String At A Time! Single string soloing is one of the really important chapters in the ZOTZinMusic guitar teaching curriculum. Even guitar students who have been playing many years and who consider themselves “advanced”, admit to getting great benefits and results out of the single string exercises
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The Modes Explained
Learn The Modes To Boost Your Guitar Soloing Power Ionian. Ionian is the regular major scale, with half steps between 3-4 and 7-8. (C, C6, Cmaj7) Ionian scale works over major triads, 6 and maj7 chords. Dorian. Dorian is the scale that is built on the second degree of the major scale. It is a
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Guitar Fretboard Exercises.
Knowing Your Guitar Fretboard Well Is A Great Skill To Have. The better you know your fretboard, the easier it is to learn anything on a guitar. Some of the advantages to knowing your fretboard really well include: You learn songs much more easily Learning guitar solos takes much less time. Your own guitar solos
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How To Figure Out The Key to A Song
How Can You Know What The Key Is To A Song. First off: what does “key” mean? How do you define the musical term “key”? For an explanation of this, check this blog: The Difference Between Key and Scale. Now we got that covered: let’s move on to a listing of ways you can figure
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