Category Archives: Scales

Here’s were you will find the most important scales to learn. Also contained within each scale are the related chords, lessons on speed and scale sequences.

D Harmonic Minor – 8 scale shapes to memorize

Now that you understand the harmonic minor scale theory, it’s now time to learn the scale across the entire fretboard. Click here to view, print or download the D harmonic minor scale – 7 shapes & chords (tab) In this … Continue reading

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Understanding the Modes

Understanding what modes are is quite simple however learning to apply them is a different story so let’s get down to business! First of all… To begin this lesson you should already know you major and minor scales very well. … Continue reading

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G Blues Jamming for beginners to the advanced. **

This is a great lesson for learning to jam on the blues. I highly recommend this video lesson for all blues players! Let’s get started… #1 Print the lesson sheet. This sheet contains everything you need for the lesson. Click … Continue reading

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Picado – John’s personal technique – **

This lesson is a very focused study with exercises to help you develop a very strong picado technique. For those of you who do not know what picado is… Picado… It’s the technique a flamenco guitarist uses to play very … Continue reading

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The Harmonic Minor Scale (what is it & how to use it)

This has to be my favorite scale however learning the scale can be difficult if we do not apply it right away. Any new scale is extremely hard to remember if we don’t have a reason to use it. In … Continue reading

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Stevie Ray Vaughan – How to solo over Cold Shot **

This lesson talks about how to use your A minor pentatonic scale over the song Cold Shot by blues / rock guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. You will also learn a lot of soloing techniques such as phrasing, bending, punctuation and … Continue reading

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Jamming in D major – 2 fifth string scale shapes

Here’s a video to help you jam on the chord progression we created in a previous lesson called Chord Scale Relationships. Here’s the link if you would like to check out the Chord Scale Relationship Lesson. Click here… This video … Continue reading

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Speed

There are a lot of ways to develop single note scale speed and this lesson is what really helped me begin to play long scale passages very fast with a guitar pick. Remember to practice everything here slowly and accurately. … Continue reading

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The Minor Pentatonic Scale (5 positions) (with jam track)

It’s very important to learn the 5 scale shapes included on this sheet. Play them every day until they are memorized. Then continue playing them to build technique and muscle memory by increasing your speed. Once you know these shapes … Continue reading

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The Major Pentatonic Scale (5 positions) (with jam track)

It’s very important to learn the 5 scale shapes included on this sheet. Play them every day until they are memorized. Then continue playing them to build technique and muscle memory by increasing your speed. Once you know these shapes … Continue reading

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