Play Better Guitar Solos Right Now – Part 2: Killer Guitar Soloing Techniques
You have a hard time transforming ‘so-so’ guitar solos into KILLER solos because you (like many other guitarists) only use the following two approaches: Approach One: You add extra notes to the licks within the solo. Approach Two: You play alternate notes or replace the licks in your solo with new ones. These two approaches…
Play Better Guitar Solos Right Now – Part 1: Developing Killer Vibrato Technique
Your guitar solos currently do not sound the way you want them to.
How To Make Your Blues Guitar Licks More Creative Using Double Stops
One of the most iconic sounds in blues guitar is that of a killer double stop technique (when two notes are played together in a lead context). In nearly all cases, this is done using the notes in the blues or minor pentatonic scale. For example, here are two common double stop patterns: Hear It…
How To Play Killer Blues Guitar Licks (Without Playing Sloppy) Part 2
Before you read the article below, understand that this is a continuation of the first entry in this article series about playing killer blues guitar licks where I showed you how to play clean and aggressive blues licks. If you did not already read that article, quickly review the concepts it contained by watching this…
Killer Blues Guitar Lesson – How To Play Aggressive Blues Licks Cleanly
Would you like to know how to play awesome blues guitar licks with tons of aggression and intensity? The key to doing this is picking every note with a lot of power while also getting rid of any excess string noise. A lot of blues guitarists are forced to choose between ‘playing with aggression’ or…
How To Play Powerful Sweep Picking Arpeggio Licks
Want to improve your sweep picking technique?
Here Is Why You Struggle To Play Guitar With Feeling
Many guitar players dream about attaining such musical freedom
Play Guitar Solos With The Passion Of A Singer’s Voice
You will be able to write passionate guitar solos
Guitar Solo Lesson: How To Play Guitar Phrases That Stick Out
Many guitarists think that you have to play fast...
Pentatonic Minor Blues Scale Guitar Lick #2
Pentatonic minor blues scale guitar lick in the key of E makes heavy use of the flatted 5th note.
Guitar Arpeggios Part #1
When the word arpeggio is mentioned, most guitar players think of fast sweeping licks that pick each note of a standard guitar chord such as an A minor or an E minor with a sweeping motion.
Using Scale Patterns to Expand Your Playing and Improve Your Speed
I remember some years ago I was reading an article from Billy Sheehan (Bass player for Talas David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, Steve Vai and Niacin) and he was talking about how he had seen kids playing the video game Pac Man, and how they where racking up huge scores using patterns they had learned…
Licks from the Pentatonic Blues Scale Part #1
Pentatonic blues scales are used for the following guitar licks. Blues is part of the foundation heavy metal and will always be. Even players like Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Via use blues as part of their musical foundation. The blues are in every type of music from metal to classical and even jazz. Understanding and…
Licks from the Pentatonic Blues Scale Part #2
Licks from the Pentatonic Blues Scale Part #2 expands on Licks from the Pentatonic Blues Scale Part #1. Most of the following guitar licks are based on pentatonic blues scales with the exception of example #4, which uses only the 5 notes of the standard pentatonic scale. While these do use the blues scale, they're…
Harmonic Minor Scale – Part 1
Harmonic minor scales are used in a lot of popular heavy metal as well as other musical forms. The Harmonic minor scale is one of my favorite guitar scales. With a melodic feel coupled with a neo-classical sound, this scale was popularized most notably by Yngwie Malmsteen during the 1980's.
