Scales Guitar Lessons

So the whole goal of this lesson is to focus on breaking some of the barriers we tend to put on ourselves when learning the five positions of the pentatonic scale. We'll navigate each and ev...

Three-note-per-string pentatonics are a fantastic place to start. What we'll be doing is combining the first and second pentatonic positions and play them simultaneously, then the secon...

Hey Guys! First we're going to look at the basic Pentatonic scale, then how to expand on it over the fretboard. The Pentatonic is the essential lead guitar player's tool for crafting great,...

In this second section, we'll look at how to add "extension" boxes on to the normal box shape we covered in the first section. This will allow you to cover a lot of fretboard quickly, and it...

Now I'll show you a simple way to play arpeggios for each chord change over a 12 bar blues. Using arpeggios when soloing over a blues is a great concept as it allows you to 'spell' the chord...

Today, I've written 3 lines for you in Eminor/Gmajor. I don't play or think in terms of "Aeolian" or minor mode that much actually. I tend to hear the relative major mode. For instance, in ...

Lick #1 starts off with an A minor/C major triad idea moving to a Gmajor triad and ending with a D major triad. Very simple and straight forward. Remember we're exploring ideas for writing ...

Lick #2 starts also off with an A minor/C major triad idea moving to a Gmajor triad and ending with a D major triad as well. Once you have it down let's move on to Lick #3!

Lick #3 starts off using an E minor/G major triad and ending with an E minor Pentatonic line. I hope this was helpful for you! Make sure to review my Root Connection Study from last month's...

Here's the backing track. Have fun and practice hard! All 3 licks are tabbed out below.

Here's the backing slowed down.

In this lesson, I cover a simple way to play the major scale across the whole guitar neck; using 5 main shapes as the basis. There are alternative shapes (which I will explain at a later dat...

Now we're going to cover the core arpeggios for Major 7th, Minor 7th and Dominant 7th and also 2 octave shapes. Arpeggios spell chord changes, so if you know these you can pretty much play t...

Hello everyone! In this tutorial, I'm going to teach you how to master your modes one by one. We will start with the Lydian mode. When you're ready, head on over to the next video where we'...

The Root Connection Study is something I use to both train my ear and visualize the fretboard. Take your time and allow this exercise to show you how these scales connect. It's a pretty invo...

Remember to take your time. Allow the tablauture to show you how these three shapes create a road map you cannot get lost in. This process is unconventional I know. And that's why it works!...

Here we have the first example lick. Remember, the Root Connection Study is all about a pivot point, seeing the available note from a given shape from the root note of the key or chord. A v...

And now Lick #2! Remember, the Root Connection Study is all about a pivot point, seeing the available note from a given shape from the root note of the key or chord. A vantage point if you ...

And now Lick #3! Remember, the Root Connection Study is all about a pivot point, seeing the available note from a given shape from the root note of the key or chord. A vantage point if you ...

And now Lick #4! Remember, the Root Connection Study is all about a pivot point, seeing the available note from a given shape from the root note of the key or chord. A vantage point if you ...

And finally, Lick #5! Remember, the Root Connection Study is all about a pivot point, seeing the available note from a given shape from the root note of the key or chord. A vantage point if...

Have fun with the backing track! This one stays in C Lydian. Go to the next page for one that also changes to Eb Lydian.

As always, have fun! This one changes from C Lydian to Eb Lydian.

Hello again!  This month we'll be talking about the half whole diminished scale.  I've been exploring this scale a little further as of late and have found a few new ideas I hadn...