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Exotic Scales

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Scales, scales, scales. They are what makes the world go around. Without them we would have to rely on boring creativity and originality. (Just kidding.) Having a healthy dose of scales at your disposal is essential to becoming a good guitarist and composer. Scales open up compositional doorways that might otherwise be closed to us [...]

10 Music Things To Do This Weekend

Thursday, May 27, 2010

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This weekend in the U.S. marks the Memorial Day holiday. A time to honor the men and women who serve (and have serve) our country. Along with that also usually comes an extended weekend holiday – most companies give their employees the following Monday off. What does that mean for those of us who have [...]

Spice Up Your Pentatonics

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

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We all play them. We all play them all the time. We all play them all the time pretty much the same way as everyone else. Sure, you can bend the note longer, or change your vibrato somewhat, but for the most part we’re all pretty much riding the same animal. So what can we [...]

Pentatonic Scale Ideas

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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The ubiquitous pentatonic scale. Five notes that have forever shaped the way guitarists play rock, metal, blues, jazz, country, and polka (well, maybe not polka). Everybody knows the minor pentatonic scale, and everyone uses it. The question is, are you using it to its fullest potential? Are you only playing it over minor blues or [...]

The C-A-G-E-D Guitar System In a Nutshell

Friday, January 15, 2010

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The C-A-G-E-D Guitar System In a Nutshell

Okay, so the picture probably isn’t what you had in mind when you read the title. That’s okay, I’m all for some good, cheeky fun – especially on a Friday. What I really want to discuss is the C-A-G-E-D guitar system, a method of learning the guitar for beginning students, based on five basic chord [...]