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Chicken Pickin’ by Erik Halbig (book)

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

I done luvs me some country chicken pickin’. Seriously, I’m a huge fan. I don’t know a ton about the country guitar scene, but when I hear Scotty Anderson or Danny Gatton or Johnny Hiland I get all warm and fuzzy on the inside. There is little better in my opinion than listening to a [...]

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 [...]