The Secrets of Learning the Fretboard
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Tritone substitution
Free Lessons

Flat Five Substitution

The flat five substitution is a chord that you can use as a substitute for any dominant chord. It applies very nicely to the 12 Bar Blues, because of the use of Dominant 7th chords. […]

Lick, Riff or Trick

LRT-030 Palm Muting Solo Feature Image
Licks, Riffs, and Tricks

LRT-030 Palm Muting Solo

Learn another rock solo from Francesco Cagnacci.  This one uses several different techniques, but it starts with a palm-muting lick followed by some nice runs.  Enjoy this one.

Selected Exercise

Learn the fretboard with Horizontal Ladder Exercises
Exercises

Ex-018 Horizontal Ladder Exercise

Improve your fretboard knowledge with this rut-breaking ladder exercise from my upcoming book on learning the fretboard.  This exercise can be applied to any sequence of notes, such as a scale, mode, or arpeggio.