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AP-010 How do I select scales for guitar solos?

Patrick MacFarlane — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:10:52 +0000

Question … Something I don’t understand is, for example, say a simple 3 chord song such as Can’t You See by Marshall Tucker is D-C-G. If I were to make my own solo up to [...]

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Ex-022 Octave Scale

Patrick MacFarlane — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 11:25:02 +0000

Practice your Octaves in unison with this simple exercise! Octaves help you become more mobile on the fretboard and aware of what you’re playing. I believe they are one of the most beneficial fretboard concepts [...]

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Ex-018 Horizontal Ladder Exercise

Patrick MacFarlane — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 03:58:56 +0000

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. It [...]

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AP-006 How do I order my guitar practice?

Patrick MacFarlane — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 09:00:13 +0000

Question Love your website! I am taking lessons from a guitar instructor here in Los Angeles for a half hour once a week. However, not a lot can be done in such a short lesson. [...]

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Ex-014 Repeating Bass Two-Octave Scale

Patrick MacFarlane — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 04:00:06 +0000

Practice two-octave scales in a unique way while practicing your picking technique. This exercise is a great way to practice two things at once. This exercise is a great way to learn a scale so [...]

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Ex-011 Ascending and Descending Quads

Patrick MacFarlane — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 03:32:30 +0000

Use these exercises to build speed and to avoid sounding like you’re playing scales. A quad is a grouping of four notes. Two exercises that use quads are given below. One ascends and the other [...]

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Fretboard Pattern Generator

Patrick MacFarlane — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 01:07:27 +0000

Generate fretboard scale patterns with this handy tool. Fretboard Scale Generator Select a root note and a scale to see it on a 12-fret fretboard. Root: A♭AA♯B♭BCC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯ Scale: MajorMinorIonianDorianPhrygianLydianMixolydianAeolianLocrianMajor PentatonicMinor PentatonicBluesHarmonic MinorMelodic Minor (Ascending)Melodic Minor [...]

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Modes

Patrick MacFarlane — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 01:16:54 +0000

Learn how and why to use the modes in this lesson. They’re as easy to play as the major scale, but you need to know how they work to play them correctly. This lesson will [...]

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Arpeggios

Patrick MacFarlane — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 14:38:00 +0000

An arpeggio is a succession of chord tones. When you play a solo, you try to focus on the chord tones of the progression that you are playing over. Sometimes you might stray away from [...]

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Minor System

Patrick MacFarlane — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 14:30:12 +0000

If you know your chords, and you know your patterns, then this lesson will benefit your playing immensely. Knowing how chords and scales relate to each other helps you to find them more easily than [...]

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