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People may ask “why is improvisation important in blues music and jazz music?” It’s an interesting question that I often wondered when I first started playing the guitar. Improvisation (composing music “on the spot”) is important in blues and jazz music because these types of music typically already have a pre-defined chord progression that lends […]

So you want to know the best guitar scale for rock and blues? Well that’s simple. The Minor Pentatonic Scale is the best guitar scale for rock and blues, especially one particular pattern. However, you can add various notes to that scale to form the Natural Minor Scale and the Blues Scale, which are also

There are several guitar scale patterns that every serious lead guitarist needs to know. This helps him or her navigate the neck and play melodies all over the guitar with ease. If you don’t know these patterns, it will limit your ability to play with the freedom you need to be a serious improviser. In

Ahh, the blues..one of my favorite forms of music. The blues are a musician’s playground for expression. A canvas, of sorts. Blues can be played sad, happy, mellow, fast, slow, or somewhere in the middle of all of those, or combinations of all of them. Many guitarists, including me, love hearing the blues because you

Guitar is one of those things that comes more naturally to some than to others. Not only does playing the guitar require a sense of rhythm, like playing any other musical instrument, it also requires a fair amount of dexterity. (This is one of those times bigger hands can really come in handy. Heh. Handy.)