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How to use CAGED shapes in conjunction with pentatonic scales
You wouldn’t try to play every note in a scale simultaneously ... but I’m seeing this more as a traditional blues lick. Mark is a master at combining the CAGED chord shapes with pentatonic ...
Bend it like B.B.: What you can learn from these 6 blues and jazz guitar greats
Bends, embellishments, arpeggios and more – from Charlie Christian to BB King and George Benson, how to unlock the genius of the jazz and blues icons ...
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Cage The Elephant guitarist Nick Bokrath on his unique guitar grammar –and the innocence of pedal steel
One of the great things about your playing – and it’s perfect for Cage the Elephant – is how you fill space within the layers of sound. “I think of the guitar ... or a scale, or you ...
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Your first blues guitar lesson: essential chords, techniques, scales and players
There are far too many blues innovators to mention them all but listen to Delta pioneers Charley Patton, Son House and Robert Johnson to appreciate the roots of the genre. The Fender Strat is ideal ...
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"I played a blues scale as fast as I could and he said, 'That's not fast, you're not a good guitarist'" – John Frusciante on his depressing encounter with a guitar teacher ...
That noise you're making on your recordings is ok but if you can't play a fast blues scale, you can't go around telling people you're a good guitarist.' Somewhere out there there's a (probably former) ...