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Improvising Lessons
Start soloing with confidence: scale choices, phrasing, and ways to build a solo that goes somewhere.
7 lessons
How to Sound Like David Gilmour from Pink Floyd - Lead Guitar Lesson
Learn to play like David Gilmour from Pink Floyd by implementing these 5 easy tricks into your solos. Discover the techniques that give Gilmour his signature emotional and melodic sound.
How to Improvise Solos in Mixolydian Mode
A step-by-step guide to improvising guitar solos using Mixolydian. Learn the scale shape, add hammer-ons and slides, accent chord tones, and use the Mixolydian pentatonic for a unique flavor.
Pentatonic Possibilities: Major or Minor for Your Solo?
Compare major vs minor pentatonic scales across different chord progressions and keys. Learn when to use each scale and why the results might surprise you.
6 Ways To Solo Over 4 "Simple" Chords
Explore modal interchange between Dorian and Minor to solo over chords that don't fit a single scale. Learn scale-blending, arpeggios, and voice leading approaches.
Improvising On Guitar with the Major Scale
The second lesson in the improvisation series, exploring how to use the major scale to improvise and jam over a G major jam track.
How Melodic Minor Actually Works
The melodic minor scale doesn't change with direction. See how it really works over the V chord, with examples from Carol of the Bells, The Beatles, Bach and jazz.
Start Improvising On Guitar with the Minor Scale
The first lesson in a series to teach how scales and shapes are used by guitarists to improvise and jam.