Alex Skolnick

Returning as a GW columnist after a 30-year gap, Alex Skolnick is wasting no time with a lesson that'll expand your scalar vocab and work on your legato

This topic can be quite useful for better fretboard understanding even if jazz guitar isn’t your main thing

If you develop a taste for moving "outside" the tonal center, it can provide a very cool expansion of your musical vocabulary.

Learn some more about melodic phrasing from Testament's Alex Skolnick!

The diminished scale is a highly useful resource for adding spice to solos.

Back in the April 2017 issue, my column focused on fourths when creating rhythm parts and solos.

This month, I’d like to discus the art of improvising over a key change, using a modulation of chords that are a half step apart.

Last month, we took steps toward developing a deeper understanding of blues and how it informs both jazz and rock.

Alex Skolnick shows you “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24”