May 2017

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Exploring the Diminished Scale with Alex Skolnick

By Alex Skolnick Published

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

Lessons
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Combining Pentatonic Scales to Create Unexpected Phrases

By Oli Herbert Published

Combine the minor pentatonic and Hirajoshi scales to create melodic lines that offer more harmonic-melodic variety.

Lessons
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Five Questions with Sleater-Kinney Guitarist Corin Tucker

By Brad Angle Published

First guitar, first gig, why now is no time to be silent, and more!

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Mastodon's Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher Talk New Album, 'Emperor of Sand'

By Joe Bosso Published

Time seems to be on Mastodon’s side. Together now for 17 years without a single blip in their lineup, the Atlanta-based alt-metal four-piece is still as tight personally as they are musically.

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Reigning Blues Champ Gary Clark Jr. Talks New Album, 'Live North America 2016'

By Brad Tolinski Published

Back in the early Sixties, the brilliantly eccentric jazz pianist Thelonious Monk created a list of what he thought every musician should know about gigging.

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Supreme Shredder John 5 Discusses His Demanding New Album, 'Season of the Witch'

By Steven Rosen Published

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Focusing on Specific Fretboard Positions for Rhythm and Soloing

By Andy Aledort Published

Lessons
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MADD Men: The Minor Add-2 Arpeggio

By Jimmy Brown Published

Last month, I offered a guitar adaptation of the theme from The Walking Dead, which is based on a repeating melody built from a minor add-9, or minor add-2, arpeggio.

Lessons
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Navigating the Intricate Seven-String Licks in Periphery's “Flatline”

By Mark Holcomb Published

Throughout the course of these columns, my focus has been primarily on the six-string guitar parts I’ve crafted that are featured in the music of both Periphery and my side project, Haunted Shores.

Techniques
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How to Play Like DADGAD Pioneer Davey Graham

By Dale Turner Published

A key figure of the early Sixties British folk revival, Davey Graham (1940–2008) was a unique steel-string–wielding hybrid.

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