Latest about May 2017
Exploring the Diminished Scale with Alex Skolnick
The diminished scale is a highly useful resource for adding spice to solos.
Combining Pentatonic Scales to Create Unexpected Phrases
Combine the minor pentatonic and Hirajoshi scales to create melodic lines that offer more harmonic-melodic variety.
Five Questions with Sleater-Kinney Guitarist Corin Tucker
First guitar, first gig, why now is no time to be silent, and more!
Mastodon's Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher Talk New Album, 'Emperor of Sand'
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.
Reigning Blues Champ Gary Clark Jr. Talks New Album, 'Live North America 2016'
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.
MADD Men: The Minor Add-2 Arpeggio
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.
