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Examining Five Essential Minor Mode Scale Patterns
Focus on two essential minor modes, Dorian and Aeolian, with these scale patterns.
Discovering New Ways to Use the Minor Pentatonic Scale
How to break away from the “bluesy” sound with which the scale is so often associated.
Outside-the-Box Shred Lesson: A Tribute to the Late, Great Shawn Lane
Learn some great Shawn Lane-style licks with this lesson.
How to Incorporate Suspended Chords into Heavy Metal Rhythm Guitar Parts
Learn a few different examples of rhythm-guitar ideas that jump around harmonically and also feature the incorporation of suspended chords.
Randy Rhoads' Scales, Blues Licks and Daring Chromatic Maneuvers
Learn the scales, blues licks and daring chromatic maneuvers of Ozzy's late, great axman.
Moving Across the Fretboard in Unusual Ways to Produce Unique Runs
This kind of “positional wizardry” can be used to generate interesting melodic patterns that can be used in a variety of ways.
Using Syncopation to Disguise the Meter
Learn how unexpected rhythmic shifts and syncopations can obscure the meter.
Using String Skipping to Create Angular, Sweep-Type Sounds
These string-skipping techniques will help you nail some fast alternate- and sweep/economy-picked phrases.
