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The blues scale isn’t just for blues – it’s been used in some of rock and metal’s biggest riffs and solos, too. Here’s how to make it work for you, no matter what style you play
By Simon Barnard published
It’s one of the essential guitar scales, and this lesson takes the blues scale from its classic context to place it in the style of Joe Satriani, Cream-era Clapton and Dimebag Darrell

How to build dramatic tension with dotted-quarter syncopations
By Jimmy Brown published
Mastering rhythms within rhythms can make for much more interesting compositions

How the major hexatonic scale can help you bust out of a soloing rut
By Andy Aledort published
Refresh your lead playing by adopting new positions on the fretboard
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