Archive for July, 2009
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25
Jul
2009
G3 Live - Red House Blues
I’ve had the excellent G3 Live album (Joe Satriani / Steve Vai / Eric Johnson) on my ipod for a long time now, but just the other day, this track from that album came up on a playlist I had on, and I was really struck with the sheer virtuosity of these 3 players. It made me listen to the track over & over a few times!
I found this video clip of them performing this track live: Read the rest of this entry »
21
Jul
2009
Using ‘Pedal Notes’ For Modes - Part II
In a previous post on this topic, I talked about using pedal notes (constant sounding low notes) while playing the major scale modes, to try and hear the characteristic sound of the mode.
In that post, I suggested playing the pedal note tone on one of the lower strings, while playing the mode pattern on the upper strings, tuning the lower string as appropriate. This is a good technique to learn, as you can use it when practicing anywhere.
Here, I’m going to continue on from the previous post, detail the other modes, and there’s an MP3 file with the pedal notes, which you can use to practice with. Read the rest of this entry »
13
Jul
2009
The CAGED System For Learning Guitar Scales - Part II
In the last post on this topic (see Part I), we introduced the ‘CAGED’ system for memorising guitar scales, and showed the C, A and G scale patterns, using the C major scale as an example.
Now we’ll look at the other 2 patterns, E & D, and then look at the patterns overall, and see how they link together across the fretboard. Read the rest of this entry »
