The ii-V-I chord progression is by far the most popular chord progression in the world of jazz. It is the main focal point of many jazz soloist and is essential to understand to be a great jazz or blues soloist. Here I’ll look at a few techniques to help you navigate the ii-V-I chord progression. [...]
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Harmonic Minor Scale for Guitar
September 14th, 2010 
admin The Harmonic Minor Scale for Guitar Guitarists need to know as many scales as possible in order to have endless possibilities while soloing. Knowing just the major, natural minor, pentatonic, and blues scale can get you a long way, but in the long run, you will need to know many many more scales, arpeggios, and chords to truly set [...]
Guitar Arpeggios
August 18th, 2010 admin Arpeggios for Guitar Arpeggios are an intergal part of soloing on guitar and in the blues. To start an arpeggio is basically the notes of a scale played in order. You may ask your self why do I need to know arpeggios if I can just learn a scale, the answer to that question if [...]
Blues Guitar Techniques
August 17th, 2010 admin Blues Guitar Techniques Call and Response – This technique is more of a musical/blues technique in general but can and is often applied to blues guitar. Check out the definition of Call and Response. Bending – Bending is a popular technique for all guitarist and is not limited to just blues guitar. Bending a string [...]
Guitar Blues Solos
June 30th, 2010 admin Top Ten Blues Guitar Solos I know not everyone likes these, but I loved blues guitar solos. I love the good ones and the poor ones equally. Both allow me to converse with the musician. Its relation to the song is important, but not always, since sometimes a guitar will play a solo that represents [...]