If you just take a moment to ponder it, you can probably think of a couple of your favorite guitar solos. The ones you are thinking of are probably your favorit...
As guitar players, we have stories to tell when improvising lines. A captivating guitar solo communicates your emotions as a story with a starting point, a midd...
Many blues guitarists use primarily just the minor pentatonic scale when learning to solo. Thankfully, this scale brings newer players up to speed quickly, lend...
Are your pentatonic scales and blues box licks leaving you a bit underwhelmed? Many blues players end up feeling this way at some point. So, it could be a sign ...
There is more overlap in sonic quality between blues, country, and even rock music today than ever before. Guitar legends like Brent Mason, Albert Lee, Redd Vol...
The most comprehensive way to improve your guitar playing is to perform with other musicians. In Frank Vignola’s Jazz Blues edition of Trading Solos, you get a ...
A great solo is an augmentation of the song you're performing. It's catchy, hummable, and it's a signature of the soloist. This is the way he or she tells a sto...
Folk Jazz is what could be described as a unique fusion of Jazz with other American roots styles. These influences include R&B, Blues, Country, Singer/songwrite...
American roots music originated in the southern states and ultimately caravanned up the Mississippi River to other music hubs like Chicago and New York. The ele...
Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, George Benson, Wes Montgomery --- these legendary guitarists made their claim to fame in the 1960s playing a soulful, groovy style t...
Chords are a great source from which you can pull melodies and solos. After analyzing the notes in a chord, we can stack them on top of each other in a unique w...
In the first edition of ShapeShifter, Andy Wood showed us how to take the foundational harmonic and rhythmic knowhow that you already possess and apply it to fi...