Call and Response Guitar: The Conversation of Improvisation
Call and response guitar is one of the most powerful tools an improvising musician can develop. At its core, it turns solos into conversations, phrases into sen...
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The Art of Silence: Why You Should Play Fewer Notes
Guitar phrasing is often misunderstood as something mysterious or advanced. In reality, it begins with a simple but challenging idea: learning when not to play....
Learn Masterful Improvisation Techniques for Soloing with Allen Hinds
Today, there are more players with technical chops than ever before - however, often times their solos and improv skills are somewhat lacking, and sound a bit d...
Learn to Solo Over the Changes: 2 Free Guitar Song Lessons
An easy way to approach soloing is to learn the chords, and then use the pentatonic scale to play over them. It's a relatively safe and practical way to begin y...
Learn Jazz Arrangements for Solo Guitar
One of the greatest leaps a guitarist must make is the leap from playing with a band to learning to play solo. A guitarist must go from playing standard chords ...
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” Clapton Isolated Guitar
by Rich Maloof with hat tips to Bobby Owsinski and Rich Tozzoli Here's an absolute gem. It's Eric Clapton's isolated guitar track from George Harrison's "Whi...