Category Archives: Guitar Scales

3 Guitar Speed Exercises

3 Guitar Speed Exercises

A few of you have asked me about how you can play faster, so this video on guitar speed exercises is in response to that. I realize I’m not a string shredding speed demon from Mars like some of the guys you’ll find online, but at the same time, I can play fast enough when…

Improvising With the Pentatonic Scale

Improvising With the Pentatonic Scale

Improvising really isn’t as difficult as you might think. I know many of you have probably been trained in the school of “play what’s on the page, dummy – and don’t deviate!” but that really doesn’t do anything for you when it comes time to improvise or create a solo. You’ll find I maintain a…

Learning the Pentatonic Scale

Learning the Pentatonic Scale

The pentatonic scale is the first scale any guitar player should learn. It is the easiest, and also the most important. Even if you never learn another scale in your life, if you master the pentatonic scale, you’ll go far – it’s that important! With that said, here it is: Video Problems? Watch Learning the…