Movable Rock Scales

The following movable scales have been the bread and butter of rock guitar players for the past sixty years. First up is the pentatonic minor, easy to play, easy to remember and even easier to create interesting guitar solos. Second, add the flattened fifth to your pentatonic to form the blues scale (works well with [...]

Three Ways to Play Smoke on the Water Riff

This morning I have three cool ways to play the most popular guitar riff of all time. The first way is the beginners guitar riff and uses open strings and no percussive technique. The second intermediate players guitar riff and adds in a bit of percussive technique which you can create releasing tension from the [...]