Mixo-Lydian and the not-so-average Joes

what’s the Mixo.Lydian mode and who cares? Joes care for one… Joe Satriani, Joe Walsh for instance. if MixoLydian sounds too nerdy — just listen to the above two songs and you’ll hear it and feel the need to play it. Summer Song has a rhythm guitar strumming the A major chord, yet Satriani’s melody [...]

Melodic minor scale and Altered

HARMONIZED MELODIC MINOR SCALE do you wanna write some jazzy detective show music from the 40′s or 50′s – just play a G minor (maj7) chord and you’ll hear it. –x— –3— –3— –4— –x— –3— or maybe you just want explore some jazz tonalities and take your playing to a new level? let’s check [...]

Harmonic Minor Scale and understand it and how to use it

you want: Egyptian Spanish Exotic sound                                                                                                     [...]

getting the most out of the pentatonic…and other stuff

as you may or may not have seen, i think the pentatonic scale is the most important for soloing…. my youTube vid on pentatonic but did you know that you can also take just one pattern of a pentatonic scale and with a little knowledge, which i’m about to present, play 6 scales?! GETTING MORE [...]

playing the modes – using the pitch axis theory

pitch axis theory on modes try the pitch axis approach, as explained in this video this lesson assumes that you know how to play a major scale pattern 2 now, i’ve picked up where the video leaves off and also want to assume you know a major scale pattern 4 shape. there are 5 essential major [...]

harmonized major scales with modes chart

MODES and the Harmonized Major Scale first off, i’d suggest you learn the 5 major scale patterns, click here trust me, it’ll be worth the effort. you can transfer that knowledge to all of this modes stuff, instead of learning like 7 modal scales in 5 different ways, you just learn 5 scale patterns and [...]

halo piano intro for guitar

Halo – piano intro bar index finger…. A e—9————9———–9———–9———9———— b——–10———-10———-10———–12—————- g—–9——9—-9——9—–9—–9—-9——————– d————————————————————- a——————————————————– e————————————————————— D e—10—————10—————-10——9——-9^10^9—————- b————12—————12———————————–12–10—- g——-11——-11——11—–11——–11—–11———————– d—————————————————————————– a—————————————————————————————- e————————————————————— F#mi e—————————————————————– b——————-10—————10———–10-12-10——– g———-11—————-11————-11—————-13——- d——11——11——-11—–11—–11—–11——————– a—9—————————————————– e————————————————————— D e——————————————————————–0—- b——————–10—————10————–10—————- g———-11—————11—————-11———-13/11——— d——12—-12——-12—–12——–12—–12————– a—————————————————————— e–10————————————————————–

teTra_cHords – making scales easier?

let me be honest.  i find the 5 patterns a much easier way to remember how to play scales…but others suggest the use of TetraChords.  especially jazz peeps.  and they know a lot of stuff… so maybe they are on to something….either way…the more ways you know a scale, the more likely you are to remember [...]

let’s rock!

  contact me: GuitarDemystified@gmail.com i’ve got youTube videos  and more….go to the Piczo site [for In-depth instruction] whether you’re just -thinking about playing guitar- or -if you are already playing,- check out the links, click on the blog that pertains to you. ——->                                        [...]