Latest about music theory
Have You Exhausted the Possibilities of Open Chords and Barre Chords? Here’s How to Make Your Progressions Sound More Interesting
Learn the art of ‘voice leading’ with examples inspired by Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and more
The Mixolydian Blues Scale Could Be the Most Useful Scale of All
This scale reigns supreme as the chief source for carving those major/minor blues-based licks that sound so good over dominant 7th chords
Avoid Melodic Monotony and Predictability Using the Half-Whole Diminished Scale
Here’s how to create more effective lines by relating the “symmetrical diminished” scale’s recurring fretboard patterns to chords
Expand Your Melodic Vocabulary and Attain Superior Fretboard Awareness With 'Parallel Pentatonic Modal Vision'
Learn PPMV – an insightful mapping of the pentatonic scale’s multifaceted natural order
“Is the Music an Expression of Your State of Being, Or is it Something You're Just Taking On?” Vernon Reid Talks Jazz, Theory and the Spirit of the Blues
The Living Colour guitarist gets real in this interview from the GP archives.
Need to Add Some Spice to Your Melodies and Solos? This Lesson on Chromaticism Will Give You Food for Thought
Learn how to use non-diatonic “outside” notes for tastier licks in jazz and other styles.
Want to Branch Out with Some Jazz Fusion? Learn Oz Noy’s Harmonically Inventive “She’s Not There” Solo
Retrace the jazz fusion master’s instrumental version of the Zombies’ 1964 classic here.
Break Out of Your Box with the CAGED System
An introduction to the highly useful workings of this mysterious fretboard mapping theory.
