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I've been using many of the exercises and concepts in your Pentatonic Power book with my own students on a day-to-day basis for about the last year with exceptional results. These new ideas are absolutely no exception. Shoot, there were some great exercises and concepts in there that I had not thought of myself! This is clearly an outstanding way for anyone to learn to be a better lead guitar player, one of the absolute best I've seen so far (and you know I've seen them all.)
Featured Resources
- Changing Keys
This video lesson demonstrates the importance of knowing the five fingerings of the major scale.
Read More»- Major Scale Constellations
This 175 page e-book details the importance of the major scale. You will be learning the major scale and the crucial shapes that are contained inside the scale. These visual shapes help unlock the fretboard and give you access to some key elements that will make soloing easier.
Read More»- Theme And Variations
One of the questions that get asked most often is...“I’ve learned a scale or a few scales, now what?”
Read More»- Lessons From Freebird
This guitar lesson demonstrates how to take licks from your favorite music and use them in your own playing. The examples in this video are taken from the Lynyrd Skynyrd Freebird solo.
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Latest Resources
- Like JA Vamp
A continuation of the Like JA lesson. The progression is broken down to a single chord providing the opportunity to explore different inversions of a C7 chord and mix in a few pentatonic scale licks.
Read More» - Chord Connections
A video lesson utilizing scale tones as a way to transition from chord to chord.
Read More» - Like JA
A video demonstration of combining lead and rhythm in the style of Johnny A.
Read More» - Pentatonic Scale Fingering 3 Patterns 1 & 2
This video picks up where the last one left off. Patterns 1 (groups of 3) and 2 (groups of 4) are covered with different fingering options. Again, this is necessary because of the five fret span in fingering three.
Read More» - Pentatonic Scale Fingering Three
This video demonstrates fingering three of the pentatonic scale. This fingering presents a few unique challenges because it covers a five fret span instead of four. Several different fingering options will be explored.
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