This Funk rhythm guitar part uses the « skank » technique : we have to isolate the played notes and at the same time mute adjacent strings (still with the fretting hand fingers). In other words we should play and hear the note(s) and the percussive elements of the muted strings. So it’s quite...

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The lick starts with the C7 arpeggio in bar 1: notice the addition of the major 6th.In bar 2 we can see the Gm7 arpeggio followed by lot of chromatic passing tones adding tensionsto the line. The idea is to enclose inside notes by outside notes and also to «fill in the blank» by playing &...

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Here you'll find 10 'beautiful' guitar chords/voicings using open string. When we use open string(s) we can easily get wider intervals and some intricate and more complex sounding chords. There's a lot to explore ! Here's 10 voicings that I like a lot. Enjoy / Steph Checkout the Drop 2 Chords...

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Here's a very interesting lick by Joe Bonamassa : both powerful and melodic this lick is build around the Em pentatonic scale and the E Dorian mode. Notice the nice sounding scale sequence/pattern in bar 3&4, great for your alternate picking technique ! Enjoy / Steph Checkout the full...

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Here's a nice line over the Bb7 chord of this great standard : The Chicken (P.W. Ellis)The lick starts with the Bbm pentatonic scale and then uses the F melodic minor scale also known as the Lydian b7 or Lydian Dominant mode. it's basically a Mixolydian mode with a #4 or #11 (instead of the...

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