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How inverted boogie riffing can shake up your blues
Jim Oblon shows us the tricks behind inverted boogie riffing – and the best part is you don’t have to stand on your head to play it
Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour and Slash all love Aeolian – the minor mode that rules over them all. Here’s what makes this scale work
Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour and Slash are just three of the countless fans of this staple minor mode. Here, Stuart Ryan takes you through the structure of the scale, plus a handful of chords, riffs and licks
Jared James Nichols shows you how to make your solos “sing”
The blues power advocate says thinking like a vocalist can help your solos connect with your audience – he shows you how it’s done
Confused about altered and extended guitar chords? Here’s the theory behind them – and how they can supercharge your songwriting
Players such as Jimi Hendrix had extensive altered and extended chord vocabularies to draw upon
An essential scale for classic blues and rock solos, the Mixolydian mode is loved by everyone from B.B. King to Guns N' Roses – here's how it works
Used by countless blues guitarists and hard rockers from B.B. King and Guns N' Roses to Josh Smith and Joe Bonamassa, the Mixolydian mode is essential knowledge. Stuart Ryan explains all
It's one of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai's favorite scales, and holds the most mysterious-sounding note combinations – here's how the Lydian mode works
This bright but unusual sounding mode became popular among shredders after Joe Satriani and Steve Vai used it in the 80s. Here, Stuart Ryan explains what gives the Lydian mode its signature sound
“Oh my god!”: Joe Bonamassa pays tribute to the late, great, Stevie Ray Vaughan in this video lesson
One blues legend pays his dues to another, the great SRV – a player who Bonamassa says has inspired us all to play the blues
Having problems with your shiny new guitar? Try these fixes first
Final quality control on new instruments can vary. Do we all need to learn to do a little DIY?
Guitar modes lesson 3: It has the sound of thrash metal at its core, but also Latin and flamenco music too – here’s how the exotic sounding Phrygian mode works
Metallica and Al Di Meola favour this mode for colourful riffs and solos. In the third lesson in our series on modes Stuart Ryan explores the sounds of the Phrygian mode
