Pentatonic Paradise
Welcome back to another misadventure at Guitar Woodshed. In this Blog/Vlog I’d like to discuss the Pentatonic scale. As an avid user of this five note wonder scale, I often contemplate how to make it...
View ArticlePentatonics Paradise Part II: Arpeggios to add some flavor
So in my last Blog I talked about ways to make that little five note friend sound more interesting… let’s continue the color and flavor journey by adding arpeggios into the mix. Usually when guitarists...
View ArticleGuitar Woodshed: Modes = Game Changer
In this blog I wanted to give you some insight into using your modes as well as pentatonic scale when improvising – which in turn will help you learn your fret board. There is a little theory involved...
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Jazz Harmony, the Berklee Way: An Interview with Joe Mulholland and Tom Hojnacki
Harmony, of course, is one of the core components of musical study by all western musicians. It concerns how notes relate to each other, based both on the physical properties of sound and various...
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Insights into Latin Jazz Piano: An Interview with Rebecca Cline
Rebecca Cline is author of Latin Jazz Piano Improvisation (Berklee Press, 2013). She is an associate professor in the ensemble and piano departments at Berklee College of Music. How is playing...
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Simplifying Jazz Harmonic Theory: An Interview with Suzanna Sifter
Suzanna Sifter is author of Berklee Jazz Keyboard Harmony: Using Upper Structure Triads, an extraordinary book that helps pianists organize and understand tensions in an intuitive and practically...
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