Continuing our discussion about the Lydian mode, let’s stay in the key of E Lydian. A simple trick to making the Lydian sound come out

If you’ve been playing guitar for more than a day, you’ve probably heard about scales and “modes”. Although they can sound mysterious, they’re really nothing

I was just noodling around with this famous melody and noticed the use of the flat fifth as a way to spice up a major

Hey now… Sometimes rippin’ guitar licks sound great even though its not the most crazy patterns or crazy tempos. I’ve seen many a “guitar god”

Here is a pentatonic sequence using 3 notes per string. It’s a sort of variation on the descending “1-2-3” sequence except we repeat some of

This is based off a japanese-sounding modality…kind of phyrigian sound in E. Try playing it – its fun and not super hard 🙂  

Hello…Claude Johnson here (who else, right? lol)   Just a fair warning – this is a fairly advanced lesson, so if it goes over your

  Hey guitar guys and gals…   Claudio “Guitar” Johnsonater here back again… Comin atcha with another installment of my blog mini lessons.   Today

Arpeggios rule. They are everywhere in music. Here is a cool little chops building pattern based on an arpeggio. Basically you’re playing up an E

Hey friends and guitar allies… It’s Claude J. back again with another arpeggio mini-lesson.   Before I get started with that though, I have some exciting