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Since I was a kid, I’ve been listening to Indian and Arabic music, so I’ve developed a few ways to fake these sounds on guitar. Note: this is not a traditional approach – it’s my own take on these cool,…

Sometimes, it’s nice to get a jazzier sound when soloing on rock/pop tunes. Especially now that a lot of hip-hop/dance grooves are so jazz oriented, a simple understanding of jazz is useful. Most of the time, guitarists build rock solos…

Aspiring musicians are always approaching me, saying, “I wish I could play that jazz stuff, but I just don’t get all that jazz theory and all those scales and modes…” That whole thing about jazz being complicated and mysterious and…