Monthly Archives: November 2008

Guitar Players Support World AIDS Day

Acoustic Guitar Players Support World AIDS day. As usual the crew over at BLOGCATALOG, the home away from home of every great blogger and sensible Web Developer, are doing there best to help create a more peaceful, healthy happy world … Continue reading

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Japanese Scale for Guitar – Tony Hogan

Guitar Players are always looking for scales with a difference.  Here is a simple Japanese scale that I learnt about thirty five years ago from an Australian jazz guitar player called George Golla.   With these type of scales it’s … Continue reading

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Locrian Mode for Guitar

This Mode / Scale is mode seven of the mode series.  It’s used over a G minor Seventh Flat Five Chord in the key of A flat,  (G-7b5, Gm7b5 and  also called a half diminished scale).  In truth it’s just an … Continue reading

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Phrygian Mode in G

Many guitar players like to use the modal system.  This mode is the Phrygian mode, it starts on the 3rd note of the major scale.  The example is G Phrygian, it is in the key of E flat.   The … Continue reading

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Harmonic Minor Scale in G

Here is a Harmonic Scale in G.  You’ll notice the Harmonic Minor scales have a slight middle Eastern sound; two reasons, one because it has a minor third instead of a major and two because the gap between the sixth … Continue reading

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G Dorian Mode – How to Play Guitar

  Many guitar players like to use the modal system.  A very sweet sound mode which Carlos Santana seems to use a lot is the Dorian Mode, Mode two of the Major Scales.  The G Dorian mode is built off … Continue reading

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Guitarist Worldwide – Tony Melendez Youtube

Tony Melendez, I salute you and am humbled

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Worlds Best Spiritual Music Singer Songwriter

The Worlds Best Spiritual Music, yeah that’s a big call. I’m writing this article not as an advertisement, this blog site doesn’t advertise.   A few years back a friend sent me two CD’s by a man called Steven Walters. … Continue reading

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