Yeah, that's how I usually play it on electric, although it's a bit harder on acoustic with the heavier strings. You don't need to keep the 7th fret b...

What I do is figure out the chords used in the song first, which greatly narrows down the list of scales likely to be used, then just try those scales...

Badlands said that 5 out of the 12 notes are going to sound bad...... You missed the key part: "......if they are used at the wrong time." Actually, ...

But if you're improvising over the I IV V of D major, and only have one chance to play a good solo, it's not the best time to try to stretch the rules...

One powerchord is not always the best way to determine the key. That could be A major or A minor, or it could be a chord other than the I of the key. ...

I think that chords do influence the mode you're playing in-- but indirectly.If the other guitarist is just pumping an A note and you're playing the n...

A Boss DS-1 is a good choice, and it's very versitile and not too expensive (Got mine for $40). Take the suggestions here, and try to play through all...

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Another chord I like to use to drone the high e and b strings with is an E major like this: 076400

The note on the G string is C#, so I think its just an Aadd9/E.By the way, move it up two frets for a nice Badd11/E. You could get a I-IV-V in E witho...

The only places I've heard it often used are diminished chords and for tritone (b5) substitution, but I haven't been playing that long, so we'll have ...

Thanks. Is there a right way to write the #5? I've seen it in parentheses and without them?

Those chords don't show up diatonically in major keys (except for the minor7 (b5)) but once you get into the melodic and harmonic minors they are much...

No, not if you play all of the patterns from root to root. All the different patterns are are different locations of the same notes, and each pattern ...