Andy Wood's debut column for Guitar World is an essential study for players looking to have a greater knowledge of the ...

“With Donald's suggestion in mind, the key was to think melodic stuff — major scale sweet notes — over the major 7th shapes and try to incorporate occasional blues ideas — flatted 7th and ...

Still, once you get ‘under the hood’ there’s a lot to learn, and it’s not always confined to rhythm playing either; breaking chords down into individual notes is also great for folky fingerstyle and ...

The scope of this article doesn’t allow an in-depth analysis, so I’ve just selected two (Major and Melodic Minor) and hinted at some of the others in the examples; but I encourage you to explore ‘the ...

Here are the best melodic guitarists in doom metal, chosen by Pallbearer 's Joseph Rowland. What You Need to Know About Pallbearer From: Little Rock, Arkansas ...

The drums play a laidback shuffle. The bass shadows the guitar chords. A melodic major key guitar solo swoops in to guide the listener to Valhalla. “Pilgrim” Very reminiscent of “Woman.” ...

Notation - major and minor keys, and chord symbols Finding the relative minor Harmonic minor keys are used when writing chords. There is another version of the minor key known as the melodic minor.

UCLA alumnus Jon MacLennan recently created an instructional guitar iBook for use on the iPad, titled “Melodic Expressions.” Courtesy of Jon MacLennan By Abhay Malik May 8, 2012 12:27 a.m.

Saosin – “Voices” Saosin mastered the art of creating dissonant yet melodic note progressions way up the neck of the guitar that simultaneously counter and complement their vocal melodies.