James Shipway Guitar

Learn 4 awesome natural minor scale guitar licks for rock and metal soloing!. The natural minor scale or aeolian mode is an essential rock soloing tool used by rock and metal guitarists. In this guitar lesson you'll learn how to use it too.  Learn the  most common natural minor scale pattern (in D minor), discover how to use a 'minor pentatonic framework as a starting point for your own natural minor scale licks, learn when to use the natural minor scale and discover how to combine the natural minor and blues scale for awesome rock and metal sounds. So what is the natural minor scale or aeolian mode? I like to think of it as a minor pentatonic with two added notes (the 2nd and flattened 6th). These notes give the natural minor scale it's distinctive 'darker' sound. It's a great scale choice for playing rock and metal licks in minor keys...and in most cases the notes in the natural minor scale will work well in this setting. From time to time the added notes mi...

Open String Blues - Stevie Ray Vaughan Style Licks Nail the open string blues scale plus two awesome open string blues licks in the style of the great Stevie Ray Vaughan. Grab full tab for this lesson in my free 'Blues Guitar Tab Bundle' https://jamesshipway.leadpages.co/blues-guitar-bundle-video-offer/ Learn how to create amazing blues guitar solos with the open string blues scale and play open string blues licks in the style of players like SRV, Hendrix, Clapton, Freddie King and others. I'll show you how to play E blues scale using the open strings and many cool ways you can use this scale in your guitar solos, using strings bending, slides and more. So let's get into it! Here's a breakdown of what you will learn in this video: 0:46 Let's take a look at how we play the E scale using the open strings. This scale shape is great for making up lots of 'twangy' open string licks...a favorite of players like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix and othe...

Learn minor pentatonic rock licks as used by the biggest names in rock and metal guitar. Let's face it: the minor pentatonic scale is the most commonly used scale in rock guitar, so without a good range of pentatonic rock licks to use, playing a great rock solo is going to be tough! But this minor pentatonic rock licks guitar lesson has got you covered, with on-screen guitar tab and a range of cool minor pentatonic moves including alternate picking licks, double stops and powerful minor pentatonic bends. With this guitar tutorial learning minor pentatonic rock licks is easy to...meaning you can be using them in your rock guitar solos soon. All these licks are using the 'shape 1' E minor pentatonic scale pattern played up at the 12th fret. You probably know this already, but if not use the fingering and on screen guitar tab in this video to quickly learn it. 0:55 The first minor pentatonic rock lick uses a mixture of alternate picking and a common but powerful repeating ...