Barry Harris was an influential jazz pianist and educator, renowned for his unique approach to harmony and improvisation. In particular, the 6th diminished scale is one of his core concepts, offering a wealth of harmonic possibilities and a distinctive sound to your playing. In this lesson, we’ll cover specifically how to play the Major 6 … Read more

In this lesson, we’re covering how to play the E blues scale on guitar by learning the 5 essential scale shapes and the underlying music theory. Although the blues scale is often used in blues music, this versatile scale can also be used in different genres to create soulful and melodic ideas. If you missed the … Read more

This lesson covers the 5 scale shapes for effectively playing the A Major scale on guitar. If you’ve learned how to play the A Major scale in the first position of the guitar, the next step is to learn the same set of notes throughout the fretboard.  If you still aren’t confident about naming the … Read more

The C minor scale is one of the essential scales to know on guitar. If you’ve already learned the notes in the first position of the guitar, the next step is to learn the same set of notes throughout the fretboard. This lesson covers the 5 scale shapes for effectively playing the C minor scale … Read more

This lesson covers the 5 scale shapes for effectively playing the F Major scale on guitar. If you’ve learned how to play the F Major scale in the first position of the guitar, the next step is to learn the same set of notes throughout the fretboard.  If you still aren’t confident about naming the … Read more

In this lesson, we’re covering how to play the D minor pentatonic scale on guitar by learning the 5 scale shapes on the fretboard and the music theory to help you understand how it works. The pentatonic scale is a powerful 5 note scale that you can use to create tasteful and melodic ideas for … Read more

In this lesson, we’re covering how to play the E Major pentatonic scale on guitar by learning the 5 scale shapes on the fretboard as well as the music theory to help you understand how it works. The pentatonic scale is a powerful 5 note scale that you can use to create tasteful and melodic … Read more

The F minor scale is one of the essential scales to know on guitar. If you’ve already learned the notes in the first position of the guitar, the next step is to learn the same set of notes throughout the fretboard. This lesson covers the 5 scale shapes for effectively playing the F minor scale … Read more

In this lesson, we’re covering how to play the E minor pentatonic scale on guitar by learning the 5 scale shapes on the fretboard as well as the music theory to help you understand how it works. The pentatonic scale is a powerful 5 note scale that you can use to create tasteful and melodic … Read more

The E minor scale is one of the essential scales to know on guitar. If you’ve already learned the notes in the first position of the guitar, the next step is to learn the same set of notes throughout the fretboard. This lesson covers the 5 scale shapes for effectively playing the E minor scale … Read more