Bends, embellishments, arpeggios and more – from Charlie Christian to BB King and George Benson, how to unlock the genius of the jazz and blues icons ...

Hello everyone, and welcome to my new column for Guitar World! Over the course of these lessons, I will be demonstrating many ...

This is usually the first scale shape learned by aspiring lead guitarists. It’s also a core part of the styles of players such as Chuck Berry, Jimmy Page, Slash and many more. Start on a G note, as ...

Like its Lydian cousin, the Mixolydian mode deviates from the major scale by just one note – the major 7th, which is lowered by a semitone to become a minor 7th. It's a crucial difference that ...

You probably already use the minor pentatonic scale. After all, it’s almost certainly the single most used scale in rock and blues lead, and players like ... Play the shape one fret higher for B b ...

Then Blues Boy King. Finally B.B. King stuck. Sponsor Message You can't mention names without talking about his guitar, Lucille. It was actually more than one. The story goes that the first was a ...