by Rizal Hefni | Feb 4, 2022 | Chord Tone Soloing
The next level of chord tone soloing is Guide Tone Targeting. Guide Tones (sometimes called ‘Colour Tones’) are essentially the 3rd’s and 7ths of a chord. Therefore, Guide Tone Targeting is the approach of targeting of these specific chord tones when...
by Rizal Hefni | Jan 14, 2022 | Chord Tone Soloing
What is Pentatonic Interchange? Pentatonic interchange is the changing of pentatonic scales over the specific chords. This technique is similar to scalar interchange except that is uses pentatonic scales instead of the major scale patterns. It is however more...
by Rizal Hefni | Jan 14, 2022 | Chord Tone Soloing
Scalar interchange is a very useful skill especially when it comes to the Blues where the chords are all dominant 7th chords. Essentially, we can see the chords as being the V7 (i.e. fifth) chords of 3 different keys. Therefore, if we know how to change between the...
by Rizal Hefni | Jan 14, 2022 | Chord Tone Soloing
Scalar interchange refers to the technique of changing the scale over different key centres or even over specific chords. This technique is used rarely in rock and pop where the key tends to remain the same. In Blues and Jazz however, this technique is highly useful....
by Rizal Hefni | Aug 13, 2021 | Chord Tone Soloing
Most guitarists learn arpeggios after having learned scales. Few guitarists however, actually see the link between arpeggios and chord tone soloing. Arpeggios by definition, are the notes of a chord played sequentially, one note at a time. When we figure out...
by Rizal Hefni | Aug 12, 2021 | Chord Tone Soloing
Note targeting is the most basic level of chord tone soloing. By that approach, guitarists will structure their lines to land on specific notes that they have ‘targetted’ on the fretboard. They would land on these notes on the first beat of the chord...
