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Guitar Solo Tip: You don’t have to change scales when the chords change – EP016

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I get a lot of questions on the topic of soloing, so I thought I would start creating lessons like these that provide pointers on various topics. In this guitar lesson, I’ll demonstrate the fact that you don’t have to change scales every time a chord changes when playing a solo. I’ve had lots of emails from people on that topic so I thought it made sense to create a video that explains the fact that you DON’T have to change scales to match the chords. Hopefully this will help some of you out there.

Understanding Guitar Scales - When to Change

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  1. raymac says

    September 2, 2015 at 1:44 am

    Brian do you have any JAZ licks or jaz progressions in your training program.

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  2. Kevin D says

    October 26, 2015 at 8:15 pm

    These “chats” you have really begin to tie up the loose ends with regards to seeing the big picture on much simpler terms. At least thats been my observation so far. I think your informal manner of instruction is very effective and I have gleened much in a very short time frame.

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  3. errolrd says

    January 4, 2016 at 10:55 am

    Brian, Thank you for this lesson. I really need to hear someone say this.

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  4. TMCGRIGGS says

    March 1, 2016 at 8:22 pm

    Need MP3 for lesson

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    • Marey - Semper Wollmann says

      March 8, 2016 at 4:01 am

      brian , you are the Sunshine of my life thanks for this lesson

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  5. Marey - Semper Wollmann says

    March 8, 2016 at 4:27 am

    i’m progress in my chorus

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  6. Hilsanders says

    May 27, 2016 at 8:10 am

    Brian, your lessons are the best that I have found on the internet. One question about this lesson: As the chords change from G to C or D, do you try to land on that particular note in the scale?

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  7. Patrick O says

    December 26, 2017 at 4:06 pm

    Thanks! I absolutely was wondering about this. Changing on the turn-around sounds cool too.

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  8. Raymond P says

    June 11, 2019 at 8:42 am

    Hi Brian,

    I’m just checking out some of your previous lessons and found this one, it’s great. I’m having a lot of fun learning such wonderful and powerful information in all these lessons. What a fantastic musical resource.

    Thanks again
    Ray P

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