Whether you call these solo ideas minor blues or embellished pentatonic/blues scale, the effect is the same, freeing you up from established patterns to hold your audience's attention ...

As guitarists, we’re always seeking out comfortable, convenient scale fingerings that also help us best visualize shapes on the fretboard. To this end, fingering schemes built around repeating ...

For Indian classical music's impatient Western listeners, the methodical introduction of a raga's melodic scale -- the alap, which can easily run a half-hour -- can be wearying. Sunday night at the ...