Adding chromatic notes to a pentatonic scale is one of the quickest ways to introduce a more sophisticated, outside flavour into your improvising — and…

A great blues solo isn’t a random collection of licks — it’s a structured conversation with the music, built from identifiable building blocks that the…

Most jazz improvisation methods tell you which scale to play over which chord — but that chord-by-chord approach leaves out the most important question: why…

This is the fourth and final part of Luca Mantovanelli’s residency at GuitarVivo — a wide-ranging masterclass that brings together blues soloing, pentatonics, singing and…

Legato playing becomes significantly more expressive — and considerably more interesting — the moment you start incorporating chromatic notes: pitches that sit outside the scale…

Most guitarists learning jazz hit the same wall: they’ve memorised the scales and arpeggios, but their playing doesn’t sound like jazz. The gap between knowing…

“Sunny” by Bobby Hebb is one of the most recorded songs in history — a deceptively simple melody built on a chord progression that has…

George Marios has a truly individual voice on the guitar — the kind that makes you stop and listen even when you can’t quite identify…

The ear is the instrument that drives everything else. Before your fingers can phrase musically, before your solos can breathe, before your rhythm playing can…

Your questions, struggles, and ideas are exactly what makes this community great — and they directly shape the lessons that get made. If something is…