About Don J MacLean

Don J. MacLean is one of the world's leading authorities on accelerated learning systems for guitar—with students using his methods in more than 50 countries worldwide. Don is the author of over 60 books including The World of Scales, the Absolute Essentials of Music Theory for Guitar, How I Got Killer Guitar Chops While I Was Still in High School: Confessions of a High School Shredder, 21 Secrets to Learn any Guitar Song Super-Fast, and Guitar Essentials: Chord Master Expanded Edition.

Kumoi Scale – How to add a Fresh New Sound To Your Guitar Solos Part 2

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In this tutorial we will look at two good ways to practice the Kumoi scale.  This will help you to improve your guitar technique and also give you some melodic patterns you can use in your solos.

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Kumoi Scale – How to add a Fresh New Sound To Your Guitar Solos Part 1

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Do Your Guitar Solos all Sound the Same?

Are You Looking for a “New” Sound for Your Solos?

In this 3-part lead guitar tutorial series, we will take a look at a fun pentatonic scale, the Kumoi scale, that will add some spice to your guitar solos.

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How 3 Rings Can Improve Your Guitar Playing

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Here we focus on something very important for guitar players of all levels.

What’s really interesting about this important topic is that it is rarely discussed. And surprisingly, even when guitarists learn about it, it’s usually cast aside as one of those things to do later. The main reason for this is because most guitarists underestimate just how powerful this simple thing is. Once guitarists try it, they notice consistent improvement in their playing.

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10 Tips to Learn Guitar on Your Own Part 3

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To wrap up this 3-part series, we will look at three additional tips that will help you to learn the guitar on your own.

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10 Tips to Learn Guitar on Your Own Part 2

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In part 1 of this series, we looked at three important tips to get you learning to play the guitar quickly.  Now let’s continue with some additional and equally important tips.

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10 Tips to Learn Guitar on Your Own Part 1

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You’ve decided it’s time to learn to play guitar. You’ve put it off for long enough.

Now that you are ready, the big question you have is: “what’s the best way to learn guitar on your own?”

The good news is there are many effective ways to learn guitar on your own. The bad news is there are many, many ways that you can waste your valuable time.

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The Best Way to Learn Guitar Fast…Even When You are Short on Time

The Forgetting Curve

When you are short on time you need to get the most you can out of every guitar practice session, or it will take way too long to learn guitar.  One of the keys to this is understanding how we forget things.

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