Switching Scales

This free heavy metal guitar video lesson by Peter Vogl will show you how to play several guitar licks. These licks come from the A Mixolydian and F# Blues Scale. We'll practice these licks over track 6, Nasty Shuffle, of the Let's Jam! Hard Rock. You'll find that these licks will sound different depending on what chord they are played over. You'll want to experiment and figure out which chords you prefer to play these licks over.

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Here is the A Mixolydian Scale

E minor Pentatonic scale

Now let's learn how to play the first lick

Let's review the A Mixolydian Scale at the 5th fret

e major pentatonic scale 2nd position

Here is the tab for our second lick.

Here's a refresher of the F# Blues Scale at the 2nd fret

E Blues Scale

Let's take a try at Lick #3

E Blues Scale

Now practice playing all of the licks over track 6, Nasty Shuffle, of the Let's Jam! Hard Rock.

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