The Chromatic Barre Chord Here's a chromatic arpeggio using an A major 6-string barre chord, using the half-step shifts explored i...

The previous post examined a simple triad arpeggio. Here are a set of arpeggiated Zone Patterns (box patterns). The basic Zone structure is...

Here's a simple and effective technique for getting more out of chords. In the diagram below you see a Major 7th chord   rooted in th...

You can jam along to a couple of simple chord patterns in any of the 12 keys ... Blues Patterns - Play along with 3 minutes of 12 bar blu...

(click for larger image) This pattern is based on the same essential principle as the previous pattern ; a set of arpeggios in X shape...

(click for larger image) The pattern of this exercise doesn't just look pretty, it expresses the innate symmetry of the diatonic sy...

There are two "Superzones" on the fretboard; the Phrygian and the Aeolian. In any key, the Phrygian Superzone   runs from the Ph...