Scales For The Lead Guitarist features Michael Thompson who has performed with many popular musicians including Michael Jackson, Michael Bolton, Great White, Dokken, Reba McEntire, Celine Dion, Hall & Oates, Earth, Wind & Fire and more. Michael also has his own album out under the Geffen label. In this video, he presents 30 minutes of an in depth study of scales and their application for the lead guitarist. Michael takes you through a step by step demonstration of major pentatonic, minor pentatonic, harmonic minor scale, chromatic passages, blues scale, major scale, minor scale, soloing over changes, use of chord tones, melodic phasing and more. Michael incorporates rhythm tracks with his examples allowing the viewer to play along. The accompanying booklet shows each example in notation and tablature. Michael Thompson believes that education goes a long way when it comes to getting those top gigs. Through this video, he is able to share some of his knowledge with you.
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