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JamMan Solo Review

DigiTech JamMan Solo Review In our JamMan Solo review, Guitar Command gets to grips with the entry model in DigiTech’s loop pedal range. In 2005 DigiTech introduced the JamMan, a loop pedal that for the time offered an impressive amount of storage time and options. The current range of JamMan pedals further improves on the …

Exotic guitar scales can intoduce some real variety into your improvisation and set you apart from the crowd. Many of the exotic guitar scales on this page are from non-Western musical cultures, where there is less emphasis on the major / minor key systems that create the basis of most Western music.

Learn how to play the enigmatic scale on guitar. Notation, tab and fretboard diagram is provided. We’ll also look at how the scale came to be invented.

This page contains information on several Japanese scales, and includes guitar tab and fretboard diagrams.

There are several Western interpretations of Japanese scales. They are all pentatonic (i.e. made up of five notes). Each of them produces a slightly different sound, but all are instantly recognisable as being Japanese in origin.

The Byzantine scale is the same as the Gypsy scale and the double harmonic scale. It is also related to the Phrygian dominant scale. A quick look at Wikipedia tells me that the Byzantine Empire was ‘was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the East during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its …

Double Harmonic Scale

The double harmonic scale goes by several other names, including the Arabic scale, Gypsy scale and Byzantine scale. It has the unusual feature of two augmented second intervals; these, together with the half-step gap between its first and second notes, give the scale an exotic, Eastern sound. The scale spelling is: 1, b2, 3, 4, …

Freygish Scale

The Freygish Scale, also known as the Jewish Scale, is a common scale in Middle Eastern music, and produces an instantly recognisable exotic sound. It is also known as the Phrygian dominant scale and the Spanish Gypsy scale. It is widely used in Arabic music, and in Spanish music – it is a scale used …

Welcome To Guitar Command

Welcome To Guitar Command As you’ve probably noticed, we’ve recently changed the name of this site from ‘GuitarScales.info’ to ‘GuitarCommand.com‘. It’s always a big decision to change a website’s address – it presents a myriad of technical issues, as well as the more obvious marketing ones. However, despite having a few last minute panics, the …

Chords For Guitar Modes Backing Tracks

For those who have purchased the Guitar Modes Guitar Backing tracks album, here are the chord charts for each of the tracks. The Guitar Modes backing tracks album is a great way to improve your understanding of modes. The tracks on the album cover each mode of the major scale and provide an exciting and …

Bebop Licks

Bebop licks for guitar, presented in notation and TAB. These licks are based on the dominant form of the bebop scale. The dominant bebop scale is basically a mixolydian scale with an extra passing note inserted between the root and the b7. For example, a G dominant bebop scale contains the notes: G, A, B, …