http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Craig+Bassett Advice Craig Bassett Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=150833&ca=Advice Playing jazz guitar fluently is definitely a challenge. It is a lifelong study. People new to jazz often underestimate the sheer volume of information that needs to be absorbed. Especially in the area of jazz guitar scales! In this article we continue looking at the most common scales used in jazz g... Entertainment Craig Bassett Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=150462&ca=Entertainment Learning jazz guitar scales can be a very daunting project. For the jazz newbie there seems to be an endless number of jazz scales that have to be learnt. It can be very overwhelming, and it can often be hard to even know where to start! In this series of articles we’ll take a look at some of the mo... Entertainment Craig Bassett Sat, 12 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=150094&ca=Entertainment Learning blues guitar can be frustrating if you don’t know what guitar scales to use. Because of that, in this blues guitar lesson we’ll take a look at another really common scale used in blues soloing. Once you master this guitar scale, you’ll have another great weapon in your lead guitar arsenal!... Advice Craig Bassett Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=149788&ca=Advice In this blues guitar scale lesson we’ll take a look at a really common guitar scale used for blues improvisation. This scale is great to learn if you want to play blues guitar in an authentic sounding way. In fact, it would be really hard to solo in a blues guitar style without knowing it! Let’s tak... Entertainment Craig Bassett Sat, 05 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=148500&ca=Entertainment To start off this guitar scales practice tip, let me ask you a quick question. When was the last time you learnt a guitar scale to mastery? What I mean “to mastery” is this… - You can play the scale anywhere on your fretboard. - You know exactly what each note of the guitar scale sounds like. - You... Entertainment Craig Bassett Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=148242&ca=Entertainment In this guitar scale lesson we’ll take a look at one of the major roadblocks to guitar scale mastery—unnecessary learning and practice. What I mean by this is learning or practicing things that don’t directly improve your ability to use guitar scales in a practical way. Let’s take a look at a really... Entertainment Craig Bassett Wed, 02 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=147939&ca=Entertainment In this free guitar scale tip we are going to look at a very powerful practice strategy. I call this strategy “incremental lifestyle changes”. Before we talk about it, let me ask you a simple question… Is it always convenient for you to practice your guitar scales? Anyone who says yes to that questi... Entertainment Craig Bassett Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=147324&ca=Entertainment Learning guitar scales can be a very frustrating experience for many guitarists. It’s very easy to feel totally overwhelmed with just how much needs to be learnt. To learn and master every possible guitar scale out there would take many lifetimes. Because of this, many guitarists find it hard even k... Internet Craig Bassett Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=147046&ca=Internet The entitlement mindset. This is possibly one of the largest roadblocks that can hold you back from guitar learning success. Unfortunately many guitarists have this mindset. And it’s robbing from them any possible chance of reaching high levels of guitar playing. So what on earth is this mindset? An... Entertainment Craig Bassett Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=146415&ca=Entertainment There is a really common mistake that many guitarists make when learning guitar scales. This one mistake slows down their rate of progress drastically. What do you think it is? It is simply this… They try to learn every single scale there is! I did this myself when I first started playing guitar. I...