It's easy for guitar players to get stuck in the same area of the fretboard while improvising. In this lesson we'll study a little exercise using open strings that should help you see your scales in a new linear way.

A short etude focusing on moving laterally up the guitar neck.

Two exercises to make your right hand more rhythmically precise while playing linear patterns.

In this lesson we are going to take a look at a bebop jazz guitar technique called the enclosures and apply this cool concept to our jazz fusion phrasing.

Learn how to move laterally through scales to connect box positions.

Intermediate level funk study: A linear alternate picking sequence of melodies. Get in the pocket!

These exercises are very effective when it comes to playing various phrases, arpeggios, or anything that requires non-linear fingering patterns.

A simple instrumental song that uses the C Major scale in a linear fashion in order to help you learn the major scale and internalize it.

Playing linear runs using scales may become boring - so let's change the atmoshpere and move onto a bigger challenge! You'll be challenged by string skipping over 1, 2 and 3 strings, stretching and linear runs at the same time! You will also feel huge advance in your control of string switching but most important thing is to play it CLEAN. Ready? GO!!