Kristofer Dahl25th May 2008This is beautiful Nick - I love your "dry" expressive tone, also your phrasing is very fresh with lots of tasty nuances in it. Thanks for the high quality lesson and inspiration!
Toni Suominen25th May 2008Great lesson Nick!
Martin la guitarra25th May 2008beautiful....good job Nick
TreyDeschamp25th May 2008Great lesson Nick, if you dont mind me asking what kind of guitar is that?
skennington25th May 2008Love the Tone Nick and excellent phrasing!
axelsson25th May 2008Neat lesson. Sounds a bit Frank Gambale´ish
Nick Kellie25th May 2008thanks very much chaps. The guitar is an Yamaha AES-FG
nick
ItsMe25th May 2008Another perfect lesson. Grap my guitar right now
Joe Kataldo25th May 2008Hey nick you fretboard/melodic control is excellent, Nice lesson
eddiecat25th May 2008I simply adore your lessons.
Thank you, Eddie
kaznie_NL25th May 2008Nice job Nick!!
Unleash-The-Shred25th May 2008WOW! This is so awesome. Love it!
Bogdan Radovic25th May 2008Very good lesson Nick!
Marcus Lavendell25th May 2008Brilliant Nick!
Pablo Vazquez25th May 2008Perfect!!!!
Capt.Z25th May 2008Nice and Jazzy!!
Trond Vold25th May 2008Lovely improv
- Alex8725th May 2008
Your solos are fantastic, great tone man!
Hisham Al-Sanea25th May 2008great one Nick .good job
Ivan Milenkovic25th May 2008Awesome gentle imrpovising Nick. Great job.
at lights end25th May 2008cool
- inertia25th May 2008
Wow awesome phrasing, definitely going to learn this lesson, thx
Juan M. Valero25th May 2008cool impro
sounds really good
Lian Gerbino25th May 2008hey man! this is so cool!
Canis25th May 2008Awesome lesson!
The melody made me happy and relaxed =) This lesson is added to my "to-learn" list ^^
Muris Varajic26th May 2008Great phrasing Nick!!
Tuubsu26th May 2008How great impro! nice lesson!
Dejan Farkas26th May 2008Pretty cool improvisation, I like the vibe
Gabriel Leopardi27th May 2008Very nice improvisation Nick!
Gerardo Siere27th May 2008Beautiful improvising
Carlos Carrillo27th May 2008Hey Nick!!!
great lesson!!!
LYNCH-FAN27th May 2008very cool. Awesome tone and note choice.
Pi3828th May 2008Really beautiful, man. Really beautiful. Your use of the whammy bar reminds me of Satriani.
Sergio Dorado29th May 2008Very cool improvisation. I love Ionian mode; your phrasing is really good
- Sergio Dorado29th May 2008
Very cool improvisation, your phrasing is really remarkable
- Sergio Dorado29th May 2008
Danilo Capezzuto29th May 2008Great lesson from a great guitarist!
- Nick Kellie30th May 2008
thanks guys (now I've gone red) !
Gwazi10th July 2008Ah thanks dude these licks very helpful to me i been neglecting ionian for awhile :/
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Hi again folks! This lesson we are taking a look at improvising with the Ionian mode (AKA Major scale). Notice how I also throw in some C blues for good measure at one point. Many guitarists have a tough time making this scale sound musical as it is so familiar that when played badly it can just sound like a scale. I am presenting you with some more creative ideas that will hopefully break up the sound for you a little bit.
Please remember that this improvisation was one take and off the cuff. You need to develop confidence in order to be able to improvise convincingly. To develop this you need good vocabulary (licks and phrases) as well as a thorough knowledge of the the scale.
The remainder of this lesson is dedicated to various licks which I will explain to you. Be sure to improvise with them and play along to the backing track.
I hope you enjoy it.
Good luck and speak soon!
Nick
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