The Phrygian scale is the 3rd mode taken out of a Major scale. The minor second degree gives it an eastern feel. Today's lesson will focus on an E minor Phrygian key. On a technical point of view, we'll concentrate on alternate picking.

E is a popular key and it uses the lowest E note available on a standard tuned guitar, and is a powerful Rock and Blues key standard.

Melodic Solo in key of E minor. Learn how to build it and then incorporate similar ideas into your own playing.

Slow and easy country lead playing on an acoustic guitar with a gritty minor key feel.

This time I am showing how to extend riffing in E minor pentatonic mixed with some passing soloing patterns.

I composed a melodic solo to show you different resources that you can include in your compositions. Here we'll use different techniques as octaves, alternate picking, vibrato, harmonics & slides.

Inspired by bands like Story Of The Year, Funeral for a friend and more extreme bands like Bullet For My Valentine. These bands have a new and powerful sound, and interesting guitar work.

Warming up exercises that will help you with short legato melodies, and prepare you for songs that has the same vocal challenges like in this lesson.

Influenced by John Petrucci, Steve Vai and Kiko Loureiro (Angra). The solo starts in F# Phrygian mode and then it modulates to B minor scale. We will use Alternate picking, Vibrato, Slides and Palm muting in this lesson.