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  • Rhythmic and Harmonic Studies for Guitar

    Rhythmic and Harmonic Studies for Guitar

    In 1981 I was practicing my scales: ionian, dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian, locrian, melodic and harmonic minor. Then I got a copy of the “Mahavishnu Songbook”. In it John McLaughlin showed a list of 13 (what he called) “Synthetic Scales”. I tried to practice these, but didn’t really know what to do with them…