Guitar Techniques

Mattias IA Eklundh pt4 Smash Down

This month we wrap up our series of four video masterclasses with avant-garde guitar virtuoso Mattias IA Eklundh. Mattias explains the process of having a quick listen to Jason Sidwell’s Smash Down and then plugging in and playing. This no-nonsense approach provides spontaneous sounding results.

Mattias points out that the song is in D Minor (D-E-F-G-A-B b -C) and so he gravitates towards D Minor Pentatonic (D-F-G-A-C) and D Blues scale (D-F-G-A b -A-C). He says that pretty much all of this song can be navigated using these three scales. There is however a

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