Topics covered in this (close to two hour) lesson include: Arpeggios and practice techniques for chords (6ths, Dominant 7ths, 9ths, etc) that will add new colours to your playing; An exploration of the diminished chord and how to apply it to your solos; The iim7 chord; The major and minor pentatonic scales; The blues, combined and chromatic scales; The mixolydian scale; Unusual guitar chord shapes and substitutions; The encircling riff; Double stops; Rhythm and building solos in 12 and 8 bar swing chord progressions; Borrowing from other players and instruments to build a solo; Playing and soloing over the ‘rhythm’ changes and much more!