Frank Zappa: Shut Up ’N Learn His Guitar Techniques
Guitar Player tries to explain Frank Zappa’s guitar techniques. Tabs and audio included:
Though Zappa used a wide variety of scales and modes (natural minor, harmonic minor, Dorian, Mixolydian, Phrygian, blues scale, etc.), he often based his solos on the minor pentatonic scale (1-b3-4-5-b7). His soloing apart from that of other pentatonic players was his penchant for unusual rhythmic combinations. Often jumping back and forth from duple feels (eighths and 16ths) to triple feels (shuffled rhythms ...