Steve Vai

A valuable method of training your ear is to practice singing the notes that you play on the guitar. I’d like to offer you some specific advice on how to go about doing this on your own. A good way to start this training method is to stay within one scale and key and make […]

My first ear training columns outlined various techniques intended to strengthen your note-recognition abilities, using the guitar as an ear training tool. This time, I’d like to turn you onto some ear training techniques that use chords. Let’s begin by playing a series of random major and minor chords all over the neck, which we’ll […]

In my last two columns, I outlined a series of different ear training exercises designed to sharpen your note-recognition abilities. As you may recall, we began with an examination of the intervallic relationships between pairs of notes, then expanded the scope of our analysis to include full chords. Up to this point, we’ve been using […]

Learn 5 Part Ear Training lesson from Legend Steve Vai Check part 3 Of Ear Training Lesson here: Ear Training Lesson With Steve Vai – Part 3 – When Your Ears Become Really Good In last column, I showed you a way to hone your pitch and interval recognition skills by singing in harmony with […]

To quickly review, the last four columns have covered the following approaches to ear training: singing the notes of major and minor scales while playing them; playing pairs of notes and identifying the intervallic relationships between the notes; learning to identify different chord qualities (types) solely by hearing them; singing in harmony with single-note riffs […]

Steve Vai gives us the inside story of the development of his new Carvin Legacy 3 amp, plus his views on the whole signature concept… by Simon Bradley Originally published In guitarist magazine August 2012 Steve Vai is having a big year. Not only is his latest solo album The Story Of Light in the […]

The 80’s were a defining decade for the guitar shredding genre, with some of the most iconic and influential players emerging on the scene. This article is a tribute to the legends who paved the way for this genre of guitar playing. The 10 guitar shredders highlighted in this article are Randy Rhoads, George Lynch, […]