Guitar Lessons & Articles
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Do You Need Music Theory to Play Guitar?
No. Plenty of great guitarists never studied theory, and you can play for years without it. If that’s the answer…
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The Hungarian Minor Scale on Guitar
Most pages on the Hungarian minor scale give you the intervals, a box shape and a note that it sounds…
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Can You Play Minor Pentatonic Over Major Chords?
Short answer: sometimes. Over a dominant 7 chord in a blues, yes, and the clash is the whole point. Over…
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Slide Guitar in Standard Tuning: Why You Don’t Need Open G
The open G assumption Most slide lessons start the same way. Retune to open G, or open E, or open…
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How to Play Slide Guitar in Standard Tuning
The standard advice for slide guitar is to retune. Open E, open G or open D: put the slide across…
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Are You Actually Improvising? Take This Quick Test
Here’s a question that sounds like a trick and isn’t. When you take a solo, are you choosing the notes…