Guitar Lessons & Articles
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What Scales Did Allan Holdsworth Actually Use? (The Truth About His “Outside” Sound)
Ask the internet what scales Allan Holdsworth used and you’ll get three kinds of useless answer. The first is “everything”…
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The Melodic Minor Scale — How John Scofield Uses It
The melodic minor scale has a reputation as advanced material. It shows up in jazz theory books after you’ve covered…
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The Only Modes You Actually Need to Know
Every guitarist reaches the modes eventually. Usually it goes something like this: you’re getting comfortable with the pentatonic scale, someone…
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7 Alternate Guitar Tunings Worth Exploring
Standard tuning is a compromise. It’s a tuning designed to make the guitar as versatile as possible across as many…
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Is the CAGED System Worth Learning?
The short answer is: it depends on what you do with it. The longer answer is what this article is…
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25 Guitar Hacks That Will Change the Way You Play
Most “guitar hacks” articles are about gear maintenance — pencil graphite in the nut slots, toothpicks in screw holes, that…