As guitarists we tend to focus on guitar-specific things such as learning licks, riffs, technique and the accumulation of gear. While this is all well and good, at some point you’ll wish you’d taken at least one if not all … Read more
Ear Training
How to Really Hear the Modes
You can find tons of stuff on modes right here on the blog, but I’d like to share this quick exercise which tests whether you’re really hearing them or not. One of the major drawbacks of using patterns to navigate … Read more
Why You Should Be Working Stuff Out By Ear
While you might have been dazzled into thinking that phenomenal technique and a mastery of music are a fundamental part of being a virtuoso guitarist, and they are, there’s an even more fundamental skill that is often overlooked by budding … Read more