I’m sure you remember the first five or so chords you learned on guitar, and I’m willing to bet they were open chords. You most…
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A couple of days ago we looked at How to Easily Learn Multiple Scale Patterns in parallel using just three different scale patterns/positions. In this…
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In Part 1 we looked at the basic theory behind the harmonized major scale and how to learn four sets of root position chords that…
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A great way to learn chords and chord progressions is to learn them in context, whether it be a song or the chord chart for…
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We’ve been talking a lot on the blog lately about improvisation methods and systems. The guitar is a double-edged sword in this regard as a…
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This little guitar hack is particularly useful if you’re at that stage in your learning where you want to know which scales work over which…
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If you’re comfortable soloing over major/minor and seventh chords, but things get a little shaky when you have to come up with something to play…
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When you come to write your own material as a solo artist, band member, composer, or anything else, you’re going to need to know which…
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Chords and Language LearningYou’ve probably heard the phrase, ‘learning music is like learning a language’, bandied around by musicians, and while most just repeat the…
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My first guitar teacher was and still is a great funk player. I’d go see him play at the local venues where I remember being…
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