Intermediate Plateau – Unlock the Guitar

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August 19, 2026

Here’s a question that sounds like a trick and isn’t. When you take a solo, are you choosing the notes…

August 16, 2026

There’s a specific thing that happens with this book. Someone mentions it in a thread about improvisation. Three people reply…

May 31, 2020

I have a fascination for the number 5 and everything that’s associated with it. In guitar terms this translates to…

April 3, 2020

If you’re still with me, we’ll dedicate this part to summarizing and consolidating what we’ve learned so far into a…

March 31, 2020

Let’s continue our analysis by looking at more complex chords and their corresponding intervals. Minor 7 chords contain the intervals…

March 30, 2020

You’ve reached the turning point! If you’ve been practicing the material in the previous parts, and depending on how long…

March 29, 2020

Read Part 3 here. The Perfect 4thThe perfect 4th is the ‘Smoke on the Water’ interval, where it’s used to…

March 28, 2020

Check out Part 2 here. 3 and 7 Combinations IIWe need to be fluent in recognizing intervals going in all…

March 28, 2020

Check out Part 1 here. In practice, you use a combination of note names and intervals to navigate the fretboard.…

January 11, 2019

This leads on from what I was talking about in a previous article but it applies more specifically to intermediate…