Learning the Fretboard – Unlock the Guitar

25 Guitar Hacks That Will Change the Way You Play

May 30, 2026

Most “guitar hacks” articles are about gear maintenance — pencil graphite in the nut slots, toothpicks in screw holes, that…

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…

April 3, 2020

In Part 7 of our series on how to learn the fretboard, we turn our attention to major chords and…

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.…

March 28, 2020

Why not use some of your practice time to (finally) learn the fretboard? By learning the fretboard I mean breaking…