How to Come Up With Original-Sounding Stuff on Guitar
I like to experiment with permutations of scales and intervals in order to come up with sequences that are unique […]
How to See Music Theory on the Guitar Fretboard
For the most part I taught myself to play guitar. I spent a year at Music College and had a […]
Scale Patterns, Optical Illusions, and the ‘Breaking Out’ Myth
Our latest eBook, ‘Shred Guitar Mechanics: Fretboard Dexterity through 4NPS Scales’, is the product of extensive research into the benefits […]
How to Take the Tedium Out of Learning Arpeggios
I was never a big fan of learning arpeggios, especially via a set of shapes up and down the neck, […]
How to Use the Other Four Minor Pentatonic Boxes
Guitarists tend to get fixated on box 1 of the minor pentatonic scale and milk it to death. You may […]
How to Get the Most Out of Alternate Tunings
One of the great things about the guitar is the possibility of experimenting with alternate tunings, and what with the […]
4 Powerful Tips to Avoid Unproductive Practicing
I decided to go to Music College back in the early 2000s, to the ACM in the UK to be […]
Allan Holdsworth: A Guitarist’s Guide
I have a great deal to thank my first guitar teacher for. He was the one who introduced me, some […]
Introduction to All Fourths Tuning
I would say fourths tuning, P4 (perfect fourths) tuning or all fourths tuning, has become much more popular than it […]
7 Steps For Learning Any Mode
Modes can be a somewhat confusing area for guitarists, and as a universal music theory concept, they’re probably not best […]