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CAGED System Chord Inversions Chords Guitar Insight Intermediate Plateau Music College Music Theory

How to See Music Theory on the Guitar Fretboard

August 31, 2016April 21, 2025

For the most part I taught myself to play guitar. I spent a year at Music College and had a […]

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4NPS Scales Allan Holdsworth Scale Patterns Scales Shawn Lane

Scale Patterns, Optical Illusions, and the ‘Breaking Out’ Myth

August 29, 2016April 21, 2025

Our latest eBook, ‘Shred Guitar Mechanics: Fretboard Dexterity through 4NPS Scales’, is the product of extensive research into the benefits […]

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Arpeggios Guitar Hacks

How to Take the Tedium Out of Learning Arpeggios

August 23, 2016April 21, 2025

I was never a big fan of learning arpeggios, especially via a set of shapes up and down the neck, […]

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Guitar Hacks Pentatonics

How to Use the Other Four Minor Pentatonic Boxes

August 18, 2016April 21, 2025

Guitarists tend to get fixated on box 1 of the minor pentatonic scale and milk it to death. You may […]

alternate tunings
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How to Get the Most Out of Alternate Tunings

August 6, 2016April 21, 2025

One of the great things about the guitar is the possibility of experimenting with alternate tunings, and what with the […]

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Guitar Tips Practicing

4 Powerful Tips to Avoid Unproductive Practicing

August 1, 2016April 21, 2025

I decided to go to Music College back in the early 2000s, to the ACM in the UK to be […]

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Allan Holdsworth

Allan Holdsworth: A Guitarist’s Guide

July 17, 2016April 21, 2025

I have a great deal to thank my first guitar teacher for. He was the one who introduced me, some […]

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All Fourths Tuning

Introduction to All Fourths Tuning

July 8, 2016April 21, 20254 Comments

I would say fourths tuning, P4 (perfect fourths) tuning or all fourths tuning, has become much more popular than it […]

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Modes

7 Steps For Learning Any Mode

July 5, 2016April 21, 2025

Modes can be a somewhat confusing area for guitarists, and as a universal music theory concept, they’re probably not best […]

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5 Tips to Avoid Getting Stuck in a Rut

July 1, 2016April 21, 2025

Almost all guitarists get stuck in a rut once every so often, and it can take a while to get […]

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