Unlock the Guitar

How to Play What You Hear in Your Head (Part 2)

One thing I noticed when I began to purposely concentrate on learning to play what I heard in my head […]

Barre chords are almost a rite of passage after learning all the open chords. I see a lot of beginners […]

Earlier this month we looked at 4NPS (four-note-per-string) scales as used by the likes of Allan Holdsworth in this article. […]

I first saw this on Allan Holdsworth’s REH DVD where he recommends learning scales using four notes per string instead […]

Getting your head around intervals is a great way to start to take melodic control of your solos i.e. choosing […]

One of the most challenging things about learning to use modes is crafting your licks and runs to bring out […]

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know I’m not a huge fan of the CAGED System. Its […]

If you’ve gotten tired of the minor/major pentatonic and blues scales when soloing over a blues, you may be wondering […]

For many, learning guitar is a painful process, and it’s not just people’s fingers that are hurting; their brains are […]

There’s no doubt about it, making a living from playing guitar is getting trickier all the time. It requires discipline […]