hacks
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How to Connect Guitar Scale Positions (Without Learning More Patterns)
Every guide on connecting guitar scale positions tells you the same thing: learn all five boxes, then practise moving between…
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How to Actually Get Better at Guitar When You Only Have 15–20 Minutes a Day
Most advice for busy adult guitarists is the same three tips repeated with different words: practice in the morning, set…
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Extended Pentatonic Scales – No More Boxes
It’s common for guitarists to get stuck in pentatonic scale boxes every now and again, and while you can sound…
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How to Learn Guitar F.A.S.T.
Apologies for the clickbait title, I couldn’t think of a better one and besides, I believe this post will help…
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From Multiple Scales to Multiple Chords
A couple of days ago we looked at How to Easily Learn Multiple Scale Patterns in parallel using just three…
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10 Game-Changing Soloing Tips for Guitarists
Sometimes all it takes is a suggestion or a new perspective to jump-start your improvisation skills or give your solos…
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The Key to Breaking Out of Scale Boxes
You’ll find a lot of stuff on the internet about breaking out of scale boxes; some players suggest learning the…
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4 World Class Tips for Practicing Scales
We all know that one of the biggest challenges faced by guitarists, after putting in the hours to learn all…
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3 Ways to Get Out of a Scales Rut
Most guitarists get stuck in a scales rut sooner or later; this is somewhat due to learning patterns which, because…
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How to Use String Pairs to Simplify Arpeggios and Scales
I’m a big fan of ideas like this that reduce thinking and allow you to come up with some great…