Open Chords – Some Basic Chords That Every Guitarist Should Know (Part 1)
Here are a few basic open form chords that all guitarists should know. An open chord generally involves open strings in the chord form and/or does not require a barre (barre chords will be covered...
View ArticleOpen Chords – Some Basic Chords That Every Guitarist Should Know (Part 2)
Once you feel comfortable with the open chords in the first part of this lesson, here are a few more open chords you will want to learn. You will probably find that once you have learned a few chords,...
View ArticleGuitar Shredding 101: Building Speed
If you want to shred on the guitar the most important skill you will need is speed. No matter what you play, if it isn’t fast you aren’t shredding! Not to worry though, building speed is not as...
View ArticleThe Major Scale
This is my first music theory lesson. I figured I would start with the major scale because a lot of music theory is based on the major scale. Therefore, to learn music theory an understanding of the...
View Article5 Major and Minor Scale Patterns
Here are 5 major and 5 minor scale patterns. Knowing all of these scales will allow you to play any major or minor scale in any region of the fretboard. This is advantageous because you can shift...
View ArticleHow To Tune A Guitar
Here’s a great explanation of how to tune a guitar when you don’t have a tuner or reference note available: http://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/tuning/how-to-tune/ Here is an online guitar tuner you can...
View ArticleGuitar Songs for Beginners
Learning songs is an important aspect of learning to play guitar. It helps take the techniques you have practiced and applies them to “real” music. This is especially important for beginners. Below is...
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