How To Play The E Minor Pentatonic Scale On Guitar
February 4, 2024Although the guitar isn’t tuned to a specific key, it does lend itself to certain keys. And because of the guitar’s unique standard tuning, one of the great keys to play guitar in is E. Because of this, it’s important to be familiar with scales in E. A lot of great songs are written in […]
How To Play The A Minor Pentatonic Scale On Guitar
December 7, 2023Although I encourage beginners to simply learn the minor pentatonic scale shapes on guitar, this method doesn’t work for everybody. Some players like to see where they can play a scale for a given key everywhere on the guitar. Because of this, this lesson will outline everywhere you can play an A minor pentatonic scale […]
How To Play Chords On A Three String Guitar
November 15, 2023The three string guitar, sometimes known as a cigar box guitar (as they’re often made out of a cigar box), is a fun alternative to the standard guitar. However, it can be a bit tricky, even if you’re used to the normal six string variety of the guitar. When you’re used to six strings on […]
How To Play An F Chord On Guitar
October 24, 2023If you’re relatively new to guitar and made your way through open guitar chords, you’ve probably tried your hand at barre chords. When first getting started on barre chords, a lot of new players already begin to struggle with the F chord. In this lesson, I’ll tear apart the F chord, as played in the […]
Scales And Note Finding: A Review
September 28, 2023So part of running this site goes beyond just writing about guitar and giving some guitar tips. I run this website because I like the guitar and I like writing about it, but I also like helping people learn more about the guitar. Part of helping people learn more about the guitar is understanding what […]
How To Connect Minor Blues Pentatonic Patterns Across The Guitar Neck
August 24, 2023Sometimes also called the minor Blues scale, the Blues pentatonic scale patterns can be very useful, not just for Blues, but for general Rock guitar as well. On the guitar lesson I just linked to, it outlines the five patterns for the Blues pentatonic scale individually. This is a great way to learn these scales, […]
How To Play Major Scales On Guitar
August 12, 2023In Western music, the humble major scale is pretty much the building block of music. Yes, there are musical modes out there, but they’re better understood through major scales. Major scales form the key of a song, and ultimately, chords are built on degrees of a scale. While there are a ton of different scales […]
Finding Sevenths On Guitar
August 8, 2023When it comes to intervals in music, the 7th is the biggest one before you get to an octave and start going around again. Knowing where common intervals fall across guitar strings is a useful skill to have for both improvising and working out guitar chords quickly and easily. This guitar lesson looks specifically at […]
What Is A Blues Turnaround?
August 6, 2023Blues music is usually played over a 12 bar pattern. That’s usually. Blues music doesn’t need to be over 12 bars, but you’ll find that a lot of Blues music is played over 12 bars. Until you find the whole bunch of Blues songs that are over 10 bars. Or some other number. Or a Blues song […]
How To Connect Minor Pentatonic Patterns Across The Guitar Neck
July 31, 2023So you know all the basic minor pentatonic scale patterns for guitar. Well done! Knowing, and understanding, these scale patterns is important in being able to improvise and generally play lead guitar. However, knowing minor pentatonic scale patterns in isolation is just the first step. Once you know the patterns, then it’s important to be […]
