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 […]
What Guitar And Gear Does Billy Gibbons Play?
January 25, 2024If you’ve never heard of, or listened to, ZZ Top, where the hell have you been? Fusing Texas Blues, Rock, a bit of Hard Rock, and more, ZZ Top are just one of those bands… and their lead guitarist and singer is Billy Gibbons. Gibbons is known for his killer Blues inspired guitar playing, overdriven […]
How To Play Blues On A Cigar Box Guitar
January 11, 2024The three string cigar box guitar is a natural Blues instrument. The evolution of the instrument came about as a cheaper alternative to the standard six string version of the guitar and was used by early Blues and Folk musicians. With that in mind, the tuning of the cigar box guitar lends itself to easy […]
Drop D Tuning On The Guitar: What It Is And How To Tune
January 3, 2024Drop D tuning is a common alternative tuning for the guitar. Standard tuning, from low to high, is E-A-D-G-B-E. The guitar is tuned that way for a few reasons, but it’s not the only way to tune it. While standard tuning has its advantages for being able to easily play chords and play melodies, sometimes and […]
How To Use A Distortion Or Overdrive Pedal
December 21, 2023If you want to add a little more oomph to your sound, it’s common to use an overdrive or distortion pedal. The two affects have similarities, but there is a difference between overdrive and distortion. But if you’re using a distortion or overdrive pedal, do you know and understand what the different knobs do? Are […]
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 Get Started Playing The Three String Cigar Box Guitar
November 23, 2023The three string guitar, sometimes also called the cigar box guitar or CBG is a great instrument to add to your guitar collection. However, you can’t just pick up a CBG and starting playing it like you would a standard six string guitar. The tuning is different and, well, there are only three strings. Many […]
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 […]
What Is A Baritone Guitar?
November 9, 2023Put simply, a baritone guitar is just like a standard guitar, except it’s bigger and tuned lower. In some ways, it kind of sits between and standard guitar and a bass guitar, however, saying that may make some music theorists cringe. All in all though, and to further stick it to music theorists, a baritone […]
What Key Is A Guitar In?
October 31, 2023You’ve probably heard of a “key” as it relates to music and wondered what key a guitar is in. The short answer is that it’s not in a specific key, that’s not really how it works. The longer answer is, like a lot of instruments, the guitar is more suited to certain keys than others. You […]
