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Sight Reading Basics
Do I Need to Learn to Read Music? If you are a hobby guitarist, the outright answer is no. If you enjoy playing songs, can play along to backing tracks in time and can read tablature, then why would you need to learn to read music? You are playing the...
Harmonizing The C Scale
Mapping out the C scale. Let's memorize those whole and half steps with scale degrees as well. C step D step E half step F step G step B half step C. Step = 2 frets on the guitar, half step = 1 fret. Now in Roman numerals. Capital indicates...
Chromaticism And Swing Picking
Using chromaticism with swing picking Hi Guys. I'm taking a break from interval-related theory, to show you some ideas for working with chromaticism and the technique of swing picking. This can really help open up a whole new world of sound and expression, building on the patterns you may know...
Gypsy Jazz Harmonics In The Style Of Django Reinhardt
For a quick overview on how to play gypsy jazz, check out this excellent lesson by TheWall27! It covers all the basics. I will be focusing more directly on the harmonic and chords aspect. Django Reinhardt (1910-1953) was one of the most innovative guitarists of all time. At 18, he...
Learn The Jimi Chord: That's Some Backwards Guitar, Bro!
Jimi Hendrix is arguably one of the most influential players ever to wield an axe. His mind, his touch, his technique, were a magical combination of talent, prowess, dexterity, and explosive creativity - it was effortless. Far ahead of his time, the flare, the charisma, the passion with which he...
Learn To Use Intervals For Emotion - Part 3
Example for This Lesson Look at the pattern of coloured circles on this next diagram. The solid red circle, numbered zero, is placed at an arbitrary fret. The pattern shows it uses pitches that are two, three, four and ten semitones above the solid red circle (see how they are...
How To Avoid Mistakes As A Self-Taught Guitarist
I used to really suck getting better at guitar. Actually, that's a pretty blatant understatement. I was a terrible self-teacher and progress was agonizingly slow. Back in high school, I lived and breathed rock music, so naturally I wanted to become a great guitarist. Unfortunately, I had to stop taking...
How to buy a Guitar! - Part 2
In our last article we discussed on how to select the guitars that suit your needs without getting distracted and getting confused. The Research Now that you've played a bunch of guitars, and hopefully found a few that you really like. It's time to do some research on all the...
How to buy a Guitar! - Part 1
Buying a new piece of instrument is always a tough task at times, with so many lucrative options available. Musical instruments are always very alluring and 90% of the times one ends up getting distracted and starts checking out super cool instruments, that you can't help, but admire. This 3...
Showing Your Work: The Difference Between 6 And 13
Were you ever discouraged in math class when you were deducted points for not adequately showing all of your work? It seemed like a trivial thing. The answer to 1 + 1 is 2. The answer would always be the answer - and that's all it can be! It's a...
How To Make The Blues Scale Your Own
When you start out playing blues guitar one of the most challenging things is to make the blues scale actually sound bluesy. It's one of those scales that require an extra effort in order to get some rewarding sounds out of it. You could learn a bunch of licks and...
Should You Be Using Sharps Or Flats When Transcribing Tabs And Chords?
We will create a chord chart for each key in the major scale. This will show you each chord in a key and when to use sharps and when to use flats when you are transcribing music into tabs and chord sheets. Creating a chord chart in the major (Ionian)...
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