Mastering the G String Guitar: A How-to Guide
Discover the intricacies of the G string on a guitar, from tuning stability to maintenance to playing techniques. Master the art of sounding great.
Guitar Learning & Techniques
Mastering the Bebop Scale on Guitar: From Theory to Improvisation
A step-by-step guide to understanding and using the bebop scale on your guitar, covering theory, improvisation techniques, and effective exercises.
Mastering Metal Guitar Scales: Learn How to Shred like Legends
Unveil the diverse guitar scales used in metal genre with insights on scale formation, examples, practical application, and lessons to enhance your shredding skills.
Nick Johnson: A Deep Dive into His Guitar Work and Techniques
Explore the world of guitarist Nick Johnson, reviewing his musical journey, guitar techniques, works, and where to discover his guitar lessons.
Guitar Store Riffs: The Good, The Bad and The Classic
Explore popular and infamous guitar store riffs, their cultural context, and discover which tunes to play or avoid while testing guitars in a music store.
Mastering the B Flat Major Scale on Guitar: Tutorial, Diagrams and Theory
Expert guidance on how to play the B flat major scale on the guitar, featuring diagrams, finger positions, scale theory, and its application in various genres.
5 Simple Techniques Every Acoustic Guitarist Should Know
These are some of the most essential, bread-and-butter, don’t-leave-home-without-them type acoustic guitar techniques. You’ve probably heard them on many recordings. Let’s start with what I call…Pluck & DampThis is a fingerstyle technique that I like a lot. The alternate plucking and damping creates a very nice percussive groove that is just perfect for mid-tempo songs. … Read more
What is 12 bar blues?
The 12 bar blues is one of the most popular types of chord progression in contemporary music. As the name suggests, it features in blues guitar a great deal, It is also used very commonly in jazz, rock, pop, country and even heavy metal. A 12 bar blues can be played in any key, and … Read more
Complete Idiot’s Guide (CIG) to Guitar Exercises Review: A Guitar Book for Ambitious Players
The Complete Idiot’s Guide (CIG) to Guitar Exercises by Hemme Luttjeboer is a complete book of guitar exercises. It covers chord exercises based around the CAGED system, single note exercises employing scales and Arpeggios. The book also includes an introduction to fingerpicking with some right-hand exercises. While you’re likely to learn some basic theory while working … Read more
How to Play Power Chords
What is a power chord?Power chords are a basic element of modern electric guitar playing. They are found throughout all genres of contemporary music, and feature heavily in rock, alternative, punk and metal guitar, because they will still sound clear, bold and full through an overdriven or distorted amplifier. A power chord has only 2 notes … Read more