Guitar instruction Archives - Page 2 of 5

How to play power chords on guitar

Power chords on guitar are the signature sound of heavy metal, punk, and other aggressive electric styles, but they can be used in any genre

Learn how harmonizing the minor scale in each of the three forms: natural, harmonic, and melodic helps you understand minor-key based music

Learn what makes the blues scale a powerful tool that you can use to create interesting guitar solos in both major and minor keys

Here is a minor scales primer to help you learn the different forms of the minor scale and how to play each of them on your guitar

Learn what makes the 12 bar blues a standard progression that is used throughout popular music along with various ideas on how to play it

Learn how to use the guitar chords E minor and A minor with a bar to create two moveable shapes that give you all other minor chords

Learn what dominant 7th chords are, how to make them on guitar, and why they serve such a critical function in modern music.

Perhaps the most challenging natural major chord on guitar

Learn to play the B and the F chord on guitar and take your first important steps into mastering the technique of bar chords

Playing over the chord changes is another approach to soloing

Learn how to let the underlying chord changes guide your solos by changing the pentatonic scale that you use to choose your notes

Clamp a capo in place to change key using the same chords

Learn what a capo is, why you would want to use one, what the alternative is, and why you should get one for your accessories kit