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Category: Music theory

Major triads spice up your playing

Man playing major triads on guitar
Up and down the neck with major triads

Learn three powerful major triads that will greatly expand both your rhythm and lead playing with simple shapes you may already know.

Published March 24, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged bar chords, barre chords, chord inversions, Chords, George Harrison, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, The Beatles

Minor pentatonic scale magic

Man playing the guitar

Learn the minor pentatonic scale and how you can quickly begin to use it for lead guitar lines and solo improvisations. Master all five boxes.

Published March 10, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged guitar solos, improvisation, lead guitar

What does relative minor mean and why does it matter?

dad and son

Learn the power of the relative minor in music. Learn what it means, how to find it for any major key, and why it’s important to understand.

Published February 17, 2021
Categorized as Music theory Tagged flats, key signature, major key, major scale, minor key, minor scale, natural, natural minor, root chord, root note, scale degrees, scale root, sharps

How to never ask “What chord is this” again

hand on guitar

Learn techniques to help you answer the question, “What chord is this?” for yourself. You can learn to answer the question quickly and easily.

Published February 16, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged chord inversions, Chords, ear training, Guitar, guitar chords, major scale, major seventh, music theory

The major scale on the guitar…it’s everywhere

Close up of hands on a guitar

Learn another way to play the major scale on the guitar while navigating from the low register to high.

Published November 13, 2020
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged guitar instruction, major scale

How to master notes on the guitar fretboard through relationships

HoldingHandsInSunset
We all know how important relationships are

It’s easier than you think to identify notes on the guitar fretboard. Learn a simple relationship that works everywhere and makes it easy.

Published October 1, 2020
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged major scale, root note, scale degrees

Easily master the major scale on guitar

The major scale on guitar
Don’t worry; the major scale on guitar looks complicated in this image, but in this article you’ll see how easy it really is.

Learn how to easily master the major scale on guitar with logical, simple relationships that you might already know.

Published September 24, 2020
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged Guitar, guitar chords, guitar lessons, lead guitar, major scale, musical intervals, scale degrees

Let’s talk more deeply than just how to tune a guitar

Guitar tuning pegs: how to tune a guitar

Take a look beyond simply how to tune a guitar into how standard tuning works to help you fully understand your fretboard.

Published September 17, 2020
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged major scale, musical intervals, one of these things is not like the other, scale degrees, Sesame Street, standard tuning, Stevie Ray Vaghan

Scale degrees and musical intervals

a musical staff showing scale degrees

Learn the basics of scale degrees and musical intervals. Knowing these concepts makes you a better musician and a more creative guitarist.

Published September 10, 2020
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged Guitar, major scale, music theory, musical intervals, scale degrees

Understanding the major scale is foundational music theory

Complicated-looking graphic depicting music theory

Learn how easy it is to begin understanding music theory. Master the concept of the major scale and apply it to your guitar.

Published September 2, 2020
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged Do Re Mi, flats, half steps, major scale, music theory, octaves, scales, sharps, whole steps

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