The CAGED System Demystified: Unlock the Entire Fretboard
The five open chord shapes — C, A, G, E, and D — are the key to playing anything in any position on the neck. Learn how the CAGED system connects chords, scales, and the entire fretboard.
Read More
Why Guitar Sight Reading Is Hard (And What To Do About It)
Read Time 5 MinutesIf you’ve ever watched a pianist sit down with a piece of sheet music they’ve never seen and play it clean the first time, you might have wondered why guitarists seem to struggle so much more with the same skill. It’s not a matter of intelligence or dedication. The guitar has a […]
Read More
Learn The Major Guitar Scale
The major scale is at the heart of all scales. Here we take a look at what the major scale is and how it lays out on the neck of the guitar. Rock on.
Read More
Finding the Key You’re Playing In
Have you ever wondered what key you’re playing in at any given time? Adam Pietrykowski walks us through finding the answer to that question here.
Read More
How Memorizing Scales Can Stunt Your Growth
){kind=link}
Nicholas Tozier saves us all from the evils of monotonous scale repetition and how memorizing scales on the guitar isn’t always the same as being good.
Read More
Harmonic Areas And Their Usefulness
Previously, we talked about harmonizing major scales to discover which chords occur naturally in a key. Now lets find out what harmonic area each chord sits in.
Read More
Even Steve Vai can’t make you play like Steve Vai
Read Time 3 MinutesIn case you didn’t have a chance to see Steve Vai’s big online lesson or if you weren’t like me and didn’t record it, but don’t want to rely on your memory – out of the kindness of my heart I’ve decided to give you a summary of what was discussed. You […]
Read More