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  Pentatonic Scales Are The Backbone Of Playing Lead Guitar.   Naturally, I want you to learn and know the scales we’ve covered up to this point: the major and minor scales and the sevenths. Did you know that learning…
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Guitar chords are the building block to guitar playing. Guitar players have to know what key the song is in, which guitar chords are being played. Otherwise it is all noise!   In the last lesson we learned about several…
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Before leaving C Major lets first take a look at a couple of diagrams that you will be seeing a lot of. One is called a chord diagram. Familiarize yourself with this diagram because you will be seeing a lot…
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Hello everybody! Our focus in Fretboard Theory this time around will be the notes on the staff. Maybe even throw in a major scale. Then we’ll see where we go to from there. It’s been a few days since I…
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Every piece of printed sheet music has at least one Key Signature. You’ll find it at the beginning of the piece, then at the beginning of each page. Also, if the key changes anywhere in the song, the music will…
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Anybody know what time it is? Wha- th-? I’m talking about the timing and tempo of the song you are playing, silly! And it’s really easy to tell, too. It’s one of those types of rhythm music! There may be…
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As a guitar teacher trying to convey my goals in the simplest terms possible, it would have to be guitar lesson reviews that express someone’s satisfaction or dissatisfaction the best. You can tell me how I’m doing, am I passing…
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To learn Fretboard Theory, the guitar must be in tune. We have an old saying, “We tune because we care.”  So, before we can play the guitar, we need to make sure that it is in tune. Tuning can be…
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Everything has an anatomy – a collection of parts that together make the whole. The guitar is no different. There are slight variations in the anatomies of the acoustic guitar and the electric guitar and those differences are shown below….
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C’mon now! If you have a girlfriend, you surely know every square inch of her neck! You know the layout and well, the name of every little dimple. Well, your guitar’s neck deserves the same attention. Your guitar fretboard notes…
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