Demystifying Guitar Keys to Take Your Playing Further Click to Watch this Guitar Keys lesson on YouTube If you’ve struggled with the concept of guitar keys, you’re NOT alone. Musical keys can often feel like this elusive idea that seems to be shrouded in mystery. In this lesson, we’re going to break down exactly what [...]
August 9, 2011 by
Learn “Ticket to Ride” for Guitar – (Beatles Cover Lesson)
In this lesson, we’re going to learn “Ticket to Ride” by the Beatles (That’s the YouTube link incase you want to watch it there). This is a super easy song to play and not only that, but it’s got great melody. I don’t actually think I know a Beatles’ song that doesn’t have great melody, [...]
July 26, 2011 by
Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash Cover) – Learn to Play for Guitar
In this lesson, we’re going to look at Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” (that’s the YouTube link if you want to view there). It’s a great song and also a pretty easy one to learn. The neat thing about Ring of Fire is that it only uses three chords, and those chords happen to be [...]
November 22, 2010 by
Understanding Keys In Music – Learn to Create and Understand Any Key
Understanding Keys in music is often a source of great confusion and frustration for those who have just begun to learn the language of music. Although our site is about learning guitar, the language of music is the same for all instruments. All of us are given the same 12 notes to work with (known [...]
November 22, 2010 by
Guitar Triads – The Music Theory Behind them That You Need to Know
Guitar Triads: What They Mean and How to Form Them If you want to understand guitar triads, then you must understand the music theory behind them. To get triads, we have to start with scales, and to start with scales we have to look at our master canvas. That canvas is the Chromatic Scale. The [...]
