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 ...…
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, ...…
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 ...…
Often when it comes to learning guitar, there comes a point where we get stuck between being able to play and know chord shapes and actually understanding what they’re made up of, enter guitar triads. Triads are the 3 notes that make up a chord (hence the tri). When we actually play most guitar triads, ...…
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 ...…
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 ...…
I recently was thinking, ‘How was it that I was able to learn to play guitar chords?’ The way that I started was by learning the open, or first position chords, as they’re sometimes called. We call them first position chords, because you play them on the first fret and they involve the use of ...…
Minor Pentatonic Scale for Guitar (Click to watch on YouTube if Video Doesn’t Load) In learning the minor pentatonic scale for guitar, it is important to remember a few things. The minor pentatonic scale only has five notes, versus the 7 notes of the diatonic scales (Maj, min and all Modes derived from the Major ...…
The minor pentatonic scale is not only one of the most widely used scales in rock and modern music, but it is a key component that any guitarist must master to play lead guitar. The cool thing about the minor pentatonic scale is that it allows you to go back and forth between the major ...…
Learning to play the guitar doesn't have to be difficult. If you understand the framework behind it all then it really becomes just a matter of learning the steps and implementing them. Often times people let the sound or idea of music theory scare them. I can totally relate to that, but have learned just how easy and fun theory can be and it has helped me beyond measure.…
