The Most Widely Used Bar Chords
The most widely used bar chords come down to just four shapes: E major, E minor, A major, and A minor — moved up the…
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Guitar Chord Embellishments: Add Color to G, C, D, and Em
Want to make your chords sound more interesting? Chord embellishments are little additions and variations that add color to your playing. They all come out…
Guitar Scales for Beginners: Your First Scale (E Minor Pentatonic)
If you want to play riffs, solos, or anything beyond strumming chords, you need to learn a scale. And there’s one scale that sits at…
Blues Riff in E Minor With Chromatic Passing Notes
This riff comes straight out of the E pentatonic minor scale — with one extra ingredient that gives it that raw blues edge. It’s a…
Fingerpicking for Beginners: Getting Started
You’ve probably watched someone pick a guitar with their fingers and thought, “I could never do that.” Well, I’ve got news for you—you absolutely can.…
16th Note Strumming Pattern on Guitar
Sixteenth note strumming packs more rhythmic density into each beat than standard eighth note strumming patterns. Where eighth notes give you two pulses per beat,…