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Beginner Guitar Scales – Open E Pentatonic Minor Scale
The open E pentatonic minor scale with an extension is one of the most important scales for beginner guitarists to learn. You’ve probably seen this…
Pentatonic Scale Guitar: Pentatonic Guitar Scales
Understanding pentatonic scale guitar is a big step forward for any guitarist. Once you get this under your fingers, you’ll start seeing the fretboard differently…
D Standard Tuning Guitar: Standard D Tuning
Standard D tuning (also called D standard) is one of the most useful alternate tunings you can have in your toolkit. Every string drops exactly…
Guitar Harmonics: How to Play Harmonics on Guitar
Getting your guitar harmonics technique down solid is one of the best things you can do for your guitar playing. It doesn’t matter if you’re…
12 Bar Blues Chord Progressions
12 bar chord progressions are incredibly common in music. You’ve probably heard of “12 bar blues” progressions before, but unfortunately, that leaves many people mistakenly…