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…
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Guitar Muting Techniques for Total Control
If there’s one thing that separates a sloppy guitar player from a clean one, it’s muting. Learning to control which strings ring and which stay…
How to Change Scales With the Chords in Blues
One of the biggest questions I get from students is this: how do I change scales with the chords? It’s a great question, and the…
Pick vs Fingers Guitar – Choosing Your Method
You’ve probably wondered: should I use a pick or just play with my fingers? It’s one of the first things every guitarist asks. The truth…
6 Basic Guitar Chords
The 6 basic guitar chords every beginner needs are: G, C, D, Em, Am, and Bm. These six chords are all in the key of…
Chromatic Guitar Scale: Easy Pattern + Practice Tips
The chromatic scale is one of the most fundamental guitar scales on the instrument—and probably the most misunderstood. Most guitarists think there’s only one “right”…