Tablatures is the most visual and straightforward method to read music for guitar players. It represents the fretboard and strings showing where to place your fingers to play the rightContinue readingHow To Read Guitar Tabs
Category: Lessons
Guitar Cheat Sheet
Those are random notes that could make a good poster to remember some basics; it will be updated as I build the “lessons“. Chords Triads: Tetrads: MA13: R, M3, P5,Continue readingGuitar Cheat Sheet
CAGED, Enter the Matrix
When I first discovered the CAGED system, it blew my mind. I also felt silly never figuring it out by myself… this is how simple and powerful it is. TheContinue readingCAGED, Enter the Matrix
Intervals
No pressure, but this is very important. This is also not difficult to understand and will follow you your whole life. Intervals just mean the distance between notes – soContinue readingIntervals
Triads (part 1)
Triads are the most common chord in Western music and a fancy word to define a chord with 3 notes. Now we know the intervals we can define them moreContinue readingTriads (part 1)
Better Improvisations with the Blues Scale
Another scale??? Yes and no. Now you know your pentatonic scales and the intervals, it’s fairly easy to remember and understand the Blues scale: The minor blues scale is theContinue readingBetter Improvisations with the Blues Scale
Your first chords: the “Campfire Chords”
You’re about to lo learn your first chords, just a few blisters away from your first song! Don’t forget to stretch your fingers first. I like calling them the “campfireContinue readingYour first chords: the “Campfire Chords”
Pentatonic Scales and Improvisation
By definition, the pentatonic scale is a five notes scale. It contrasts with the classic diatonic scale, which is heptatonic (= seven notes e.g. C Major Scale: C, D, E,Continue readingPentatonic Scales and Improvisation
Songs for beginners
Let’s go straight to the fun, that’s what guitar is about after all. By now, you must know a bunch of chords and the best way to practice is toContinue readingSongs for beginners
Notes and Fretboard
Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do! (C – D – E – F – G – A – B – C) At some point in our life, weContinue readingNotes and Fretboard