In my opinion, if you can fully understand how to use thirds on your guitar, you’ve come a long way… Thirds are one of the best sounding harmonies to the human ear, and there are many, many different ways in which they can be applied on the guitar. In these guitar lessons I try to…
Improvising is probably definitely my favorite aspect of playing the guitar. When I used to play trumpet, there was very little improvising involved; we would simply play off the sheet music that we were given. That can be fun, to be sure, but it is a completely different story from creating something entirely new and…
So what mistake did I make? Well, I make plenty every time I play my guitar… do you? Fact is, when you’re playing guitar, bass, or any other instrument… For that matter, with nearly anything in life… If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not progressing. Sound harsh? Well, that’s my take on it, and I’m…
This guitar lesson will show you how you can create your own guitar chords, using nothing more than a scale and open chords you already know. We’re using the key of G, so the open chords are G, C, D and Em, Am and Bm. The relative minor scale is E minor, so we’ll use…
Personally I love just grabbing my guitar… and noodling. I’ll pick a key, whatever strikes my interest at that moment, and start noodling just for enjoyment… and often times, I’ll end up coming up with a cool progression or something that could be turned into a song. This lesson will give a few of the…
