This one is a very basic, very quick little lesson – probably relevant only for the real beginners out there, but understanding the guitar root notes for each chord you play is quite important. In general, the root note is going to be the lowest note in your chord, in terms of pitch. Definitely this…
If you’ve watched my Guitar Scale Patterns lesson, you’ll know that one of the things that I mention in there is the octave pattern. I think I’ve mentioned this in previous lessons as well. It’s a super handy little tool to find notes on the fretboard, without having to memorize the whole neck right off…
If you look at your scales, and actually dissect them to see what notes are in each scale, you’ll see that in many keys, some of the notes you’re playing are also available to you as open notes. This lesson is more to open you up to the idea than it is to show you…
- CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED – Thank you to everyone who entered this contest! It truly is inspirational reading how much the guitar means to so many of you. Well, time for the moment you’ve all been waiting for… There were a total of 487 contest entries, and winning comment number is #126 – Joshua…
If you’re looking to learn or try something a bit different on your guitar, experimenting with alternate guitar tunings can be a great place to start. It’s amazing, but by changing the tuning of just one string (let alone more), you can dramatically change the possibilities and the sounds that come out of your guitar….
