September 4, 2015
The natural major scale (Ionian) is sometimes referred to as “The Mother of all Scales”. The reason for this being that we relate all other scales […]
September 4, 2015
The Major Blues scale is basically the Minor Blues scale with a different root note. The “blue note” that we add now functions as the b3 and it gives the […]
September 4, 2015
Arpeggios can be thought of as broken chords meaning the notes of a chord are played separately one after the other rather than strummed all at […]
September 4, 2015
The Melodic Minor Pentatonic is considered a modal pentatonic scale. A modal pentatonic scale is created when two notes are removed from a seven note scale. […]
September 4, 2015
The Harmonic Minor scale has nearly all the same notes as the natural minor scale except for the seventh degree. In the harmonic minor scale the […]
September 4, 2015
The Modes of the Melodic Minor Scale are good to learn if you’re interested in jazz improvisation. The main reason for this is because its seventh mode is […]
September 19, 2015
[ padding=”0 20px 0 20px”] Reading chord and scale grids is just one of many shortcuts that make playing guitar easier. You may have come across […]
September 19, 2015
There are two approaches to learning all the notes on the neck. The first way is to simply drill them into your head one at a […]
September 19, 2015
[ padding=”0 20px 0 20px”] The Capo is a popular device used to shorten the strings of a guitar in order to raise their pitch. Using […]