There are tons of easy guitar riffs one can learn and there is a reason for this. Unlike a guitar solo, when it’s your time to shine and show your musical and technical skills, the main role of a guitar riff is usually to provide a harmony for someone else playing a melody – usually […]
When I was writing the lesson on creating and using guitar licks I had a problem deciding whether as examples I use easy guitar licks, intermediate ones, or more advanced. After sharing the post on Reddit some people suggested that the guitar lick examples should be easier – while others, that they should be more […]
Guitar techniques involve everything related to the execution of notes on your guitar. Every instrument has its own set of techniques that make playing it special, different from any other instrument. The electric guitar is no exception. The following guitar techniques are essential if you want to make the notes you play stand out on […]
Lead guitar players in Rock and Blues music are not playing whole solos all the time. Most of the time they’re playing short musical phrases, which are commonly referred to as guitar licks. While a guitar solo is in reality a number of guitar licks played in different forms and variations, licks are also commonly […]
When a teacher presented me a book showing the diagrams for all guitar scales, or rather, the most common guitar scales, I was like “Holy crap, do I need to memorize all this to become a good guitar player” Not to mention that there were all the guitar chords that needed to be learned, as […]
One thing that used to confuse me when I started learning guitar was the relationship between the notes on the neck. Looking at guitar notes on the fretboard, they seemed like a bunch of notes thrown there together with no relationship with each other. I used to think, that good guitar players could pick notes […]
Learning guitar scales can either be the most tedious aspect of your musical journey, or a fun aspect you can never get enough of. This all depends on how you learn guitar scales and whether you use them to create music. Before I show you how to learn scales, I’ll explain how not to learn […]
One of the benefits the guitar has over many other instruments is that you can easily play chords on it. On a guitar you can play up to six notes at the same time. On the piano you can play up to ten (as many fingers as you have) but on violin it’s hard to […]
Have you just started writing your first power chord guitar riffs? Power chords are cool aren’t they? And they seem to fit in everywhere. Well, there’s a reason for that, something I explain detail in this lesson on power chord theory. The short answer to why power chords fit in easily more than major and […]
Can you (quite) easily transition from a C to a D chord but don’t know what guitar scales are, let alone how to use them? Do you know a few chords and songs but don’t know what guitar skills you need to acquire to reach the next level? Welcome to an exciting stage in learning […]