There are scarcely more ubiquitous scales in rock music than the A Minor pentatonic scale, or the minor pentatonic in…
Category: Scales
Scales and Intervals: All You Need to Know
So, the essential building blocks of Western music. Doesn’t exactly sound like the easiest topic to be tackling. But the…
The Major Scale Formula for Guitar
Western music begins with the major scale, establishing its central tenets of chromatic, diatonic harmony, as well as of equal…
How to Use the Phrygian Mode on Guitar
Making the way up the ranks as a guitarist, one could be forgiven early on for feeling as though the…
C Mixolydian Mode on Guitar: All You Need to Know
Do you notice that using minor scales and major scales to solo over a major key starts to get boring?…
Lydian Scale – Guitar: How to Play Lydian Mode?
Making the way up the ranks as a guitarist, one could be forgiven early on for feeling as though the…
Learn the Basics of Jazz Guitar
Many thanks to Marc-Andre Seguin from JazzGuitarLessons.net for providing this guest post. Learn more about the author at the end…
Beginner’s Guide to Guitar Scales Chart
When you first learn a new instrument of any kind, you start by learning all the notes. You can memorize…
E Mixolydian Mode on Guitar: All you Need to Know
Modes confuse plenty of guitar and piano players. But ultimately, Mixolydian mode and other modes just offer new and exciting…
What Scales to Use Over What Chords
So, you have become a little tired of simply playing your favorite songs without adding a little of yourself into…
Modes on Bass or – Bass Modes
Learn everything you need to know about modes on bass with Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian Mode
Modes Formula: All You Need to Know
If you’ve been playing guitar, piano, or any other instrument for any length of time, you might have heard of…
Ionian Mode on Guitar: All you Need to Know
Much as with the rest of western classical thought and musical theory, the modes owe so much of their basis…
Phrygian Mode on Guitar: Learning and Examples
Ah, yes, another of the modes, at whose feet even the mightiest of guitarists have fallen trying and failing to…
Dorian Mode on Guitar: All you Need to Know
Progressing as a guitarist, it can be easy at first to feel like the musical modes are something out of…
Guitar Chord Families – How Chords Work Together
Are you looking to get a better handle on the interrelated connections to be found between the different chords in…
Locrian Mode on Guitar: All you Need to Know
Making the way up the ranks as a guitarist, one could be forgiven early on for feeling as though the…
Aeolian Mode on Guitar: All you Need to Know
What is Aeolian Mode, and how do we define it? How do we play it on acoustic guitar? How to recognize it? Learn more in this article:
Do Re Mi Scale: What It Stands For, Where It Originated & How to Use It
While you are reading this article and I am typing the words do re mi fa so la ti scale,…
How to Play the Harmonic Minor Scale On Guitar
In the last lesson we looked at the natural minor scale and today, as promised, we will look at how…
How to Play the D Major Scale on Guitar?
Diligent and intelligent practise is key for learning in all its forms, and nowhere is this more evident than in…
How to Use the Ionian Scale on Guitar?
Making the way up the ranks as a guitarist, one could be forgiven early on for feeling as though the…
How to play the Minor Scale on Guitar
This page is dedicated to teaching you how to play the minor scale on guitar. When we are talking about…
How to Play the Major Scale On Guitar
Learning scales may sound boring ? and it can be a bit tedious at times ? but it’s also really…
How to Play the Minor Pentatonic Scale on Guitar
Learning how to play the minor pentatonic scale on guitar was one of the best things I ever did on…
How to Play the Major Pentatonic Scale on Guitar
Last week we looked at the minor pentatonic, this week I will show you how to play the major pentatonic…
How to Play the Blues Scale for Guitar
Ever wanted to learn to play the blues? One of the fundamentals of learning the blues is learning the blues…
The C Major Scale Positions on Guitar
In an earlier lesson we looked at how to play the major scale on guitar. In this lesson let’s take…
How to Play the Melodic Minor Scale On Guitar
In previous lessons we have looked at the natural and harmonic minor scales. In this lesson we finish off the…