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Category: Theory

A Minor Pentatonic Scale – Comprehensive Theoretical Guide

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There are scarcely more ubiquitous scales in rock music than the A Minor pentatonic scale, or the minor pentatonic in…

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Published May 4, 2022By Nate
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Scales, Theory

Learn the Basics of Jazz Guitar

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…

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Published April 28, 2018By Nate
Categorized as basic techniques, Chords, Guitar lessons, Other Lessons and Tips, Rhythm, Scales, Theory

What are Augmented Chords on Guitar

Augmented chords on guitar

A couple of weeks back I did a post on diminished chords, this week I?ll take a look at Augmented…

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Published February 24, 2018By Nate
Categorized as Chords, Theory

What are Diminished Chords on Guitar

Diminished Chords on guitar

Learning diminished chords on guitar is a great way to expand your repertoire and can also be a great tool…

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Published February 10, 2018By Nate
Categorized as Theory

What Is a Key Signature: The Basics

What Is a Key Signature

What is a key signature ? and how do I tell what key signature a piece of music is in?…

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Published September 2, 2017By Nate
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Theory

The Relative Minor Pentatonic Scale and Why it’s So Good

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If you a guitarist and you haven’t yet learned the minor pentatonic scale, then it’s a good idea to get…

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Published August 5, 2017By Nate
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Theory

What is a Relative Minor Plus Relative Minor Chart

Relative Minor Chart

Below you will find a relative minor chart that shows the relative minor for all of the major scales. But…

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Published July 15, 2017By Nate
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Theory

The Musical Alphabet on Guitar for Beginners

fretboard diagram with the musical alphabet

This is going to be a quick little article about the musical alphabet on guitar. This will be a very…

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Published June 10, 2017By Nate
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Theory

Circle of Fifths for Guitar Explained

Circle of Fifths for Guitar

Knowing the circle of fifths can really help with song writing, improvising and transposing, we created a short “how-to” lesson, easy to follow and remember.

Published April 29, 2017By Nate
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Theory

How to Read Guitar Sheet Music

how to read music for beginners

This comprehensive article on how to read music will be particularly focused on guitarists wanting to learn to read music…

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Published December 16, 2015By Nate
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Reading Music and Tab, Theory

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