One of the roadblocks guitarists can encounter when they start playing country guitar is playing to the chord changes. If you come from a rock or blues backgrou...
Guitar is one of the only instruments that you can actually perform a bend on and the technique is inherent in all styles of blues and rock guitar playing, Bend...
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Whether your composing or improvising, the ability to create a compelling melody is always the key to making your music distinctive, emotional, and memorable. Y...
Songwriters often find themselves stuck in a creative rut playing the same old chords and patterns. How do you free yourself from traditional forms? How do you ...
The pentatonic scale is the core of many guitar players' understanding of improvisation – it's the backbone of their vocabulary when playing blues, rock, funk, ...
Check out these free guitar lessons from Muriel Anderson's Take 5: Travis Picking, which is an accelerated curriculum designed to help get your Travis Picking t...
Understanding how to craft great chord melodies is an essential skill for the blues guitarist. Playing great solos while simultaneously holding down the accomp...
Contrary to what most people think, you don’t need formal classical training to be able to learn, perform, and enjoy playing classical pieces for family and fri...
Playing chord melody arrangements on ukulele is not very common, even though it’s so easy to learn and sounds so great! It can transform even the most simple o...
It’s not uncommon for us, as guitarists, to feel limited by our vocabulary of basic jazz scales and arpeggios. Sometimes, the colors and emotions we want to exp...
Jamming with other players -- there's absolutely no better way to improve as a musician and guitarist! When you comp for another soloist, you not only work on ...