Beyond the Scale: Mastering Chromatic Guitar Notes for Advanced Soloing
You’ve mastered your pentatonics. You can navigate the major modes with your eyes closed. But when you listen to the greats—whether it's the sophisticated lines...
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Complete Guitar Setup Guide for Beginners
By Eric Haugen You pick up your guitar and something just feels off. The strings buzz against the frets. Maybe they feel impossibly high under your fingers. ...
Call and Response Guitar: The Conversation of Improvisation
Call and response guitar is one of the most powerful tools an improvising musician can develop. At its core, it turns solos into conversations, phrases into sen...
Syncopation Explained: Adding Life to Your Strumming
Master Guitar Syncopation and Transform Your Rhythm Playing Table of Contents What Is Guitar Syncopation, and Why Does It Matter?
How Syncopation W...
Guitar Dynamics Control: Why Tone Is in the Fingers, Not the Amp
Guitar dynamics are one of the most misunderstood elements of great playing. Many guitarists spend years chasing tone through pedals, pickups, and amp settings,...
Mastering Guitar Style Analysis: Unlock Your Musical Versatility
We’ve all been there. You pick up your guitar, tune up, and... play the exact same lick you played yesterday. And the day before. It’s the dreaded intermediate ...
Intermediate Rhythm Guitar Exercises That Actually Work
7 Rhythm Guitar Exercises Every Intermediate Player Needs to Woodshed Here's a truth most intermediate guitarists need to hear: your rhythm playing is th...
5 Signs You’ve Hit a Guitar Plateau (And How to Break It)
You remember the feeling: that initial rush when you first mastered the F chord, or the lightning bolt of excitement when your first pentatonic solo actually so...
How to Review Your Own Practice Sessions (Objectively)
You sound incredible in the bedroom. The reverb is just right, your fingers feel loose, and that new lick you’ve been shedding feels effortless. But then, you s...
Breaking the Plateau: The Ultimate Guide to Self-Paced Guitar Lessons for Intermediate Player
You’ve mastered your open chords, you can navigate a basic 12-bar blues, and your calluses are well-earned. But lately, you feel like you’re just playing the sa...
Why Your Licks Sound Stale: The Power of Transposing
You’ve spent hours in the woodshed. You’ve calloused your fingertips and finally nailed that blistering Stevie Ray Vaughan lick in E minor. It sounds perfect. B...
Stop Thinking Vertically: A Guide to Horizontal Playing & Guitar Fretboard Navigation
Stop Thinking Vertically: A Guide to Horizontal Playing Here's the truth most guitarists don't want to hear: if you've been playing for years but still feel ...