Read the Circle of Fifths: A Plain-English Guide for Guitarists
If you want to read the circle of fifths and actually understand what you're looking at, you need one reframe.
Circle of Fifths for Guitar: The Map That Make Sense
Most guitarists stall on theory for one simple reason: nobody ever hands them a map. You pick up fragments, a scale here, a chord name there, but nothing connects.
How to Structure a Smart Guitar Practice Session
One of the biggest challenges guitar players face isn’t finding things to practice. It’s deciding how to use the practice time they actually have.
Record Your Practice Sessions for Honest Feedback
One of the hardest parts of practicing guitar is knowing whether you’re actually improving.
Five Smart Practice Steps for Guitar Players
Once you’ve scheduled your guitar practice and decided what you’re going to work on, there’s another important question: What should you actually do with the material once you start practicing it?
How To Practice On Purpose and Practice Smart
Every time you pick up a guitar, you’re doing something with it—but not all guitar time serves the same purpose.
How To Practice: What Smart Guitar Practice Means
For guitar players, the word practice can carry a lot of baggage. We’ve all heard some version of “practice makes perfect,” and from an early age we’re taught that improvement comes from putting in the time.
Practice Smart for Guitar Players: How to Actually Improve
Practice, practice, practice. Anyone learning to play an instrument has heard that advice countless times.
C CAGED Shape: Find the Major Pentatonic Scale Inside It
The C CAGED shape is one of the first chord forms most guitarists ever learn. Yet most players stop there, using it purely as a static chord voicing.
The A CAGED Shape: Play the Major Pentatonic Inside It
The A CAGED shape is more than a chord voicing. Most guitarists treat the A form as a barre-chord workhorse and stop there.
The G CAGED Shape: Revealing the Major Pentatonic Inside
The G CAGED shape gets skipped more than any other position in the system. It feels wide, a little awkward to barre cleanly, and most players move past it toward the more comfortable forms.
The E CAGED Shape: Solo with the Major Pentatonic Scale Inside
The E CAGED shape is one of the first things most guitarists ever learn. You slap a barre across the neck, finger the familiar open-position form behind it, and suddenly you can play a major chord anywhere.