Guitar theory lessons relate to music theory and how it works on the guitar.
This includes musical concepts and fundamentals such as:
This is a major pentatonic scale guitar lesson. You’ll learn the 5 shapes of the major pentatonic scale, and how to construct the scale using its scale formula. Let’s dive in! What is The Major Pentatonic Scale? The major pentatonic scale is one of the most popular scales in Western harmony. It has 5 notes, […]
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This is a horizontal pentatonic scale guitar lesson! You’ll learn 2 shapes that are easy to memorize, and easy to apply in soloing and composing. Horizontal Pentatonic Scale Guitar Tab The horizontal pentatonic scale spans 3 octaves and maintains the same fret-hand finger structure in each octave. This means in each octave you’ll play 3
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This is an E9 chord guitar lesson. It’s also called the E dominant 9th chord. It’s often referred to as “the funk chord”, and it’s quite common in jazz/ fusion. Now, let’s dive in and play the chord! What is The E9 chord on guitar? (E Dominant 9th) Think of the E9 chord as an E7
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Today, you’re going to learn about modal arpeggios on the guitar. You’ll learn what they are, how to play them, and how to apply them. Let’s break it down. The 4 modal arpeggios There are four fundamental modal arpeggios. Modal Arpeggios Tab Here’s the tab with notation. These arpeggios are constructed from the root, 3rd,
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This is a simple Cdim chord guide for the guitar. You’ll learn how to play 4 of the most common C diminished shapes, and 2 basic ideas to apply the chord in your progressions and compositions. Let’s dive in! What is The Cdim chord on guitar? (C Diminished) You can think of the Cdim chord
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This is an A major arpeggio guitar lesson. The A major arpeggio is made up of the notes found in the A major chord. This includes the root note “A“, the major 3rd “C#“, and the perfect 5th “E“. A Major Arpeggio Guitar Tabs These A major arpeggio shapes for guitar show you the single-octave
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Today, we’re talking about harmony, and you’re going to learn how to play the D6 chord on guitar and the theory behind it. So, if you’ve ever seen “D6” in a chord chart and want to understand how it works, then this lesson is for you. What is a D6 chord on guitar? You can
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In this super simple guitar lesson you’ll learn how to play a Sus2 arpeggio. You’ll learn a one-octave shape using the Gsus2 arpeggio, and then you’ll look at a tab that will show you how to play the arpeggio with sweep picking and tapping. What is a Sus2 arpeggio? Let’s define the sus2 arpeggio/ chord.
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Today, you’ll look at a complete, easy diatonic chords guitar lesson. You’ll learn the fundamentals, and you’ll get to play an easy diatonic exercise. By the end of this, you’ll know what diatonic chords are, how they’re constructed, and how to apply them to chord progressions! Let’s dive in and play! Diatonic chord definition To
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Power chords form the foundation for most rock and metal riffs. They’re popular in those genres due to their simple structure, which makes it exceptionally easy to memorize power chord shapes and move them around the fretboard. Their neutral sound also makes them popular, which comes from their interval structure. Let’s explain this further. What
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