Open D7 Tuning for Slide Guitar: The Dominant 7th Sound
Open D7 is a variation on standard Open D tuning that gives you a dominant seventh chord when you strum all six strings open. This…
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Guitar Improvisation: Guitar Improvising Lesson #2 – The Riffs
You know your scale, you understand how it fits over the chord progression — now it’s time for the fun part. In this third guitar…
Slide Guitar Riffs in Open G: Picking, Expression & Single Note Lines
Once you’ve got your chord positions and progressions down in Open G, it’s time to break out of the “bar everything” approach. This lesson focuses…
Practicing Strumming with a Metronome: Build Rock-Solid Timing
If your strumming sounds good alone but falls apart when you play with other people, timing is the issue. And the fastest way to fix…
Blues Chords on Guitar: Master the Essential Shapes
Most guitar players think learning blues chords means memorizing a bunch of complicated jazz voicings. That’s not where you start. The foundation of blues guitar…
Guitar Octaves: Using Octaves in Your Guitar Solos
The octave is one of the simplest intervals on guitar, and one of the most powerful in a solo. Jazzers like Wes Montgomery built entire…