9 tips to get better at improvising on guitar

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Improvising on guitar is one of the most challenging but rewarding skills that takes intentional time to get better at. Rather than thinking of music improvisation as a purely spontaneous ability, it’s actually the gradual development of smaller concepts that eventually help you to come up with musical ideas on the spot. In this post, … Read more

How to play guitar fingerpicking patterns (including exercises and audio)

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If you’ve ever tried learning a song that uses a fingerpicking method on guitar, you’ll often see a repeating pattern in your picking hand as the chords change. Picking patterns are used to create rhythm and interest when playing a chord progression. This lesson covers common fingerpicking patterns that you can apply over different chords … Read more

15 ways to play a G chord on guitar

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The G Major chord is one of the first chords you should know on guitar. Although this is a simple chord to learn, knowing different G chord variations gives you the flexibility to play it throughout the fretboard whenever needed. Let’s first go over some basic chord theory and then cover 15 ways to play a … Read more

12 ways to play an E chord on guitar

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The E chord is one of the first chords you should know on guitar. Although this is a simple chord to learn, knowing different chord variations gives you the flexibility to play throughout the fretboard whenever needed. We’ll first go over some basic chord theory and then cover 12 ways to play an E chord which … Read more