Have you ever thought about writing music but don’t know how to get started? In this post, you will learn a simple approach on how to be able to write your ideas on sheet music. I will take you through the exact process I used with an idea that I had saved on my phone … Read more
If you want to dive deeper into learning to improvise over chord progressions, using chord tones is one effective approach to make your playing stand out. In short, chord tones are the notes that define the structure of a chord such as with the root, 3rd, 5th, or 7th. By using chord tones, you can … Read more
After 15+ years of playing and learning the guitar, I’ve come across certain habits that can limit your musical growth. Sometimes you simply don’t know what you don’t know and it’s helpful to hear it from someone who has gone through the mistakes. In this post, we’ll cover 8 habits you can avoid on the … Read more
As guitarists, being able to play scales is essential to know when playing melodies or when improvising on the instrument. You may have heard over and over about how important it is to know scales but how can we effectively practice scales on guitar? Knowing the notes of a scale is an important first step … Read more
Whether you’re a beginner or have been playing for several years, guitar warmups can help you develop and maintain good technique on your instrument as well as challenge you to work out different music theory concepts as a part of your practice routine. This post covers several ideas for warm up exercises at various skill … Read more
If you aren’t sure what to practice on guitar or feel stuck in the learning process, this post will give you clarity on key areas that you can work to get better. Although each person has a specific genre they prefer or musical goal they want to achieve, the musical concepts mentioned here can help … Read more
Whether you are just starting to learn to play guitar or you have been playing for several years, there will eventually come a point where you need to learn all of the notes on the fretboard if you really want to further your understanding of the instrument and music in general. There can be several … Read more
Knowing chords is a great and fun way to learn the guitar so you can start playing your favorite songs. If you are a beginner and don’t know your basic guitar chords yet, you may be wondering which ones you should learn first. In this post, we’ll cover 8 essential guitar chords to kickstart your … Read more
Perhaps you are in the initial stages of learning to play guitar and have been wondering if using tabs are a good way to learn. I recommend learning tabs when first starting out but eventually it would be good to learn how to standard music notation as well. In this post, we’ll cover what guitar … Read more
Do you want to make progress on your guitar skills but keep putting it off because you don’t know where to start or simply feel overwhelmed? We all have things we want to get better at but let’s face it, we simply have a limited time to invest each day. In this post, we are … Read more
