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One chord, the open chord, is a scale and can be played in a variety of ways. Here are the 5 most common uses, in case you don’t know the other 5. The first chord, the dominant chord, is the highest note of your scales. The 2nd chord, the root note of a scale, is […]

When people play a lot of different instruments, they tend to pick one as fast as possible. With a lot of guitar teachers and guitar teachers themselves saying they only want the guitar “fast” as a way of making sure that their students learn fast, I decided to do something a little different. I asked […]

I mean, yeah, the fact that you get to play as much as you’d like, that should lead to some fun and experimentation. Unfortunately, much of it doesn’t. To me, if this is about instrument-building and the kind of fun that comes with putting it away, then I’d say the problem is more than just […]

There is one key element to the U.S. presidential election that seems to make things better in the United States than they are in many other countries: The candidates are getting a lot of positive media attention. The American news media doesn’t typically do that. Instead, it often gives attention to unpleasant stories or political […]

In the USA, the most common model of guitar is the Gibson ES-330, which is often sold on its own as the “Gibson Les Paul Junior.” However, guitars such as the Gibson ES-335 and the Epiphone Rickenbacker 500 are often used and sometimes even sold as “Gibson Les Paul.” The first Epiphone Les Paul (a […]

The easiest way to learn guitar chord sounds is to use the guitar tuner on your smartphone or computer. You can create a tuning on your iPhone or Android to play through the chord and sound, or use the Tune It app to instantly listen to chords played on your iPhone or Android. You can […]

These are not to scale, not to arpeggios, but instead to the chord types associated with those same chords. There are so many things to work with. You have a minor chord in the G chord, that you can play all over the fretboard as you would do on a minor pentatonic or even an […]

A chord is a musical chord that contains a number and/or a string that is written as a specific kind of numerical sequence. A major, 7th, or minor chord is a major chord. A dominant chord is a 7th chord. An augmented chord is also a chord of the same kind; it is a major […]

It is. There is a lot to learn in guitar. It’s an extremely difficult and demanding art and everyone has a special gift. But there is a very useful thing about learning to play that is something that people do all over the world, especially young people. There’s no need to be a virtuoso, and […]

There are many ways to earn money from guitar lessons. Most of the guitar lessons offered at these online guitar shops have a ‘pay per lesson’ charge. You will have the choice of paying a flat amount either once or through an advanced option. While a free lesson would be a lot cheaper in total, […]