Single String Guitar Speed Building Exercise
This exercise helps with just about everything except string crossing. [Read more…]
Fretting Hand Tips
The Fretting Hand
In this lesson we’ll take a quick look at basic left (fretting) hand position. [Read more…]
Practice Session 4 – Chord Tones
Guitar Practice Session 4 – Chord tones in the key of C major
Following on from part 3, here are some patterns based around the lower strings. [Read more…]
Practice Session 3 – Chord Tones
Guitar Practice Session 3 – Chord tones in the key of C major
In the first two practice sessions we used the common I-IV-V chord progression in C major to practice playing chord tones. Now we will do the same thing again but use all of the (triad) chords in the key. [Read more…]
Practice Session 2 – Chord Tones
Guitar Practice Session 2 – The I IV V Progression in C major
In part 1 we broke down the top three strings of the C, F and G major chords around the third fret. Once you have spent a little bit of time on part 1 you can now go about playing around with the bottom three strings.
Practice Session 1 – Chord Tones
Guitar Practice Session 1 – The I IV V Progression in C major
The I IV V progression is no doubt the most common chord progression. It’s been used for years and is still used today in thousands of songs in virtually all genres. In this session we are going to get used to the chord tones on the top three strings in one position. [Read more…]
The CAGED Guitar System
What is the CAGED system? In my opinion it’s something that gets too much attention for the wrong reasons and not enough attention for the right ones. [Read more…]
Barre Chords Explained
Barre chords (or bar chords or whatever way you prefer to spell them) should be mastered by all guitarists. If you know how to find the notes on the fifth and sixth strings then you’ll have instant ability to play any major, minor, major seventh, minor seventh and dominant seventh chord, in any key and two positions of the guitar fretboard with just a few shapes to learn.,,,