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How to Play Triad Chord Voicings on Your Guitar
Triads are easy 3-note guitar chords that are useful in both rhythm and lead playing. This article explores how to play them and what the best practices are when using them.
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Chords in a Key
An explanation of the chords that belong in each key.
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The #1 Classic Blues & Rock Guitar Rhythm Pattern
There is one guitar rhythm pattern that is is synonymous with blues and rock & roll from the 50's through the 70's. It is still used to this day by many retro type acts.
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Jimi Hendrix Slow Song Rhythm Guitar Fills Technique for "Little Wing", "Wind Cries Mary" and "Castles Made of Sand"
Hendrix popularized the two-note chord hammer-on and pull-off rhythm fills in songs such as "Little Wing" and "Castles Made of Sand".
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Why Great Guitarists Like Hendrix, Clapton & Van Halen Became Famous for Their Playing Skills & Why Rock Guitar Is Dying
Premise: Fame for skills is after the fact, in other words after they were famous, fans raved about the talents of many great artists but the only way they got popular was because of their hit songs. Rock guitar is dying because there are no new Clapton's and Hendrix's out there writing hit songs.
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How to Play 12-Bar Blues Guitar in the Key of E
Learning blues guitar involves very few simple elements to create a classic blues sound and this article will put the aspiring blues guitarist on the right path.
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Guitar Neck Theory: Understanding How the Notes on the Neck Work
An in-depth look at how the notes are laid out on the guitar neck.
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Strumming Patterns for Beginning Acoustic and Electric Guitar
An instructional overview on many of the nust-know strumming rhythm patterns for electric and acoustic guitar.
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Power Chords for Rock Rhythm Guitar
This article covers the basics of learning power chords, one the most used chord in the history of rock music.
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The CAGED Chord System For Guitar is Simple
There seems to be a lot of mystery and confusion surrounding the much lauded "CAGED" bar chord (barre chord anyone?) system on the guitar. There's nothing to it as you will see.
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Campfire Piano: How to Play Rhythm Piano or Why Should Guitarists Have All the Fun?
The problem with traditional piano education is that it doesn't teach you how to play in a band. This simplified approach will get you playing chords right away.
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Guitar Soloing on a Single String
One of the most effective way to learn scales and solo on the guitar is to learn the scale on one string. This article discusses some of the techniques that lend themselves to single string soloing.
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Blues Rhythm Guitar Chord Fills Lesson
One of the most recognizable cool blues rhythm riffage sounds are the alternating minor triads superimposed over a dominant 7th chord.. This article demonstrates how to use these must know patterns.
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Learn the 5 Positions of the E Minor Pentatonic Scale on the Guitar Related to Caged Chords
This guide will help you familiarize yourself with the five positions of the E minor pentatonic scale as related to caged chords.
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How to Play the Guitar for the Absolute Total Beginner
This is the absolute bottom line of how to start playing guitar. The information given here is in small chunks, easy to digest and will give the student a solid foundation to begin the journey guitar mastery.
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Composing Music for Modern Dance
Modern Dance Music Composer Mark Fitchett discusses his work with The Regina Klenjoski Dance Company (RKDC)
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Learning to Play Jazz Guitar From the Beginning
How to approach learning beginning jazz guitar
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Jazz Guitar: Easy Access Chords
Basic Easy Access jazz chords for guitar that support 9ths, 11th and 13ths.
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How to Improvise Lead Guitar One Note at a Time
Although aimed at guitarists, all musicians should learn how to solo or improvise using a single note. Otherwise why go on?
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French and Italian Opera in the Baroque Era
Comparison of French and Italian Opera in the Baroque Period
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Incorporating Chromaticism into Improvising
How chromatic notes work in improvisation
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How The Intervals Work on a Guitar
All about intervals on fretted instruments guitar ukulele mandolin banjo
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Common Scale Formulas
The intervallic formulas for some very useful scales jazz rock blues composition and improvisation
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Modes in Music: The Basic Theory
A simplified explanation of how the modes in music work and some practical applications.
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Improvisation Techniques That Work in All Musical Styles
An overview of concepts applied to improvisation and composition. This article gives someone a better idea of some of the elments involved in learning how to approach this.
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How to Memorize the Notes on the Guitar Neck
This article will show you the best method ever on how to efficiently learn and memorize the notes on a guitar neck in the shortest amount of time.
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Basics of Bass Guitar
A summary of the integral elements used in creating bass lines.
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On Becoming a Competent Musician
An overview of the many things that it takes to become a good musician.
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The Many Ways to Make a Living Playing Guitar
Mark Fitchett discussing from his perspective how to survive playing guitar and the pro and cons of university education for guitar.