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Triplets: High Low High (standard)
This is a more traditional way of doing triplets where you start a triplet on a note higher than the 2nd note and the 3rd note repeats the first note. So in context would go as: (key of a minor using pentatonic G/em shape) C-A-C D-C-D E-D-E etc. The goal here is to try to …
Advanced Picking Techniques: Backtracking
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Using CAGED to Enhance Chord Progressions
Thanks to Leigh Fuge, https://mgrmusic.com professional guitarist from the UK for this lesson on the the use of the CAGED system. This one really strikes home with me as I have recently been covering these very same concepts with my more advanced students, and here this phase one is being laid out in a nice …
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The CAGED system. The nut is positional.
by Joe
Here are the chords associated with the CAGED system that also explain some of the possible misnomers you may encounter while learning them. PG-CAGEDLesson Here are the scales and triad arpeggios that are associated with the CAGED system. If you want to truly understand the fret board, I strongly advise you spend some time …
Learning the A7 Dominant Chord
By Marc-Andre Seguin at jazzguitarlessons.com If you are fairly new to the guitar, you may very well look at a chord chart and see a chord with a “7” next to it. That indicates a very specific type of chord that has a wide array of functions. Today, we will talk about its theoretical construction, some …
Common Beginner Guitar Mistakes
-Assuming that getting the notes and fingering right, is more important than the tempo/timing. Timing is equally if not more important than getting the notes right. -Amps are for being heard over a drummer. There are few things as annoying as a listening to a beginner playing by them self, loud. A general rule of …
Avoiding the Left-Hand Death Grip
When you first start playing, straight away you’ll discover that pressing the strings against the fret board how-to-play-the-guitar is hard work, hurts your fingers and makes your wrist ache. The natural way to combat this is by hooking your thumb over the top of the fret board to get leverage, which inadvertently causes you to …