Harmonic functions of dominant chords and subdominant chords When looking at how we construct chord progressions, looking at how the tonic chord (or root) relates […]
3 Guitar Modes in Major – A Great Way to Look at Them
As we know, there are 7 musical modes. Here we’ll look at how they translate as guitar modes, starting with the three major modes. Each […]
Time for 3 Minor Modes – A Quick Knowledge Boost
Your minor modes take up degrees two, three and six of the major scale. Their names? Dorian is the second degree Phrygian, is the third […]
The Minor Scale – Make Your Melodies Soar
There’s a few different patterns when it comes to playing the minor scale (or natural minor if you wanna get serious about this) on your […]
Harmonic and Melodic Minor – New Notes With Fun Sounds
Melodic minor and harmonic minor are two great additions to your guitar scale vocabulary. Whereas the natural minor scale is the more commonly used, both […]
Exotic-Scales: You’ll Focus Your Playing With Extra Notation
Looking to add some distinctive colour and flavour to your music? Exotic Scales might just be the answer! This particular blog post references 11 scales […]
The Major Scale – This is 1 Really Important Scale
When I started to learn guitar, the last thing on my mind was learning scales. It was learning my favourite songs. I had zero interest […]
Look like an Expert with a Pentatonic Lick
In a previous blog post, I talked about how you can breath new life into pentatonic scales by playing them across three note per string […]
Guitar Modes – You Need to Know these Simple Scales
Why should you learn guitar modes? Well with the release of my new E-Book on the subject, this week’s blog post is a general overview […]
Intervals – Don’t get lost with easy to know theory
Musical intervals are paramount in understanding a variety of musical, and in this instance, guitar orientated subject matters. Understanding these will, in turn, help you […]