One of the most important things a musician can do is develop their ear. If a musicians ear is excellent they can quickly learn songs, understand phrases on their instrument with little to no effort, and they can even successfully perform live on stage in situations where they...

Acoustic Guitar 006: Chord Strumming with Grid Systems... Strum patterns and rhythmic duration are two of the most important areas for a guitarist to master. The majority of  playing focuses on rhythm guitar. Once our ability to perform concise application of; strum...

Most guitar players hardly give any thought at all to the chord shapes that they use in progressions. But, think of a song like, "Stairway to Heaven," the chords in the intro to Stairway are so well planned and the voice leading is so spot on, that there's no doubt chord voices...

Playing a guitar solo, even the most simple of guitar solo, can kind of be an issue for a lot of guitarists. Maybe it's a lack of scale knowledge, maybe they think that the learning curve of soloing is extremely complex taking years to master... The reality is that becoming a...

Arpeggios can be a weak area for a lot of guitar students, and this is lousy because the application of an arpeggio within a solo sounds very cool and that means if you're not using them, you're missing out...  On this weeks "Guitar Blog Insider" we're going to make a study...

August 18, 2017: Lesson 006 - Melodic Contrast Through Dissonance Normally we strive to hit the correct notes found in the established key center. However, performing scale tones that exist outside of the key (outside notes), can also work in certain styles of music...  How...

When I meet new players, one of the things that I always like to do is become familiar with where they're at as guitar players. So, over the years I've organized an "11 Question" guitar test that not only helps me but it also helps the student better understand where they are...