QwikRiffs #014 - Altered Chords for Jazz Riffs in "Eb Major"

NEW: QwikRiffs Series - Video (014) The latest QwikRiffs video, Altered Chords for Jazz Riffs in "Eb Major" is available in the members area. Includes PDF handout! QwikRiffs are available to members at Creative Guitar Studio.com. Lessons in the QwikRiffs Series run through...

The Best Interval Exercise You're Not Doing ...RIGHT

Guitar players use a lot of intervals. And, for good reason, they sound really cool, and they're versatile musically. The only thing is that their application is often clouded by misunderstandings to do with how to practice them along with how to use them easily and effortlessly... Intervals...

🌟 #1 Best Musicianship Workout Tip EVER!

No matter where you're at as a player, you can improve. There's always room for never ending improvement. But, where most guitar players focus their attention, may not actually be the best areas that can offer the highest forms of improvement to overall skill and musicianship...  Are...

GUITAR SOLOING #013 - Soloing with Dorian Mode

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7 Things to NEVER Do When Practicing Scales!

Scale practice is one of the most popular areas of practice that we spend time on as we develop our intermediate and advanced playing skills. This is why it's so important to approach scale practice correctly and develop a series of habits involved with scale practice that will...

ACOUSTIC GUITAR 012: Acoustic Blues - Harmonies & Riffs

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Stop Thinking About Triads Like This!

Want to get the most mileage out of using small triads for riff building and for soloing?  One of the best ways to accomplish this won't be by trying to learn dozens and dozens of small triad ideas as smaller-chords and licks. That would be a MISTAKE!  Instead,...