If you closely observe the guitar fretboard, you will notice an interesting phenomenon -- ⑥-⑤, ⑤-④, ④-③, ②-①. In these four ...

Using scales to make music is more than just choosing the right one. But how does one go about practicing scales, and should you bother? Using my favourite analogy, if music is a language then scales ...

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Playing the guitar is the best. The. Best. I have played guitar for 22 years and every single day I feel the same excitement about picking it up as the first day. Playing music is pretty much always ...

The RelationShapes guitar scale system is a way of looking at scales not just as a set of notes that you play from root to root up and down, but a way of knowing where you are within the scale at any ...

Guitar skills: let's get one thing straight – you don't need to know a lot of scales to be a good guitarist. In fact, if you've been playing for under a year you could quite safely get away with only ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Our series of beginner guitar lessons from JamPlay.com continues with this introduction to guitar ...