When it comes to learning the minor pentatonic scale on guitar, a lot of guitar players seem to make similar mistakes. If you have ever found yourself feeling bored or frustrated when learning the scale, you are probably making one (or more!) of these mistakes. If you have every found yourself wondering “What’s the point …
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Doing your first studio recording is an incredibly fun experience. At least… if you are prepared for it, it will be fun. If you are not prepared, it will be stressful and embarrassing. After doing 2 professional albums and a handful of EPs with various bands over the years, I’ve (unfortunately) experienced both sides of …
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Every guitar player knows that they should be using a metronome to practice… and chances are, they (by which I mean you!) are not using them enough. Metronome’s are a vital tool to improving your playing, especially if you are wanting to play more technically advanced pieces of music. However, quite often, even if guitar …
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Modern life is better than any other time in existence, by almost every possible measure. Income, life expectancy, access to information, infant mortality, cost per calorie of food… and of course, access to guitar lessons. As long as you have an internet connection, or live in a town, you are going to have access to …
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Minor key chord progressions are any chord progressions that come from the minor scale. In this article, we’ll look at some common minor chord progressions and also look at a lot of examples on how to play these chord progressions on guitar in the keys of A minor, C minor, D minor and E minor …
When we talk about chords in minor scales, we are usually thinking about chords from the natural minor scale (sometimes called the Aeolian mode). If we harmonise the natural minor scale, we get the following chords: i (minor), ii˚ (diminished), bIII (major), iv (minor), v (minor), bVI (major) and bVII (major): Scale Degree 1 2 …
