One of the best songwriting tools I ever learned was how to build chords from the major scale. This is sometimes called “the harmonised major scale”, because the scale has been harmonised with itself. The harmonised major scale is a must know topic for anyone wanting to start writing their own songs, improvising, or just wanting to …
Neoclassical guitar scales are really, really fun. By playing neoclassical scales on guitar, we can create some incredibly rich and interesting sounds in our playing an improvising. Lets take a look at some of these neoclassical scales and how we can use them in our guitar playing: The Harmonic Minor Scale The original king of …
In 2012, Carol Dweck published a book called “Mindset: How You Can Fulfil Your Potential”. In this book (which is a great read – especially if you are learning or looking to start learning guitar), she identified two types of mindset, the ‘fixed’ mindset, and the ‘growth’ mindset. What is a Mindset? Before we start …
Quite often, as guitar players, we feel unsatisfied with our progress. We feel like we are not learning fast enough, or that whatever we are working on is more difficult than other people find it to learn. Nearly all my students have felt this way sometime or another. I know I’ve often felt this way, …
