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 players are practising with a metronome, … [Read more...] about The Guitarists Guide to Using a Metronome for Effective Practising
Guitar Lessons
A Comparison of Different Methods of Learning Guitar
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 some form of guitar lessons. But with so many … [Read more...] about A Comparison of Different Methods of Learning Guitar
Minor Key Chord Progressions
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 (these keys are quite common!). Let's quickly recap the chords in the natural … [Read more...] about Minor Key Chord Progressions
Minor Scales on Guitar
What Is A Minor Scale? Here’s the fast answer: A minor scale is any scale containing the b3 scale degree. If you’re looking into minor scales for the guitar, you are probably looking for the natural minor scale, sometimes called the Aeolian mode. The natural minor scale has the following intervals: 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 And can be played on guitar using the following … [Read more...] about Minor Scales on Guitar
How to Write Guitar Harmonies Like Iron Maiden
In this article, we're going to look at how to write lead guitar harmonies, just like Iron Maiden play. Part of Iron Maiden's iconic sound is the use of lead guitar harmonies, and we are going to completely unlock how they work, so that you can use them in your own music. In this lesson we will cover: How to understand the basic theory required to write lead guitar … [Read more...] about How to Write Guitar Harmonies Like Iron Maiden
