Best Metal Guitar Scales These tend to be the most used heavy metal guitar scales. Most of these scales are minor scales or Messiaen modes. With that being said, you can use any scale you want for metal! Never forget this. Music has no rules. I used A as a root note for all of […]
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Understanding A Maj7 The A Maj7 guitar chord (A Major Seventh) is a common alternative to the A chord. It is a useful chord for acoustic and jazz styles. A Maj7 Chord Notes The notes are: A-C#-E-G# A Maj7 Chord Intervals The intervals for every major seventh chord are 1-3-5-7 (root, third, fifth, seventh). How
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Understanding Drop D Tuning Guitar One of the greatest and easiest ways to rock out on guitar is with the Drop D tuning. It will give you easy access to a low pitch that makes you sound heavy, and grants you the ability to rock like a guitar legend. Let’s dive in where you’ll learn
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Learn common scale positions for guitar with this free guitar scales chart for beginners. Blues Guitar Scales Chart Associated Lesson: How to Play Blues Scales on Guitar Major Guitar Scales Chart CAGED Major Scales Associated Lesson: Guitar Major Scale CAGED 3-Notes-Per-String Major Scales Associated Lesson: 3 Notes Per String Major Scale (Patterns and Tabs) Pentatonic
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In this free guitar lesson you’re going to learn the Bb major pentatonic scale guitar positions and notes. Bb Major Pentatonic Scale Position 1 Bb Major Pentatonic Scale Position 2 Bb Major Pentatonic Scale Position 3 Bb Major Pentatonic Scale Position 4 Bb Major Pentatonic Scale Position 5 Bb Major Pentatonic Scale Guitar Fretboard Diagram
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E Blues Scale Notes The notes in the E Blues Scale are E-G-A-Bb-B-D. The Bb note is the blues note (shown in “blue” in the diagrams). E Blues Scale Position 1 E Blues Scale Position 2 E Blues Scale Position 3 E Blues Scale Position 4 E Blues Scale Position 5 E Blues Scale Fretboard
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Understanding essential guitar scales for beginners Are you new to scales? Or new to guitar as a whole? Well I’m happy to see you here, where you’re going to level up your scale game! You’re going to look at 5 essential guitar scales for beginners. These scales will give you a better understanding of notes
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Sweep picking is an incredible technical tool and an essential lead guitar technique. Learning this technique will give you technical freedom, and allow you to play high-speed arpeggios, licks, and riffs. Let’s dive in and learn everything you need to know about sweeping! What is sweep picking? Sweep picking is moving from 1 string to
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Understanding 7th Chords in The C Major Scale The diatonic seventh chords of C Major can be found by stacking each degree of the scale in 3rds. Here are the notes in the C Major Scale: C-D-E-F-G-A-B Stacking each note in 3rds, we get these chords: C Major- D Minor – E Minor – F
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Understanding Major 9th Chords Major 9th guitar chords, Maj9 when abbreviated, are a popular chord type in genres such as as jazz and fusion, where advanced harmonies are more common. To help you understand these chords, you’ll use this C Major scale as a reference. C-D-E-F-G-A-B Where can you find a 9th interval (relative to
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