Understanding Sus2 and Sus4 Chords Sus2 and Sus4 chords, Sus meaning suspended, are triads that convey tones neither major nor minor. Like all chords, they are built using chord formulas, which you’ll see below. But to start, look at the formula for a major scale: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 Each of these numbers represents a degree of the […]
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There are a few alternate tunings you may come across when beginning a guitar, and the E flat (Eb) tuning is one of them. So, what exactly is it? E Flat guitar tuning is the process of tuning the strings down a half-step lower. How do I tune my guitar to E Flat? The process
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The CAGED system is a common way to view and understand scales on guitar. It uses the open chord shapes that you likely learned as a beginner, and uses them for visualization. There are 5 Major Scale CAGED shapes, and here they are. Major Scale CAGED shapes using C Major You’ll use the C major
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What is an arpeggio? An arpeggio is a broken down chord. You simply take the notes from a chord and play them one at a a time. What are guitar arpeggios used for? There are multiple uses for arpeggios. The term is usually first heard in relation to fingerstyle guitar. When used in fingerstyle, it’s
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You’ve likely stumbled across dominant 7th chords in your guitar playing, and it’s helpful to understand what they are and how to play them. So let’s dive into how to play dominant 7th chords on the guitar! What Are Dominant 7th Chords on Guitar? A dominant 7th chord is made up of a root, 3rd,
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You might be a beginner guitar player, and if so you’re going to encounter chords, which means you’ll also encounter chord charts! If you’re in that boat then this tutorial is for you. You’re going to learn how to read guitar chord charts like a boss. Reading Guitar Chord Charts This is a guitar chord
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After teaching and playing guitar for many years, I decided to put together this checklist of things every guitarist should know. Putting together this list was very subjective, though, so I decided to ask a Facebook group for their input as well. And it turns out… There are lots of things every guitarist should know,
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“Picking technique” is a term that gets thrown around a lot in the guitar community. It’s definitely something you need to understand if you want to improve your guitar picking accuracy and speed. As a general rule guitar picking technique explains what you can do with your picking hand to optimize for picking accuracy. You’ll
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Do you want to understand how music works on the guitar, and why it works that way? If so, then this post is for you. In this post I’ll answer what is guitar theory, and how you can start applying it. Let’s dive in. What Is Music Theory To understand guitar theory, we first need
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