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6 international scales every guitar player should know – and how to use them
As guitarists, we’re always looking for new sounds and inspiration, and love to explore new techniques. But if you still find yourself trapped in the confines of pentatonic and major scales, a ...
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Guitar modes lesson 1: The Ionian mode is the same as the major scale – here’s what makes it work
The ‘happiest’ sounding of the modes, the Ionian is identical to the major scale, so it’s highly likely you’re already ...
Bass chords: shapes that work on bass guitar – and go beyond the power chord
Bass Week: As bass players we naturally have to know our chords, and ideally a fair bit about harmony and chord progressions ...
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Notation - major and minor keys, and chord symbols
Harmonic minor keys are used when writing chords. There is another ... Harmonic minors use the relative major key signature and raise the seventh note of the scale. For example, in A harmonic ...
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What makes a good guitar riff?
The White Stripes launching into Seven Nation Army. Franz Ferdinand electrifying the venue with the moment everyone’s waiting for in Take Me Out, or Nile Rodgers’ contribution to Daft Punk’s ...
Hybrid picking, slides, pentatonics, bends, muting and double-stops are powerful techniques for country guitar playing
In the video, Matheus plays various, classic country lines that will work over an E7 chord. To bring the phrases to life Matheus uses various articulations such as finger slides, hammer-ons and pull ...