Guitar Tricks Blog
Posted September 9, 2022
How to Play Guitar Expressively
Being able to express yourself is really the core of why most of us want to learn how to play guitar in the first place. Expressive techniques like hammer-ons, pull-offs, vibrato, slides&
Posted July 21, 2022
ONE Pentatonic Scale for ALL Keys - Major and Minor
Want to be able to play a scale in any key, major or minor? This A Minor / C Major pentatonic scale pattern can be moved up and down the neck to fit into pretty much any key you might find yourself in. If you'd like to learn more about pentatonic (and other) guitar scales,
Posted February 11, 2022
Power Chords Explained in 5 Easy Steps
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7th Chords Explained
Read MorePosted January 15, 2022
3 Minor Chord Progressions and How to Find Them
Minor chord progressions are very similar to major chord progressions but of course, we’re looking at the minor scale. It’s important to know how to find chords within a minor scale so that you have a number of options when it comes time to create your own song or if you simply want to know how your favorite hits have come together. In this guitar lesson we will take a in-depth look at minor chords, ho
Posted August 9, 2021
The CAGED System Explained
As you're learning how to play guitar, you'll likely hear players reference the CAGED system as being a great tool to utilize in your learning process. To put it simply, CAGED is essentially a way of visualizing chord shapes on the fretboard. The trick to using the CAGED system is to realize that it consists of moveable shapes that can be any chord depending upon where you put the root note. Once you know the five basic shapes you can p
Posted May 15, 2020
Hendrix Chord - Jimi Hendrix Songs
The Hendrix chord is usually a 7#9 chord, and more specifically, an E7#9. The chord shape is colloquially called the Hendrix chord because guitarist Jimi Hendrix frequently used it in a number of his songs like “Purple Haze.” Let’s take this chord apart and see what it's all about.
Posted March 20, 2020