What Are Arpeggios?
Arpeggios are often misunderstood in the guitar realm. They are simply the notes of a chord played in succession, rather than at the same time…
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The Diminished 7th Arpeggio
A concept that often confused guitarists is the Diminished 7th chord/arpeggio. It’s often used in jazz, Neo-classical and even blues. Why is it confusing? Well,…
The Importance Of Sight Reading
Sight Reading. It’s important. There, I said it. The vast majority of guitarist can’t read notation or know very little about it – even Tommy Emmanuel…
What Is A Musical Ear?
“The Musical Ear”. I hear this term thrown around a lot by experienced musicians, but the majority of beginner and intermediate guitarists don’t really know…
4 Tips To improve Your Aural Skills
I often look at the Aural skill this way – I could lose my guitar skills by simply not practicing. I could lose my fingers, hands or…
Quick Lick: Sweep And A Tap!
Sweeping and tapping are two different skill sets that when combined make for some impressive looking licks!
Awesome Goals To Set Yourself
At UGA we love having direction, purpose and structure in what we teach. So it makes sense that students should spend a few minutes thinking…
What Is A Scale?
Scales. We always talk about them in music. But I’m constantly amazed at how many people don’t really understand what a scale is. Even musicians…
4 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Guitar
Starting to learn the guitar is GREAT. It completely changed my life and I hope it changes yours too (for the better of course!). But…
What Are The Five Fundamental Techniques?
There are many elements to guitar playing that all contribute to making music such as theoretical aspects such as chord knowledge, as well as practical…