Be a Drummer, Seriously

Be a Drummer Seriously, just do it. It’s just one of those simple facts of life that everyone plays guitar. If you need a great guitarist, chances are you’ll have more applicants for the position than you can handle. Like a colony of ants that is mostly...

Slide Guitar, Oh Man

Playing Slide Guitar, Oh Man. An audition and… slide guitar. Like, a lot of slide guitar. Now, don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against slide guitar. I greatly enjoy a competent player. For me the emotion a slide guitarist can express is perhaps the...

Playing for a Cover Band

Playing for a cover band, is it worth it? My Approach I’ve never been one of those musicians who learns every song they’ve ever liked and nailed down all the standard tunes people ask you to play once you say, “yeah, I play guitar!” It’s...

Broken Triads Position 4

Broken Triads in Position 4 Learning this next exercise for broken triads in position 4 of the CAGED system for guitar will help you learn the fretboard. Getting to know the guitar fretboard is one of the most important skills you can develop if you want to be able to...

Broken Triads – Position 3

Broken Triads – Position 3 Broken Triads in Position 3 means we’ll be looking at the G-shape for this run. This exercise runs through the circle of 5ths instead of chromatic climbing like the previous exercises. Moving around the fretboard like this can...

Broken Triads Position 2

Broken Triads for guitar position 2! This is a very technical exercise and gets your fingers moving through the scale in a different way. Practicing this expands your understanding of the fretboard and ability to visualize the locations of notes. It’s also great...
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