In this guitar lesson we’ll follow up the Guitar Arpeggios 101 mini-course by learning and analysing multiple licks that feature & focus on arpeggios. Make sure you’ve learnt the arpeggio patterns in the previous lesson, as in this lesson we won’t spend much time on the patterns, but rather analyse how to use them. Go to lesson...
Category Archives: Guitar – Chords, Scales & Theory
Arpeggios & Triads: Guitar
Understanding the relationship between scales & chords is an important part in improvising. Arpeggios break chords into single note patterns. Triads are made up of the 3 notes found in a chord. Go to lesson...
Arpeggios 101: Guitar
Arpeggios are broken chords, in other words, the notes used to form a chord, played individually. Understanding how arpeggios are built and fluently being able to play many arpeggio variations will help your playing on all levels – improv, melody creation/analysis, building harmony lines, back-up…
In this Guitar Arpeggios 101 mini-course, we’ll cover:
- Common intervals used in arpeggios;
- Major & minor arpeggios;
- 4 note extensions – major 7, minor 7 & dominant 7 arpeggios;
- How to move the patterns to any position & octave;
- Learn an example solo, using only arpeggio notes from each chord change;
- Plus, beginning strategies for developing the use of arpeggios in your own playing.
Celtic Backup in D: Guitar Lesson
In this lesson we’ll learn 8 chord variations in Drop D tuning, while we learn several rhythm variations in 4/4 time. We’ll use the traditional Celtic reel, The Merry Blacksmith, as an example during the lesson, but these chord voicing’s can work with any tune in the key of D and the rhythms will work with any reel. Go to lesson...
Fretboard Freedom 101: The Musical Alphabet
Fretboard Freedom: The Musical Alphabet is the first lesson in a course that will help you unlock the fretboard, enabling you to find any note, double stop, chord, scale, arpeggio in any position. It will give you the freedom to find your way in any key and have the ability to transpose/reposition breaks, melodies & chord progressions and improve your ability to improvise. Go to lesson...
Fretboard Freedom 102: The Guitar Octave Pattern
Using the guitar octave pattern to gain fretboard freedom is a crucial and quick step to locate a note anywhere on the fretboard. By using the guitar octave pattern and your knowledge of the notes on one or two strings (see Fretboard Freedom 101: The Musical Alphabet) it becomes quite simple to locate any note on any string, then play a chord, scale, arpeggio, etc. Go to lesson...
Learn The Neck With Triads: Guitar Lesson (Part One)
In this course, we’ll cover a way of looking at the fretboard that is beneficial in building your knowledge of melody & harmony. By learning the neck with triads, you’ll look at the fretboard in a completely new way, giving you an awful lot of choice & freedom in your playing. Go to lesson...
Notes on the Fretboard: Guitar
Here’s a chart that lists all the notes on the guitar fretboard. It also includes common intervals found on the fretboard. Go to lesson...
Open Major & Dom 7 Chords: Guitar
Open chords on the guitar are used in all styles of music including pop, country, bluegrass, old time, folk, rock, metal, celtic, classical… They form an important part of both rhythm & lead guitar techniques. Go to lesson...
Scales & Technical Practice | Guitar | Level 1
A course focusing on the flatpicking technique including scales, arpeggios, chords, rhythm, improvisation, speed development, general technique exercises & sight-reading.
Scales & Technical Work should form an important, structured part of your practice routine. It will improve your general technique, practical theory knowledge, improvisation, understanding of melody & harmony, rhythm, tone, and so on. Go to lesson...
Scales & Technical Practice | Overview
Scales & Technical Work should form an important, structured part of your practice routine. It will improve your general technique, practical theory knowledge, improvisation, understanding of melody & harmony, rhythm, tone, and so on.
Check out the Pickin’ Lessons structured, 2 part, scales & technical practice below. Give it a shot & I’m positive you’ll find yourself moving forward in no time! Go to lesson...
Scales: Guitar
The following worksheets contain patterns for a variety of scales. Scales are a great way to practice technique, learn the fretboard and are essential when improvising. Go to lesson...