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Give Your Rhythm Parts a Boost with Partial Chord Shapes

Posted in gear, guitar instruction, guitar theory, guitarists, Guitars, instruction, learn guitar, Music, musicians, tagged guitar, guitarists, Guitars, instruction, learn guitar, Music, musicians on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve spoken about him before, but Mark Wein of Mark Wein Guitar Lessons really knows his stuff, and I’ve gotten a lot mileage from his free video tutorials. One set of tutorials that I found as a real useful review, plus learning some new stuff as well, is his series on Partial Chord Shapes. Really [...]

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A VERY Cool Tool

Posted in announcements, guitar, guitar theory, guitarists, Guitars, jam, jam track, Music, music theory, musicians, tagged guitar, guitar practice, guitar site, guitarists, Guitars, jam tracks, modes, Music, musicians, site, site announcements, site reviews on June 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Wow! Amazing what taking a few days off can do! I spent last weekend in Las Vegas deflating from the rigors of everyday life, and when I came back, made a conscious effort to play as little guitar or writing as possible. Sometimes you just need to take a break. But I’m back now, refreshed, [...]

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The Beginner (and Master) Guitarist’s Guide to Playing Great

Posted in guitar, guitar instruction, guitar lifestyle, guitar theory, guitarists, Guitars, learn guitar, Music, music theory, musicians, tagged guitar, guitar greatness, guitar instruction, guitar life, guitar lifest, guitar lifestyle, guitar practice, learn, learn guitar, Music, musicians, teaching guitar on March 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Ah, Padawan. Come to receive the wisdom of the ages, you have I see. Into the realms of guitar playing greatness delve deep do you wish; to play among the stars of guitar such as Vai, Satriani, Johnson and others of that ilk. Good for you! Welcome you with open arms, do I. Now dispensed [...]

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Introducing a New Contributor to GuitarGear.org!

Posted in guitar instruction, guitar theory, guitarists, Guitars, Music, music theory, musicians, tagged authors, blog, guitar, guitar instruction, guitar theory, guitarists, instruction, music theory, theory, wesman on January 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

As GuitarGear.org has grown, so has its readership, but trying to keep a constant feed of fresh content isn’t as easy you might think, considering that it has only been me doing it for the past couple of years, with a couple of contributions from folks like Tweed Demon in the past. One of the [...]

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Epiphany in Modal Scale Theory

Posted in guitar instruction, guitar theory, Guitars, improvisation, inspiration, instruction, learn guitar, modes, music theory, scales, tagged guitar, guitar instruction, guitar theory, guitarists, Guitars, improvisation, instruction, learn guitar, modal theory, modes, Music, music theory, musicians, scales, soloing on January 5, 2009 | 16 Comments »

Note: This isn’t going to be an instructional piece… just a sharing piece… mostly… I’ve been playing guitar for over 35 years, but it hasn’t been until the last couple of years – actually the last few months – that I’ve really started focusing on scales and modal theory. Chord theory I had down cold, [...]

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