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YourGuitarGoalsandHowToAcheiveThem_Blog

Your Guitar Goals and How to Achieve Them

July 23, 2018
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingRhythm GuitarPracticing

Like most of you I had visions of grandeur when I began, but soon I found myself playing the same thing I was playing for years. A lot this comes down to lack of focus on your goals. I always recommend taking time out of your guitar playing to lay ou ...

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WhyAreMyBluesSolosSoNoodley_Blog

Why Are My Blues Solos So “Noodle-y”?

June 25, 2018
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingIntermediate

When it comes to blues phrases, it can be pretty tough to sound authentic. I've found a handful of mindsets to get into and a few techniques to get under our fingers to get the most out of our blues soloing. -K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, St ...

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Keep It Simple, Stupid.

May 28, 2018
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingRhythm GuitarPracticing

The Golden Rule of most music is: K.I.S.S. - keep it simple, stupid. A lot of times over complicating your part actually takes away from the over all effect you can have on the song as a whole. I can't tell you in how many songs I perform sometimes j ...

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How To Solo Over Minor Four (iv) Chords

April 16, 2018
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingTheoryIntermediate

Minor Four chords are tough to get familiar soloing over, although they tend to be one of the more common borrowed chords we find in pop music. Where does the chord come from? Let's take a look at my Theory Sheet and check it out. The Chord Progre ...

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Take Licks and Move Them to Different Scales | Major

March 19, 2018
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingAdvanced

What you can do with licks is virtually limitless: changing the first/last note, playing with the rhythm and even changing what beat you start the lick on will give it a different feel (More on this on my blog “Phrase Development”). But one of the co ...

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Why Does Mixing Major/Minor Pentatonic Work?

February 19, 2018
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingTheoryIntermediate

Mixing the Major and Minor Pentatonic Scale is a great way to start expanding how you solo. Most of the time this idea comes because you learn the pentatonic scales first and overlaying them on top of each other seems like an easy way to start expand ...

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HowToMasterHardChordShapes_Blog

How To Master Hard Chord Shapes

January 22, 2018
by garretsguitarlessons Rhythm GuitarPracticingBeginner

It happens to everyone... getting your fingers to do what the chord chart is telling you to do. Sometimes it's the stretch, sometimes it's the placement/order of your fingers. Regardless, getting our fingers to play that chord we're working on can be ...

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GuitarDictionary_Blog

Guitar Dictionary

December 11, 2017
by garretsguitarlessons BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

Here's a list of terms, words and phrases with short definitions. I tried to make this list as thorough and complete as possible but it's inevitable I forgot some things. So I'll be adding to this throughout time. If you'd like to know what lesson vi ...

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Visualize Chord Tones (Part 2)

November 13, 2017
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingIntermediate

It's happened to all of us guitar players, we want to solo over something and we don't really know where to start. Where should we start? What key are we in? What scale should we use? It's all a lot of information and there are many ways to navigate ...

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Phrase Development

October 2, 2017
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingIntermediate

Phrase development is a big topic. One I'll only scratch the surface of now. My example today is going to be revolving around some blues licks and how we can see how we develop into each phrase. This takes to some practice but it's an invaluable tool ...

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