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PracticeSchedulesBlog

Four Practice Schedules To Practice Efficiently

July 20, 2020
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingRhythm GuitarPracticing

Alright I'm just going to give you a practice schedule. You can alter this depending on where your at and where you want to work on. Essentially I'm going to give you 4 days worth of practice, giving you specific things to focus on each day: A = Chor ...

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ParallelVSRelativeScales

Parallel vs. Relative Scales

June 15, 2020
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingTheoryIntermediate

What's a Scale?! Well if you click that link I'll talk more about how to build scales, but I'm mostly going to be talking about the difference between Parallel vs. Relative scales and each of their pros and cons. Relative Scales Relative me ...

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MajorToMinorLicksblogs

Changing Licks From Minor To Major Scales

February 17, 2020
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingIntermediate

So much like my Pentatonic Version of this post, I wish more pop tunes were in Minor Keys. I don't want to learn a whole new vocabulary so why not just start moving my licks from my minor scale to my major scale! This way tends to be a bit simpler ...

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PracticingDynamics_Blog

Practicing Dynamics

January 20, 2020
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingRhythm GuitarBeginner

Dynamics are how loud/soft you play. A good idea is to work in dynamics as a part of your practice routine as they can make all the difference in the world in terms of developing your feel. A good idea is to think of 3 big dynamic levels: loud, me ...

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PickupPositionsBlog

Pickup Positions?! Knobs?! | Controlling Tone from Your Guitar

December 9, 2019
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingRhythm GuitarBeginner

Your electronic guitar has pick ups. They are literally magnets that “pick up” the sound your strings are making. To understand how guitar pickups work, let's look at the various parts of the guitar and the sounds it naturally produces. The “bridg ...

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MajorToMinorPentatonicLicks

Changing Licks From Minor To Major Pentatonic?!

November 11, 2019
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingTheoryIntermediate

Man, when I started playing all the licks I knew were in Minor Pentatonic Scales. How come pesky pop songs have to be in Major Keys so often? No worries, what we're going to cover today are how we can take some minor pentatonic licks and move them ...

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WhyDoPentatonicScalesAlwaysSoundGoodBlog

Why Do Pentatonic Scales Always Sound Good?!

September 16, 2019
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingTheoryIntermediate

So why is the Pentatonic Scale the Pentatonic Scale? How does it magically fit in so many scenarios and how does it work so well over so many genre's of music? Penta is Greek for “5”, Tonic is short for “Key center” or “First note of a scale”. Ess ...

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HowToPlaySongsYouDontKnow_Blog

How To Play Songs You Don’t Know… With Others

May 27, 2019
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingRhythm GuitarPracticing

I sit in with a lot of bands and people. I'm constantly asked to play a song that I've never heard, with people that do know the song. It can be intimidating! Having a grasp on some theory concepts, common song structures and some listening skills, y ...

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KnowNotMemorizeBlog

Know Not Memorize (The Rest Of) Your Fretboard

February 18, 2019
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingRhythm GuitarTheory

This is a follow up to my "Know Not Memorize Your Fretboard | Steps" video lesson. In that video I talk about using the dots to learn the 6th and 5th string to learn half of the notes on the guitar neck (6th and 1st string are both E, so once you kno ...

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TakeLicks_MoveScales_Minor_Blog

Take Licks and Move Them to Different Scales | Minor

December 24, 2018
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingIntermediateAdvanced

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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