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Essential Guitar Theory – Chromatic Numbering03 Nov 2009

When I first started taking guitar lessons, I was anxious to understand the explanations provided in the different guitar magazines I was reading at the time. There was a language being used that I did not comprehend. You probably hear it thrown around by musicians all the time: "It's a 1-4-5 progression in G." "His ...

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Featured Guitar Lesson: “Hidden” Pentatonics

Inside each individual major scale there are three different minor pentatonic scales. In the tradition of the "Secret" Pentatonics lesson (one of my most viewed lesson here on GuitarTeacher.com) let's continue looking for pentatonics in undiscovered ...6 comments
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FREE LIVE Group Guitar Lessons

If you have never taken an online guitar lesson before, then I hope you can come join me Thursday when I take the FREE section of ...1 comment
Major Scale Chords – Guitar Keys of C,A,G,E,D

Note: A PDF document for the Major Scale Chord Chart in this lesson can be found here. In a previous post, I presented a Guitar Harmony Chart for twelve major keys. In teaching guitar ...3 comments

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How To Play “Rumble” by Link Wray – Guitar Instrumental

I recently saw the movie "It Might Get Loud" featuring Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), The Edge (U2) and Jack White (White Stripes/The Raconteurs). In the movie Jimmy Page digs through his mammoth vinyl collection and ...0 comments
Beginner Guitar Chords – Open String Chord Chart

Note: A PDF document for the Open String Chord Chart in this lesson can be found here. Most of the first guitar chords we learn incorporate notes from our open strings. These open string chords ...1 comment
How To Play the Star Wars Theme On Guitar

Some songs will live forever. Some songs even lived "long ago in a galaxy far, far away". Such is the case with the Star Wars theme! I recently had a private lesson request on how ...0 comments
10 Early Rock Lead Guitar Licks

Some lead guitar licks you hear over and over again. These licks are clichés and they are valuable to have under your fingers. Just like their verbal cliché cousins, tried-and-true sayings (such as "A bird ...4 comments

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Jam Tracks

Slow Blues Jam Track – Key of G

A "slow blues" really lets blues guitarists showcase their soloing skill. The following smoky slow blues backing track in 12/8 time is similar to "Texas Flood" by Stevie Ray Vaughan or T-Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday". ...6 comments
Canon Rock Backing Track

Full length Canon Rock Backing Tracks and looping Canon Rock jam tracks at original and slow tempos. Hey guys! I have some private students working on 'Canon Rock' so here are some jam track resources for ...2 comments
Country Guitar Jam Track – Key of A

Boy Howdy! Today, for your six-string pleasure we have a cut-time, country jam track in the good 'ol country boy key of A major. It's just a simple I-IV-V progression but moves along at fast ...1 comment
Guitar Jam Track for Jam Bands: Key of C

Jam Bands like The Grateful Dead, Phish and Widespread Panic are known for awesome, extended improv sections and solos. The free jam tracks here on GuitarTeacher.com are perfect vehicles for practicing your own extended solos, ...4 comments

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