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In Blues Guitar Soloing there is one chord change that makes up much of what you will play. This is the I-IV change (said 'one-four' change). Isolating and practicing over this progression will take your blues soloing to another level. This progression is actually the foundation of many rock and funk songs so you guys might want to tune in, as well. To practice this change, ... Full story

Learning Major Scales in Open Position is a valuable exercise for all guitarists. Rhythm guitarists can use these guitar scale patterns for single note runs, adding notes to chord voicings and creating new chords. Lead guitarists can use the open strings in guitar licks and improvisation. Knowing open position scale patterns will enable you smoothly switch between rhythm and lead guitar. This guitar lesson shows the ... Full story

Yesterday I released a new guitar eBook to my newsletter list. It is called 47 Licks You Must Know. Catchy title, right? I wrote this book to show licks, phrases and ideas common to many great guitar players and solos. I think it will benefit beginning and advanced guitarists alike. If you ... Full story

Guitar Beginners are excited about learning the guitar but often get nervous about making wrong first-steps in the beginning. Here are answers to some questions that are asked repeatedly in my beginner guitar lessons. I hope this helps some of you out. 1) Should I buy an acoustic or an electric guitar? Buy whichever guitar ... Full story

Which do you play more, electric guitar or acoustic guitar? That was the question in our last reader poll here at GuitarTeacher.com. 453 readers took the time to respond. Thanks to all of you who responded! The results shown below: The poll shows slightly more of our readers play electric ... Full story

Exotic Guitar Scales are great for adding spice to your lead guitar playing. I wouldn't suggest learning any of the 12 scales shown in this lesson before learning the minor pentatonic scale, the natural minor or the major scale (see 4 Scales You Should Know) but they might be part of the sound and guitar style you are searching for. Each of these 5 ... Full story

This poll question would be one of the hardest for me, personally, to answer: If you had to focus on one Guitar Style, which would that be? Choosing a favorite guitar style is as difficult for me to pick as a favorite ice cream flavor. There are good licks (ha-ha!) and great players to be found in each and every one of them! I guess since I ... Full story

In the following Dorian Mode Jam Track we use G major chords over a repeating A bass note. This keeps reinforcing that 'A' is the root note for our soloing. Full story

Maybe you have watched a YouTube video of some great guitar playing and thought "I would love to learn that but the guitar playing is too darn fast". Well, as proof you are not alone, GuitarTeacher.com reader ~Daniel~ recently commented to my Canon Rock video guitar lesson the following: "hey thanks for the awesome post but do you know a program i can use ... Full story

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 plays some favorite songs, one of which was Link Wray's "Rumble". This song was also famously featured in "Pulp Fiction". It is a classic instrumental and a real easy song, ... Full story