Archive for 'Guitar Scales'

How to learn to play the Country Guitar Scales in 10 minutes a day

Country music is undoubtedly one of the most enjoyable genres of music there is, having spread like wild fire from the Southern reaches of the USA to the rest of the world. The secrets of its success are many – it is aided by captivating ambassadors such as Elvis Presley and Dolly Parton – and [...]

Learn guitar scales – the tips, shortcuts and “how to’s” that will make it easier

If you have been learning to play the guitar for a little while you’ll probably know that there are a number of building blocks to this area of speciality. You will have probably started with individual notes, plucking the strings and observing the sounds they make. Next you would have probably dabbled with the chords, [...]

Guitar scales – the magic ingredient which every guitarist should know

  It is amazing to think of all the people who, whether playing the guitar or not, don’t know what the guitar scales actually are. I can think of very few disciplines in which a sequence of pre-determined notes pave the way for the “right sound”. And this is precisely what the guitar scales are [...]

Learning to play guitar?

  You may as well start with the King. Tips and ideas to help you learn the Pentatonic Scales faster They say that the pentatonic scale is the king of the scales. It is certainly one of the most prevalent in the world of guitar playing and is used across a range of styles and [...]