Want to make your scale practice both effective and fun. This post will highlight different ways of utilizing patterns to practice facility and creativity at the same time. Scale Patterns “Why do we practice 3 octave scales? “ This was the question I asked my teacher, Neil Smith, many (many) years ago when I firstRead More…
This post is an overview to the guitar’s CAGED system, highlighting the diatonic and pentatonic scale shapes as the relate to the whole fret board. There are two free downloads of the scale systems as an overview: chords related to fret board to scales. This makes learning the system as a whole much easier. CAGEDRead More…
This lesson delves into the A shape of the CAGED system and how it helps to learning classical guitar pieces. So how does learning a box shape system, normally associated with rock guitar and improvisation help us learn classical guitar pieces? That is what this lesson will continue to explore using another segment from AgustinRead More…
This lesson delves into the E shape of the CAGED system and how it helps to learning classical guitar pieces. So how does learning a box shape system, normally associated with rock guitar and improvisation help us learn classical guitar pieces? That is what this lesson will continue to explore using another segment from AgustinRead More…
This post is the second in a series digging into the major scale modes and their sound. It will focus on applying the theory and applying it to the fretboard; and then move into the third post – getting the sound into your ear so that it is instantly recognizable: A.K.A ear training. ThisRead More…