Sight Reading Exercises For Guitar Players

Sight reading is synonymous with the world of classical music and often ignored by guitar players because it is deemed boring or not important to learn. However, the ability to read music and have a good grasp of standard notation should be valued by all musicians, including guitar players. If you are not familiar with sight reading, [...]

Intermediate Guitar Chords (part one)

Today’s post is for players who are looking to expand their chord vocabulary to include suspended second (sus 2) chords and suspended forth chords (sus 4). I have called it Intermediate Chords (part one) but these chords are just as easy for beginners to learn on electric guitar or acoustic guitar. Here is a visualisation of what [...]

Syncopation – What Does It Mean?

Many guitar students have thought long and hard about the word syncopation. What does it mean and how can it be used to make interesting music? Well the easiest way to understand what it means is probably to clap your hands and – yes – do some counting. Example One – Downbeats 1, &, 2, [...]

Wednesday’s Ear Training Guitar Lesson

I think it’s high time we had some jamtastic ear training exercises for all you budding musicians out there. Let’s face it, many of us modern-day guitar players tend to learn scales, chords, songs and pieces by shape and through tab. In my experience choosing to ignore your ears and stumble on through is not [...]