Category: Beginner Lessons

Music Theory Fundamentals 3: The Major Scale

For most people, the major scale is the most familiar musical scale. Many of us learned it when we were … Read more

One of the cool things about the guitar is that, even if you can’t read standard music notation, there are … Read more

This is Part 2 of the How to Read Guitar Notation series and it’s all about fretboard diagrams. If you … Read more

Okay, you’ve breezed through Parts 1 and 2 of this mini-series on guitar notation—so why stop now? In this article, … Read more

Musical symbols convey musical concepts like pitch, rhythm, volume, tempo, and more in a piece of written music. So the … Read more

Let’s talk about how to hold the guitar. You might think you already know, but do you? Really? Let’s find … Read more

Hello and welcome! In this article, I’m going to teach you how to find all the notes on a guitar … Read more

Are you just getting started on guitar? Are you so new to it that you don’t know how to play … Read more

The G chord is one of the most common guitar chords used in rock, pop, country, and folk songs. It’s … Read more

The A major chord is a workhorse of rock and blues guitar. Because A major is a guitar-friendly key, lots … Read more