Making Sense of Basic Guitar Chord Symbols

Common Triad and Diad Symbols

Translating guitar chord symbols onto the guitar fretboard can often be frustrating and confusing.

Today we will demystify some of the most common ways that guitar chords are symbolized, so you’ll probably want to bookmark this page for future reference.

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Paganini’s Perpetual Motion for Better Lead Guitar Technique

Niccolo Paganini

Want to play better lead guitar? One of the keys to playing better lead guitar is having good solid technique. The better your guitar playing skills are, the wider your improvisational possibilities become. And of course, the better your playing is, the faster you’ll learn your favourite songs note-for-note. In today’s tutorial we will look at a guitar arrangement for a violin piece written by Nicolo Paganini (1782-1840) called Perpetual Motion (Moto Perpetuo, Perpetuum Mobile).

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Play Better Guitar with this String Skipping Piece

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Want to improve your string skipping and stretching abilities on guitar? Want to learn a fun song too? Then you’ve come to the right place. Ostinelli’s Reel is an old-time country fiddle tune that sounds great on guitar. This short … Continue reading

A Fun Way to Improve Your String Skipping and Alternate Picking Technique

Bach gavotte 1 trill

Looking for a fun electric or acoustic guitar song, that will improve your alternate picking and string skipping technique?  Then you’ve come to the right place. In today’s tutorial we will look at a pick-style guitar arrangement for J.S. Bach’s … Continue reading

How to Play Scotland the Brave on Guitar

left hand guitar fingering indications

Here’s a quick walk through for Scotland the Brave in guitar tab, chords and standard notation. To make the chords easy for the beginning guitarist, I’ve transcribed the song in the key of A major.

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