A lot of beginning guitar players don’t really know what a major scale is. Today we are going to explain exactly what scales are and what they are really used for. Then we will look at making sense of guitar scales on the guitar fretboard.
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Have you ever tried to play a new guitar chord but your fingers just wouldn’t cooperate?
No matter what you do, you just can’t seem to get your fingers to learn that new chord.
In most cases, the reason you are having problems is due to how you have been learning the guitar chord.
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Have you ever wondered how your favourite guitar players create those super-cool guitar solos?
You know the ones I’m talking about. They’re those guitar solos that give you goose bumps every time you hear them.
The good news is it’s not all magic, natural musical talent, or even musical genius that is required. It comes down to knowing what to practice every time you play guitar.
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This is a great question that I get asked from time to time. In this post we will look at 6 great ways to create guitar scales. But before we get into the 6 techniques, we need to cover a … Continue reading
A great way to improve your alternate picking is to work on a song that focuses on this very important lead guitar technique. J. S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto Number 5, first movement, is a great alternate picking workout for the intermediate to advanced lead guitar player.
Continue readingWow, this is really cool. The Metal Den has come across an isolated guitar track of Crazy Train from Ozzy Osbourne’s album the Blizzard of Ozz featuring the late great Randy Rhoads. If you love to play this song or … Continue reading
