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The Quickstart Formula For Learning New Guitar Scales

I'm going to show you a way to learn any new scale and actually be able to use it to improvise in just 15 minutes.

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Fixing String Skipping Problems

String skipping on guitar is the easiest thing in the world. Not really! Nearly every guitarist will have some string skipping issues during the learning process.

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Cure Your Rhythm Ills In 3 Simple Steps

Got your chords and some basic rhythms, but it still doesn't sound like music? Use these 3 simple tips to shore up your right hand technique and you'll be in Groove City.

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The Magic Bullet Way To Read Your Guitar Fretboard

Your guitar fretboard isn't the jumbled mass of notes you think it is. There's an easy, logical pattern to it. And this is the magic bullet system to being able to read your whole fretboard easily.

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Practicing Guitar Without a Guitar

Not to say you can become great without picking up a guitar. But you can develop important mental skills that will enhance your playing.

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Learn Thousands of Songs by Knowing These Top 4 Chord Progressions

This lesson is for beginning guitarists looking for an easy way to learn a lot of songs quickly. We'll be using the 80/20 rule (the Pareto Principle - 20% of your work yields 80% of your results) and...

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Beginner Guitar Solos The One Note Solo Exercise

Do your solos wander without form or structure? Are you maybe terrified of improvising at all? Go through these 7 simple steps to help focus your note and rhythm choices and create compelling and...

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Beginner Guitar Solos: The One Note Solo Exercise

Do your solos wander without form or structure? Are you maybe terrified of improvising at all? Go through these 7 simple steps to help focus your note and rhythm choices and create compelling and...

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10 Tips to Make Your Chords Sound Cleaner

Many beginning guitarists have problems getting each and every note to ring clean in their chords. So the hands that you have can and will work fine with a few helpful tips along the way. Here's the...

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How to Choose a Scale to Solo With - A Quick-Start Beginner Lesson

Let's learn how to pick a scale to fit a bunch of chords and do it without sinking into a quicksand pit of jargon.

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Checklist For Beginning Guitarists [Lessons]

The Guide To: Learning guitar with the guidance of a teacher is best. But when you're on your own it's important to know WHAT you should learn and in what ORDER you should learn it for maximum...

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The Perfect Practice Session [Lessons]

The Guide To: It takes 10,000 hours to master a skill. But even more than the time you put in is knowing WHAT and HOW to practice to improve your guitar skills as quickly as you can.

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4 Tips To Switch Guitar Chords Faster [Lessons]

The Guide To: The most common question I get from beginning guitarists is how to move between chords quicker so there's no missed beats. While the only magic bullet is still practice, these 4 easy...

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How To Solo Fearlessly On Guitar [Lessons]

The Guide To: There is one huge thing holding you back from being the amazing guitar soloist you imagine in your head. Fear. Your brain loves to get in the way of what your hands want to do. Check out...

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How To Practice Without A Guitar [Lessons]

The Guide To: Tools to improve guitar playing skills without a guitar. These exercises aren't meant to substitute real practice, but can help with some of the mental and physical agility you need to be...

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The Quickstart Formula For Learning New Guitar Scales [Lessons]

Guitar Scales And Modes: I'm going to show you a way to learn any new scale and actually be able to use it to improvise in just 15 minutes.

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Crazy Stuff To Do With Pentatonic Scales [Lessons]

Music Theory Tips: For guitarists, the pentatonic scale is like a hammer. It's a simple, essential, and elegant tool with lots of common uses.

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Fixing String Skipping Problems [Lessons]

For Beginners: String skipping on guitar is the easiest thing in the world. Not really! Nearly every guitarist will have some string skipping issues during the learning process.

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Cure Your Rhythm Ills In 3 Simple Steps [Lessons]

Practice Tips: Got your chords and some basic rhythms, but it still doesn't sound like music? Use these 3 simple tips to shore up your right hand technique and you'll be in Groove City.

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The Magic Bullet Way To Read Your Guitar Fretboard [Lessons]

For Beginners: Your guitar fretboard isn't the jumbled mass of notes you think it is. There's an easy, logical pattern to it. And this is the magic bullet system to being able to read your whole...

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