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Whatever style you want to play, technique will come in handy. And perhaps the most universally handy tool is guitar scales. Not only will they improve your chops tremendously, but they are a great way to find the right notes to play. Think of guitar scales as a bridge between technique and fretboard knowledgable. Within …
Technique is the basic physical ability to play notes on the guitar. Without at least a basic technique, it is essentially impossible to play any music at all on the guitar. If you’ve been playing guitar for any amount of time, you already posess a certain level of basic technique. Ironically, technique (also called “chops”) …
When I was just starting out playing, I read an article about Eric Clapton as an innovator. It said he had the perfect blend of technique and control. Reading that had a profound affect on me. Technique seemed like a straightforward, mechanical thing. However, control was another story. It seemed be a hard-to-acquire quality that …
The first step in any journey is to pick a destination. I have always been inspired by guitar players like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eddie Van Halen, and many others. What do these guitarists have in common? – They sound amazing. – They have a unique lead guitar style which …