Hey, it’s Arpeggio day! In this lesson we’re going to change it up by doing some Guitar Arpeggios and sequences for guitar. You can grab these guitar arpeggios in PDF, TAB, or download below. If you missed the first 2 installments of the guitar practice routine, you can find them here: 7 Day Guitar Practice Routine: Day 1 – Warmups7 Day Guitar Practice Routine: Day 2 – Modal Workout Guitar Arpeggios Table of Contents If …
20 Essential Picking Exercises For Guitar
Alternate picking for guitarists may seem like something we all take for granted. Most guitarists, even complete beginners alternate some down and up strokes naturally whether they are consciously doing it or not. As we develop our picking hand, alternate picking can open a whole new world of techniques and music not obtainable otherwise. Even if you’re familiar with alternate picking, it can often be helpful to go back and work on the basics. Sometimes …
Pentatonic Scales For Guitar
Pentatonic Scales for Guitar Pentatonic scales are simultaneously the most used and sometimes most purposely avoided of all scales on the guitar. In all of my years of teaching guitar lessons, I’ve found there are typically 2 kinds of guitarists: Table of Contents Funny Pentatonic Scale Story When I was teaching guitar lessons full-time, famed shredder and Mr. Big / Racer X Guitarist Paul Gilbert was doing a clinic at my music store. It was …
Five Essential Warm-Up Exercises for Guitar
Guitar warm-ups are an essential part of playing guitar or really any musical instrument, especially as we get older. Warming up both hands prior to a long practice session, rehearsal, or gig is essential. Guitar warm-up exercises build strength and dexterity while also helping to prevent common injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome. These types of guitar exercises can be deceptively simple to learn, yet technically complex to master. Despite being done in only 10-15 …
Alternate Picking Exercises for Guitarists
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Table of Contents Introduction Often when I improvise using arpeggios on guitar, I like to add more scale tones to the typical triads or CAGED shape arpeggios in any given key. There a few reasons why you might want to add some extra notes to your arpeggios on the guitar: What is An Arpeggio? If you need a refresher lesson, I did one a while back on standard diatonic arpeggios for guitar you can check …
Guitar Modes – Essential Guitar Scales
Introduction to Modal Scales for Guitarists I know what you’re thinking. Oh, great. Another article on guitar scales. You may be asking yourself the usual questions: These are the same things I asked myself over 30 years ago when I first started using the Modal Scales in my everyday guitar playing. I remember back in the late 1980’s when I was first starting out on the guitar, reading about these mysterious scales in magazine interviews …
Beginner Guitar Chords – 20 Essential Chords
Introduction to Beginner Guitar Chords If you’re new to playing the guitar and wondering what chords are suitable for a beginner guitarist, look no further. I’ve got you covered in this lesson 20 Essential Beginner Guitar Chords… and then some. Don’t be turned off by the term Beginner Guitar Chords though. If you follow through with the lesson, you’ll see it gets into some advance guitar music theory. You’ll find no shortage of downloadable guitar chord …
Compression Therapy for Guitarists – WristGrips
I had an action packed January full of gigs that concluded yesterday (Sunday) with the 5th of 5 straight gigs in a row. Now, maybe you’re a Rock Star doing a 90 minute concert. Or, an original, regional band pulling a 45 minute set. Regardless, chances are you may not be able to stop playing before the pain sets in. This is why I decided to do an article on compression therapy for guitarists. ..or …