An improvisation lesson – 2 finger chords
Sometimes it's all too easy to overcomplicate your playing. I was looking through some old guitar material and found this lesson that I'd forgotten about. It's a great way to…
As a guitarist, tablature is your best friend and worst enemy. Here’s why.
I have a lot of tablature. Numerous album tab books, 3 and a bit boxes of guitar magazines full of songs, lessons and riffs. A huge range of primarily rock,…
A brief essay on history of music in China
I first published this on my long-defunct website back in 2006. I've been looking for the original for some time with no luck, however, I finally found a backup copy…
Triads revisited
Over the course of my posts on music theory we've covered a lot of ground. This post takes it back to basics somewhat to explore triads in more detail. Triads…
A list of unusual scales
Sometimes a great way to create new and exciting sounds is to try using a scale type that you haven't used before. The only downside is that sometimes it can…
Chord Inversions
There's nothing really complicated about chord inversions. It's one of those subjects that often gets overlooked or ignored because the perception is it's too complicated but really, they are quite…
Whole Tone Scales
I'm going to start by saying that whole tone scales are unlike any other discussed so far. They are made up solely of whole tone intervals which results in 6…