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,…
Introduction and welcome to my blog
It feels a bit weird to be writing an introduction to my blog when I've published well over 500 posts and it's been running for 8 years. I’ve delayed publishing…
Guitar Open Tunings – CMaj7/9 (EBDGCE)
Open tunings sound different and there are a couple of principle reasons. The intervals between the notes are different which has a big impact on the sound. The detuned strings…
Guitar Open Tunings – Dsus4 (DADGAD)
Following my recent post which asked the question why do we limit ourselves so much to standard tuning on the guitar, what better way to start than with my favourite…
Why limit your guitar playing by only using standard tuning?
If you've read my earlier posts about music theory, you've hopefully got the idea that I see music theory as providing a framework rather than a rigid set of rules…
A new perspective on chord progressions
If you find yourself stuck in a rut of using the same old chords and chord progressions, there are a few simple techniques that may help open up new creative…
Chords (Part 2)
Chords (Part I) introduced triads, explaining how they can be extended by adding extra notes which give your chords more colour. In principle, you can add any scale tone to…