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AI in Music - Will It Replace Guitarists?
AI in Music - Will It Replace Guitarists? In recent years (especially in 2023), the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and music has captured the attention of both musicians…
Restarting practice after an injury
Restarting practice after an injury A hand injury can be an existential crisis for a guitar player. I had the misfortune of slipping on the ice on Christmas Eve, landing by my outstretched…
Play More of the Music by Playing Solo Guitar
Play More of the Music by Playing Solo Guitar Solo guitar melody arrangements are a fun and satisfying way to play more of the music by yourself. Working up an arrangement also helps pull…
Guitar Resolutions for the New Year
Guitar Resolutions for the New Year Make this the year your resolutions lead to some musical resolution. In this age of the internet guitar multiverse, you could easily see more lesson…
Guitar Practice: Touch and Tone
Touch and Tone The best compliment I ever got on my tone was from the producer on a recording session. He said, “you’re the only guy I know who can make a Gibson sound like a Fender”. He…
Triads and Melody
Guitar Practice: Triads and Melody Triads are chords in their simplest form. You might think that the “box” forms you learned early on are the simplest ones, but any major or minor chord…
Different Types of Electric Guitar Pickups
Different Types of Electric Guitar Pickups It’s fairly obvious that the key difference between acoustic guitars and electric guitars is in the name. Electric guitars rely on…
Guitar Practice: Conscious Repetition
Guitar Practice: Conscious Repetition “Don’t practice till you get it right, practice till you can’t get it wrong”. It’s well-intentioned advice, but it might give you an incomplete…
Another Way to Think About Guitar Modes
Another Way to Think About Guitar Modes Guitarists spend a lot of time talking about modes. Learning modes usually starts with a list of scale fingerings, and for a lot of people it never…
Navigating The Grid
Navigating The Grid The guitar neck is a grid. It’s the only instrument that offers so many ways to get to the same place. It’s a little like getting around Manhattan. Even a…