Guitar Resources
 

Guitar Technique
 
Tapping: Vertical and Diagonal Patterns
By transferring from string to string with a mix of Vertical and Diagonal patterns, you can greatly enhance your coverage of the fretboard, and the possibilities for different note combinations in your phrasing.
 
What is Your Sweep Picking Type?
Most players use the basic major and minor chord shapes, and are unaware of the other types available to them. In fact, there exist several other types of sweep picking.
 
Are you having trouble playing cleanly?...Here's why
"Practice your techniques slowly and build up speed. With slow practice and accuracy, speed will follow." Does this statement, or one of a similar nature sound familiar to you? If slow practice is a good way to learn new techniques..Why do so many musicians and players choose not follow this advice?....
 
Vibrato: The Essential Guitar Technique
One of the biggest advantages of playing a stringed instrument is the ability to make your instrument sound like a human voice. Vibrato technique is what turns guitar phrases into beautifully sung melodies.
 
How Fast Should I Practice? / Using a Metronome
Wonder how fast you should be playing? This lesson is a quick approximate reference that you can use to gauge where to go next.

Music Theory, Songwriting , and General Guitar
 
Why YOU should learn Music Theory
Have you ever wanted to know more about music and how it is made? Have you ever wanted to write songs that are highly expressive of your thoughts and ideas? This artcle explains what you need to do to be able to do these things and tackles some of the myths and misconceptions people have of music theory.
 
Making Your Melodies More Intense
Learn how you can use specific notes in a scale to make your melodies and improvisation more intense and interesting.
 
Songwriting Practice: Analyzing Music
This lesson contains highly powerful information that you can use to understand why and how other musicians compose their music. Also, you can begin to understand how to express yourself in your own music.
 
Modes Pt.1, An Introduction
What are modes? How are they used? When is the best time to use a specific mode? This lesson is an introduction to understanding and using modes.
 
Modes Pt.2, When to Use each Mode
What gives a mode its specific feel? Why are modes major or minor? What chords can I play a mode over when I am soloing or improvising? Contains 10 pages of in depth information which includes discussion on each specific mode!
 
Modes Pt.3, Modal Progressions and the Minor Modes
Here are some examples of modal progressions that you can use in your music, or that you can solo and improvise over. This also covers the non basic minor modes which are used frrequently in jazz. Contains a very informative chart of the chords and scale degrees of the minor modes, and 20 chord progression examples demonstrating modal progressions.
 
Expressing Yourself Musically
Do you make your own music or want to express yourself with the music you make? It all starts with the ideas in your head, and clear definitions of what you want to express.
 
Principles of Good Practice Hygiene/ Guitar Injury: Cause, Prevention, Treatment
Do you have any kinds of aches or pains after playing guitar? Learn about the possible causes and treatments for these ailments; as well as how to prevent any future injury or problems.