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The hard driving sound of a rock and roll guitar riff is unmistakable....

SMG TIPS: Getting A Good Rock Guitar Tone!

April 16, 2012

The hard driving sound of a rock and roll guitar riff is unmistakable….

digital amps, Electric Guitar, Fender Stratocaster, guitar tone, heavy gauge, light gauge strings, rock guitar, rock musicians, tube amplifier, vintage guitars

In the next series of lessons, we're going to cover the basics of chord inversions; multiple ways to play a given chord using alternate voicing.

SMG Guitar Lesson #29: Understanding Chord Inversions

March 14, 2012

In the next series of lessons, we’re going to cover the basics of chord inversions; multiple ways to play a given chord using alternate voicing.

arpeggios, chord inversions, minor chord, open chords, open range, Root Note

Speaking for myself as a player, I always struggled trying to get a consistence sound using 10's. I started making my own custom set of....

SMG Tips: Ain’t Nothin’ But a String Thing!

March 12, 2012

Speaking for myself as a player, I always struggled trying to get a consistence sound using 10’s. I started making my own custom set of….

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D'Addario, Dean Markley, DR Handmade, Dunlop, Elixir, Ernie Ball, GHS, La Bella, Rotosound

As with all scale patterns, it's important to learn it in a way that is musical, so that you'll have some ideas to branch off from while improvising. Here's an easy beginner exercise using only the notes in this scale pattern.

SMG Guitar Lesson #28: Blues Scale in 5th Octave Position

February 29, 2012

As with all scale patterns, it’s important to learn it in a way that is musical, so that you’ll have some ideas to branch off from while improvising. Here’s an easy beginner exercise using only the notes in this scale pattern.

Blues, blues scale, blues shuffle, e blues, g blues, intermediate level, Octave Position, scale patterns

In this lesson we'll cover the blues scale in the fourth octave position, how to play it, as well as a beginner and an intermediate level exercise.

SMG Guitar Lesson #27: Blues Scale in 4th Octave Position

February 22, 2012

In this lesson we’ll cover the blues scale in the fourth octave position, how to play it, as well as a beginner and an intermediate level exercise.

Blues, Guitar, instruction, Lesson, Robert Johnston, teacher

In this lesson Robert Johnston covers the 3rd octave of the blues scale - learn the stretch back and improve your chops!

SMG Guitar Lesson #26: Blues Scale in the Third Octave Position

February 15, 2012

In this lesson Robert Johnston covers the 3rd octave of the blues scale – learn the stretch back and improve your chops!

beginner level, blues scale, e blues, g blues, Guitar Lesson, intermediate level, scale pattern

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SMG TIPS: Getting A Good Rock Guitar Tone!

SMG Guitar Lesson #29: Understanding Chord Inversions

SMG Tips: Ain’t Nothin’ But a String Thing!

SMG Guitar Lesson #28: Blues Scale in 5th Octave Position

SMG Guitar Lesson #27: Blues Scale in 4th Octave Position

SMG Guitar Lesson #26: Blues Scale in the Third Octave Position

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