Understanding Scale Degrees: Part 2

Welcome back to another fun-filled lesson on scale degrees! As you’ll recall from Understanding Scale Degrees: Part 1, we worked through the first three steps of my method of understanding scale degrees… Step One: Understanding the musical...

Understanding Scale Degrees: Part 1

In this lesson we’re going to start taking a look at scale degrees, which are very useful things to understand—especially if you intend to develop an excellent knowledge of scales, chords and arpeggios. So, what exactly are scale degrees? If you did a...

Guitar Chord Theory – Understanding Major Triads

Most guitarists usually learn their first chords by rote memorisation. In other words, they learn to play the chords with no real understanding of the chords they are learning. And to be honest, that’s a fantastic place to start! This is because you can learn a...

What Are Guitar Arpeggios?

If you’ve come across the term “guitar arpeggios” and are not quite sure exactly what it means, then you’re not alone. (There are plenty of guitarists out there who are confused as well). But luckily, arpeggios are pretty easy to understand...