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Build a solid foundation and begin navigating the guitar fretboard with confidence with Guitar Essentials: Foundational Fretboard Navigation!

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Spread Triads on Guitar

Spread triads, or open voice triads, are a variation of the more commonly used standard triads, or closed voice triads. The intervalic relationship between the notes of open voiced triads creates a more melodic structure that’s a bit less linear.

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Basics of Guitar Modes

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How To Tune a Guitar

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Parallel Scales

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Positional Playing on Guitar

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Scale Application: The Beatles – Let It Be – Guitar Solo (Tab & Scale Diagrams)

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Scales

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Extended Pentatonic Scale: Break Out of the Pentatonic Box

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Learn the guitar fretboard by adapting licks to each scale position

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3 Notes Per String Major Scale Patterns

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Chords

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Essential Barre Chords Every Guitar Player Should Know

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Sus Chords on Guitar

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Augmented Triads on Guitar

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Exercises

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Arpeggio Exercises for Guitar

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Triplets on Guitar: How to Play Them and Exercises to Build Your Technique

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Essential Hammer-On and Pull-Off Exercises for Guitar

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