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Grab the free lesson pack for this lesson (includes intro solo tab). Lesson Transcript: In this lesson, I’m going to show you step by step how to turn simple triads into melodic guitar solos. One of the hardest things about learning guitar is taking things you know and actually using them musically. So with this […]

Navigating the guitar fretboard can be quite daunting. It’s a grid of notes that, when taken at face value, offers little insight into the nature of how it works. But if we drill down and start applying the basic structures of music to the guitar, interconnected shapes and patterns start to emerge that help you map out the fretboard.

In this lesson we’re going to dive into the E minor chord scale, which is simply the chords that are found in the key of E minor. We’ll take a look at how they’re formed, methods for practicing the chord scale, and some sample chord progressions.

Let’s face it, barre chords can be a real pain. However, there are easy barre chord variations or alternatives that still sound great, but provide for a much more pleasant playing experience.

In a previous lesson we dove into the sus2 triad, which gave us another option when In this lesson, we’re going to wrap up the suspended triads with a look at sus4 triads.

To me, triads are the lifeblood of the guitar. They’re so integral in everything you play, from rhythm to lead. Additionally, they help you map out the fretboard and connect chord tones to larger musical structures such as pentatonic and diatonic scales. In this lesson, we’re going to expand our triad repertoire and dive into sus2 triads.

In this lesson we’re going to do a deep dive into the E major scale on guitar. We’ll cover everything from the notes and intervals to scale patterns and modes. We’ll harmonize the scale to build the chords of E major and take a look at some example songs that are based in the key of E.

In this lesson we’re going to learn about triad chord scales. While it’s a pretty basic concept, it’s really useful for applying triads to the fretboard in a way that also provides some musical benefit.

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.