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Don’t be a prisoner of the pentatonic box. Time to break out!

Beginner

Beginner

• Create blazing pentatonic licks that span the entire neck.

• Understand how to move a motif through the scale.

• Learn how to develop variations on simple licks.

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We’ve all heard the cliché about breaking out of the pentatonic box. And for good reason. We all need to find new and inventive ways to open up the fretboard to the sounds we hear in our head. In this lesson, we will be looking at two-string ideas that will get you up and down the neck in a hurry. If you’ve been playing electric guitar for any length of time you surely have run into the minor pentatonic scale. If you’re not careful, you could be firmly planted in this box for years without out ever coming up for air and checking out what’s going on in the other positions of that scale. These quick pentatonic ideas, although still technically “box” patterns, will instantly get you on the move.
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Just because you live on the low end of the fretboard doesn’t mean you can’t add melodic and harmonic interest to your progressions.

Beginner

Beginner

• Add color and movement to everyday chords.
• Increase your chord vocabulary.
• Improve your rhythm.

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Last updated on April 28, 2022

So-called "cowboy chords" have been fundamental to the guitar since its invention. In this lesson, we'll look at easy ways to spice up these everyday grips so they'll add interest to your playing, improve your rhythm, and liven up even the most predictable of progressions.

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Simple shapes can lead to memorable parts.

Beginner

Beginner

  • Learn how to visualize triads all over the neck.
  • Develop an understanding of inversions.
  • Create memorable and melodic guitar parts.
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Mapping major and minor triads up and down the guitar neck can open new possibilities in your playing. It can also help you learn note locations on the fretboard, find new ways to play chord progressions, and inspire creative improvisations and compositions. But where do you begin?

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