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Master Your Guitar Solo: Unleash Your Inner Rock Star with our 6-Week Soloing Challenge | GuitarZoom.com
As a guitar instructor, I always emphasize the importance of utilizing several techniques and elements to craft a compelling solo. One of the key factors you need to pay attention to is the use of repetition. This can be in your licks or chords; it doesn’t matter. The crucial aspect is that repetition is a […]
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Unleash Your Potential: Master Speed Picking with Harmonic Minor Licks on Guitar | GuitarZoom.com
As a guitar teacher, I constantly explore new ways to make my lessons enjoyable, yet educational for my students, and one such method that we will discuss today involves utilizing the harmonic minor in a speed picking pattern. While exploring the lick number 30, we decided to introduce the harmonic minor, not merely for its […]
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Unleash Your Guitar Skills – Discover the Magic of Movable Chord Shapes with Steve Stine | GuitarZoom.com
Unlocking new sound dimensions on the guitar can be achieved through a concept I like to call “movable chord shapes”. No doubt, we’re all familiar with the good old open chords that we traditionally learn first: A, D, E, C, G, etc. But what if I told you that we could shift these chords across […]
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Unleash Your Guitar Genius: Master the Fretboard with the Game-Changing Method of Meandering | GuitarZoom.com
As a guitar teacher, a technique I often promote is something I call ‘meandering.’ Meandering can be a crucial part of your guitar learning journey because it allows you to truly engage with your fretboard. It doesn’t matter what kind of music you’re into – pentatonic blues, hybrid scale extensions, diatonic scales, or anything else. […]
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Master the Heart of Guitar Music: Uncover All 7 Positions of the C Diatonic Scale
Time to delve into a fresh array of scales. We’ve already covered the pentatonic major minor and the blues major minor. Now, we’re venturing into the realm of the diatonic scale, a critical gateway into understanding the language of music. Before we proceed, let’s remind ourselves what the diatonic scale is. The diatonic scale, often […]
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Unlock Your Guitar Potential: Exploring Fretboard Freedom with Meandering | Steve Stine, GuitarZoom.com
In my teaching experience, I’ve found that finding the right balance between rudimentary practice and creative exploration can make a huge difference in a guitarist’s progress. Let’s delve deeper into the contrasts and potential harmonies between these two distinctive approaches to guitar practice. Rudimentary practice, simply put, is the bread and butter of learning to […]
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Unleash Your Creativity: A Guitarist’s Guide to Crafting Unforgettable Rock Songs with Steve Stine
Developing a story with your guitar involves much more than just strumming chords and playing a few solos. It’s about telling a compelling narrative through your music – a story that resonates with your audience and makes them want to listen more. That’s where the process starts for me as well – with creating a […]
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Unleash Your Creativity: Master Open Chords for a Magical Guitar Journey
As a guitar instructor, I want to clear up the misconception that the only way to get changes in sound is by physically changing open chords. It never occurred to me, until I started learning songs, that I could actually stay on the same chord. The ability to stay on a chord and create something […]
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Test Your Chords & Fretboard Knowledge with Eric Clapton’s Classic “Layla”!
I recently learned the iconic song “Layla” by Eric Clapton. As I began to learn the acoustic version of the song, I was taken back by the complexity of the chords. My initial thought was to find an easier version, but I knew I had to learn the original and accepted the challenge. Before diving […]
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4 key areas where ear training will make you into a better musician
When I started playing music, I kept hearing that ear training was important. But I have to admit, it was never entirely clear why that was. I’d practice recognising chords and intervals for example, but I didn’t really understand how that would help me to play better music. What I found out is that ear […]
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Breathe Life Into Your Blues Solos with this Simple Jimmy Page-Style Lick!
The lick I’m going to discuss in this article is one that takes a bit of explanation, but it’s a great way to emphasize certain key notes while soloing in a blues situation. We’ll be looking at three chords – A7, D7, and E7 – and how to use them to emphasize a certain note […]
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Finding the Perfect Guitar & Gear: Your Best Friend for Life
I’m Steve Stine and today I want to talk about finding the right gear for you, and what being your best friend means. When it comes to buying gear for your guitar and other instruments, there are a few things to consider. Being a sales person at Schmitt Music for many years, I’ve seen people […]
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Explore New Musical Possibilities: Unlock the A Major Scale and Get Creative with Intervals!
As a musician, I’m sure you know how important it is to understand intervals. They are essential to understanding the scales and modes that we play. In this blog post, I’ll show you how to use intervals to create different scales and modes. First, let’s look at the major scale. This is a scale composed […]
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Discover the Magic of Ear Training: Master Mapping and Clearing for Quicker Song Learning
Hey there! Steve Stine here from GuitarZoom. I appreciate you taking the time to watch this video, as it’s an incredible opportunity for me to help you on your guitar journey. In the last two videos, we’ve been discussing the importance of training your ear. It’s so important to make the most of your time, […]
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Unlock the Magic of the Minor Pentatonic Scale: Master SRV’s Favorite Tool and Start Soloing Today!
Hello everyone, My name is Steve Stine and I’m here from GuitarZoom. Today I want to talk about the minor pentatonic scale, which is an essential scale for guitarists to learn. The minor pentatonic scale can be used in a variety of styles, such as blues, pop, rock, and even metal music. It’s a great […]
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Unlock the Power of Modes: How to Play Chords Outside of a Key on Guitar
Hey everyone, My name is Steve Stine and I’m here to talk to you about my upcoming guitar course. In the course, I’ll be discussing how to deal with chords that don’t fit into a particular scale or key. To give you an idea of what I’m talking about, I’m going to show you an […]
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Add Exciting Flavor to Your Solos with These Top 3 Arpeggio Licks | GuitarZoom.com | Steve Stine
Hi everyone, Steve Stine here from GuitarZoom. Today I’m going to show you a really cool way to use arpeggios to create some awesome licks. You don’t have to be an advanced guitar player for this, so don’t worry if you don’t have a lot of experience. To start off, I’m going to give you […]
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Rock Out Like a Pro: Master Slash Chords for Unique Guitar Rhythms!
When learning how to play guitar, there are some chords that are more important than others. One of those chords is the slash chord, which is when you see something like G/D or D/A. This chord is when you switch up the notes in the bass, which can give a unique sound. Let’s look at […]
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Understanding Modes for Guitar And How To Use Them For Guitar Playing || George’s Corner
Whenever someone asks a question related to modes for guitar, there are many who say that they are confused and have never been able to understand what modes for guitar actually are. I noticed that many mix positions of scales or patterns (marked as boxes in diagrams) with modes, which is completely wrong because modes […]
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