If you have learned all the patterns to the minor pentatonic scale, you can turn your minor pentatonic scale into major pentatonic scale patterns by changing your root notes. Check out my minor pentatonic scale patterns here if you have…
Adding these four blues patterns to the one you know already will increase your ability to play the blues scale all over the guitar. After playing pattern one (link to my pattern one page) for a while you can now…
These indispensable Guitar Books from Beginner to Intermediate start with two beginner books on introducing note reading basics to the other books with a more complicated reading of eighth note and 16th note reading. If you want to continue on…
Playing Guitar Top 10+ guitar reading tips. When I first started to take guitar lessons, my teacher started me with a guitar reading book. Now I had the luck of starting on alto saxophone in the 6th-grade school band so…
The blues scale or a pentatonic scale with a blues note is the same thing. After learning the pentatonic scale (links to my pentatonic scale page), you may ask “What’s next?” The blues scale is the next step in spicing…
Here is pattern five of the minor pentatonic scale. This last pattern of the pentatonic scale is the last one you need to know to start the patterns all over. After this one you are back to pattern one. …
Here is Pattern four of the minor pentatonic scale. How do you play pattern four of the minor pentatonic scale? Start with your first finger on the twelfth fret, E note. This would be the one on the left side.…
So by now you are playing and reading notes on strings one and two, and strings three and four. Adding the last two strings will complete reading the basic notes when reading beginning guitar music. You should be warming up…
To learn to read music or not? Do guitar players need to read music? In my opinion, reading music for the guitarist, can’t hurt. I will introduce you to reading music for the guitar. I will start with the first…
This is a continuation of Reading Music for the Guitarist, which I will link to here. This is just an intro to reading. Continue on to learn more about my blog about reading notes on strings three and four for…