Clearly, transferring the non-guitaristic sounds of Bach to the instrument can help make you a better player—but where to start?

Rock ‘n’ roll guitar was invented in the Fifties and came of age with the revolutionary rock music of the Sixties. Things exploded in the Era of Excess when rock was redefined and taken to even greater heights by a new adventurous breed of guitar pioneers.

It has come to my attention in recent days that America's (and possibly Denmark's) favorite animated cat and Chihuahua team are coming back to television. In honor of this startling and unforeseen act, I present the secret harmony to their theme song.

Like Open D, Open G tuning is a popular resource among blues guitarists. When we think of the earliest blues masters we look back on the contributions of acoustic greats like Charlie Patton, Son House, Willie Moore, Bukka White and the immortal Robert Johnson—all players who applied alternate tunings to their repertories.

In this episode we’ll turn the corner in our musical journey and take a quick related detour to arpeggio land.

Intervallic oddities and arpeggios collide and merge into a new ingredient in this zone.

In this episode of Essential Guitar we'll be dealing with arpeggiated chord sounds - specifically triads (three-note chords) - rendered melodically in various forms.

Pentatonic Quintet, Part Three

Pentatonic Quintet, Part Four