Listen up: scales aren’t just torture devices invented by guitar teachers... When you use a scale, say, C major, you are playing ‘in the key of C’. The word ‘diatonic’ simply means ‘within a key’, so ...

Every guitarist needs to know their chords – whether you're learning favourite songs or writing your own this is a great ...

In this lesson, we're creating rhythm parts using chords that exploit the open strings. We'll make things simple by limiting our study here to major and minor triads. As you may have guessed from the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Gai Terrell/Redferns/Getty Images Complete mastery of the fretboard – as much as such a ...

Have you ever wondered how jazz musicians can play along to a new song that they have never heard? It is all thanks to chord progressions. And there are only about 10-20 of those that musicians use ...