We had a good time picking the best electric guitar under 500 dollars. At this price, things start to get a little interesting. You can get a ‘real’ Fender (as opposed to a Squier), a G&L (guitars we’ve always been keen on), and even a Paul Reed Smith.
Best Acoustic Guitar Amp
In this round-up we set out to find the best acoustic guitar amp for a range of potential buyers. We looked at great amps from Behringer, Fender and Fishman and compared features and reviews. If you’re an acoustic guitarist looking for the best amp in the low to upper-mid price range, read on to find out what we came up with …
You can hear the amps in action in the video reviews further down the page.
Best Multi Effects Pedal
This article sets out to find the best multi effects pedal on the market today. We take a look at a number of contenders and select which one we’d go for.
Best Cheap Electric Guitar
In this article we search for the best cheap electric guitar on the market. To make it slightly easier, and to give you a bit more choice, we’ll pick three awesome beginner electric guitars that won’t break the bank.
Minor 7 Guitar Chord
This week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is a nice and simple minor 7 chord shape. It’s a versatile chord, and can be used in all styles of music.
If you already know this chord, try the example chord progression at the end of this page: it contains some other nice chords, including a dominant 11 shape that may take some getting used to!
Minor 7 Guitar Chord – Root On 5th String
Introduction To Voice Leading For Jazz Guitar
This quick lesson will serve as an introduction to voice leading in jazz guitar comping. On the way you’ll learn some sweet sounding 2 5 1 progressions, too.
Sus2 Guitar Chord
Want to learn a new guitar chord that sounds awesome and is easy to play? Try this sus2 guitar chord shape, and see how it can spice up tired old chord progressions. It’s also a very inspiring chord to use when writing new songs. Let’s get started!
Here’s a photo of the sus2 chord being played:
How To Use Diatonic Arpeggios In Improvisation
This lesson will show you how to incorporate linked diatonic arpeggios into your lead guitar solos. It’s aimed mainly at jazz guitarists, but can be used in most rock and pop styles too.
First I’ll introduce the (very simple) theory behind the technique. Then I’ll provide some arpeggio shapes that you can use when you try the technique out for yourself.
At the end of the article I’ve included a few short licks to illustrate the technique.
Do you want to learn guitar scales and modes? Check out our backing tracks for learning scales and modes – written specifically for you to learn and use scales and modes in your improvisation.
To get started, try playing the following line. It’s not particularly musical: it’s simply all seven diatonic 7ths in the key of C. Use it to warm up and to get an idea of the sound of linked arpeggios.
Minor 7th Guitar Chord Shape
This week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is a minor 7th chord. This is quite a hard chord to play at first, but, like many guitar chords, it quickly becomes second nature.
I’ll go easy on the music theory and concentrate on telling you how to play this useful chord. Here’s the shape, read on for playing tips and an example chord progression you can play:
Guitar Chord Of The Week 7sharp9
This week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is a 7sharp9 shape.
At its heart is a simple dominant 7th chord, but with the added sharp 9 it sounds instantly ‘hip’. It’s a very jazzy-sounding chord, and one you can use to give standard chord progressions a jazz sound.
Let’s learn more about this cool chord…
