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All theory articlesMajor and Minor Pentatonic Scales
Learn the difference between major and minor pentatonic scales: their formulas, characteristic degrees, parallel and relative relationships, chord choices, and guitar applications.
Reader level: ArrangerWhat Is a Pentatonic Scale?
A clear explanation of the pentatonic scale: the formulas for major and minor pentatonic scales, how they are related, how to use them in improvisation, and how to find them on the fretboard.
Reader level: ArrangerMajor, Minor, and Perfect Intervals
A simple explanation of interval quality: how a major third differs from a minor third, why fourths and fifths are called perfect, and how to see this on the fretboard.
Reader level: MusicianHow to Train Intervals by Ear
A practical guide to interval ear training: how to hear melodic and harmonic intervals, avoid guessing, and connect your ear to the fretboard.
Reader level: MusicianChord vs Fingering: What's the Difference
A simple explanation of the difference between a chord and a fingering: why the same chord can be played in different places on the fretboard and why guitarists need to understand this.
Reader level: MusicianWhat Is an Arpeggio in Music
A simple explanation of arpeggios: how they differ from chords, picking patterns, and scales, and how to hear and play them on guitar.
Reader level: MusicianWhat Is a Fretboard Position
A simple explanation of guitar fretboard positions: how they relate to hand placement, fingering, scales, and position shifts when playing phrases and riffs.
Reader level: PerformerWhat Is Fingering on Guitar
A simple explanation of guitar fingering: how finger choice connects to notes and chords, why the same phrase can be played in different ways, and how to choose a comfortable option.
Reader level: PerformerSimple Intervals in Music
A simple explanation of intervals within one octave: how to count unisons, seconds, thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, sevenths, and octaves, how to hear them, and how to find them on guitar.
Reader level: PerformerWhat Is a Key in Music
A simple explanation of musical keys: what a tonal center is, how a key differs from a scale, why the tonic matters, and how keys connect melodies, chords, and the guitar fretboard.
Reader level: PerformerHow to Build a Major Scale
A simple explanation of the major scale: how the whole-step and half-step formula works, how to build a major scale from any note, and how to see it on the guitar fretboard.
Reader level: MusicianHow to Build a Natural Minor Scale
A simple explanation of the natural minor scale: its whole-step and half-step formula, the example of A minor, how it differs from major, and how to see it on the guitar fretboard.
Reader level: MusicianWhat Is a Scale Degree
A simple explanation of scale degrees: how to count notes inside a scale, why the tonic matters, how a scale degree differs from a note name, and how to see scale degrees on the guitar fretboard.
Reader level: MusicianWhat Is a Scale in Music
A simple explanation of musical scales: what a scale is, how notes are ordered, why scale degrees matter, and how to see a scale on the guitar fretboard.
Reader level: MusicianGuitar Fretboard Basics
A simple explanation of the guitar fretboard: how strings, frets, notes, semitones, and octaves are connected, why notes repeat, and where to start learning the fretboard.
Reader level: MusicianWhat Is an Octave
A simple explanation of the octave: why two notes can have the same name but sound higher or lower, how to hear an octave, and how to find it on the guitar fretboard.
Reader level: PerformerWhat Is an Interval in Music
A simple explanation of intervals: what the distance between two notes means, how to hear an interval, how to see it on guitar, and why it matters for chords, scales, and melodies.
Reader level: PerformerTone and Semitone
A simple explanation of tones and semitones: how distances between notes work on guitar and why one fret equals one semitone.
Reader level: PerformerWhat Is Pitch
A simple explanation of pitch: why some sounds feel higher or lower, and how to see that movement on the guitar fretboard.
Reader level: BegginerNote Names: Do, Re, Mi and C, D, E
How solfege note names connect to the letter system C, D, E, why guitarists use letters, and what to learn first.
Reader level: BegginerWhat Is a Note in Music
A simple explanation of a note: how a note differs from sound, why note names matter, and how to see notes on the guitar fretboard.
Reader level: Begginer