intervals

Guitar Intervals - Infographic With Shapes

By Stef Ramin
On 12/26/2019
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This infographic chart show how look simple and compound intervals on the guitar neck. Click on the right mouse button and choose "save target as."

Intervals on Guitar - Shapes and Theory

Whether simple or compound intervals are a very important part of music theory. Knowing them allow understand how scales, arpeggios and chords are built. Intervals are useful tools to visualize the notes and understand their relationships on the guitar fretboard. This lesson with downloadable pdf, guitar shapes and theory will help you better figure them out and play them on guitar.

Octave Playing - Guitar Lesson With Lines and Theory

By Stef Ramin
On 12/30/2018
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What's Octave Playing?

How to play in octaves Wes Montgomery style Octave playing is a big part of jazz guitar language, this technique has been popularized by guitarist Wes Montgomery one of the greatest improvisers and jazz genious of all times.

Theoretically, the principle is quite easy to understand. You just have to play lines using two simultaneaous notes separated by twelve semitones. In practice, it is more difficult because of the fingerings.

Indeed, you have to move two fingers at the same time while keeping the same hand position. This lesson provides guitar diagrams and easy guitar lines for a good mastery of this technique.