
Fun With Guitar Chords And Christmas Music
- Kyle Smitchens
- December 11, 2011
- lessons
- tips
For this experiment what I’ve done is play the melody as it’s written and toyed with the harmony built around it, so the song is irrefutably recognizable as Silent Night, but through the power of harmony you can still produce new feels.
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A Basic Introduction to the Minor Chord Experience
- Nicholas Tozier
- December 5, 2011
- chords
- lessons
- tips
Guitarist Nicholas Tozier takes gives us a basic look at what minor triads are and how to implement them to colorize our chord and arpeggio progressions.
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The “CAGED” Major Guitar Chords
- Nicholas Tozier
- November 7, 2011
- chords
- lessons
- tips
In this lesson, we’re going to get you up and running with some basic chords and show you how those chords are combined to create songs.
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How to Read Guitar Chord Diagrams
- Nicholas Tozier
- October 10, 2011
- chords
- lessons
- technique
- tips
The beginning of a short series exploring guitar chords in detail. We’re starting really basic here, so if you’re a beginner, join us, or if you’re advanced – share with your students or less experienced friends.
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Innovative Guitar: Rock Beyond The Boundaries Starring Rob Balducci
- Kyle Smitchens
- August 11, 2011
- lessons
Innovative Guitar: Rock Beyond The Boundaries is a brand spanking new instructional video hosted by Rob Balducci and is available exclusively on demand at www.rockhousemethod.com. For $24.99 you get a two hour video which is divided into 7 chapters.
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Paul Gilbert Teaches Rhythm And Melody Trade Offs
- Kyle Smitchens
- August 6, 2011
- lessons
Check it out. We’re bringing this video of a Paul Gilbert lesson into the limelight because we are of the mutual opinion that he’s really good at articulating aspects of the guitar well into words and giving an appropriate demonstration.
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Introduction to Chords – Major Chords and Some Theory Rambling
- Kyle Smitchens
- May 3, 2011
- lessons
Welcome ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, people of all ages to this psychological thriller the Guitar Muse staff as decreed a pretty good video on chords and chord theory.
Today our fearless protagonist wards off false information and sets the record straight with his “take no prisoners” plan and gives a speech that would make Patton proud…

The Art of Learning
- Kyle Smitchens
- April 29, 2011
- lessons
- tips
Learning music is a fickle beast, it seems. It’s not like basic mathematics where there are generally right and wrong ways to do things, but more like philosophy where there are as many ways to look at and interpret things as there are people in the world, and very often the line between the two polar ends blurs.
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Review on Guitar Master Class Online Lessons
- Kyle Smitchens
- April 24, 2011
- lessons
Welcome back, my friends. Within this article I’m going to present an opportunity for two of you (our faithful readers) a chance to win 6 month memberships for Guitar Masterclass.net, courtesy of Guitar Masterclass.net. Within this video I go through the main pages of the website and discuss features that you can expect from both being a member and not being a member.
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Three Basic Shell Chords for Guitar
- Nicholas Tozier
- April 12, 2011
- lessons
- tips
On guitar, shell chords can help us free up fingers to allow us to play melodic lines, and help us gain an understanding of the relationships between chords.
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