Guitar Music Theory | To Learn Electric Guitar
Understanding the "what and why" of how your guitar and music work, will open a whole new level of playing ability for you, when you finally have a solid grasp of guitar music theory.
There are many areas of guitar music theory to learn:- Music theory core building blocks that form the basis of your musical foundation.
- Music theory for guitar chords and arpeggios.
- Music theory for guitar scales.
- Music theory for advanced guitar use of chord structures, substitutions, "implied types", best conversion to fretboard as opposed to piano keyboard which allows for easy application of more "music theory complete" structures, and more.
- Music theory for keys, implied tonality, modulations.
- Music theory for scale modes, substitutions, with all variations and interpretations of 5 note pentatonic scales and key possibilities, 6 note scales, all tonality implications of added tones, subtracted notes, modified scales, and desired sounds.
- Music theory for chord progressions, scale progressions, arpeggio progressions.
- Music theory for arpeggio substituting for chords or substitutes for scales and arpeggios for both.
- Music theory for jazz improvisation, rock soloing, lead blues playing.
- And much nore.
How To Play Electric Guitar
Guitar music theory will take the mystery out of how you play electric guitar or how you learn acoustic guitar. It's the same, so don't get caught up in learning "electric" vs. "acoustic" guitar. By having a clear knowledge of how guitar and music "work", you can focus more on your personal playing goals.- It is not possible to be a very effective or satisfied guitar player if you do not understand what you are playing. It is also very difficult to be a great guitar player if you only play by ear and don't know what you are doing
- Understanding guitar music theory will help you get more out of songs that you learn note for note for example. You will be able to see the concepts behind the chord progressions and understand how to approach the guitar solo. Then you can take what you learn and apply it in many other ways, because instead of just learning note for note, you will have also learned the logic behind the music
- Beginner, intermediate and advanced guitar players all need guitar music theory lessons to take there ability with the guitar to the next level.
Guitar Modes
Every guitar player, especially those serious about really advancing with the instrument, should progress through a solid set of complete lessons on guitar modes that will push you to think about what your are doing to learn them and how to practice the guitar with them.
Guitar Solo
The method you use to study and practice guitar will have a large impact on how well you are able to a actually understand and create a real guitar solo with music theory and a real world application.
Guitar Notes
Every guitar player needs to quickly and easily know where all the guitar notes on the fretboard are located for all positions. This is necessary for being able to play in different positons on the fretboard in different keys. It is difficult to apply even basic chord shapes quickly, if you can't even easily find the root noot for various positions on the fretboard. Think about that for even pentatonic scales.