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Jarred Garneau
Sep 11, 20211 min read
How to learn spread triads in Open-E
Spread triads are a fun way to play your triads. Spread triads are formed by taking the middle note in the chord and moving it up an...
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Jarred Garneau
Sep 4, 20211 min read
How to learn the fretboard - All the notes
Concluding my posts from previous weeks on learning the fretboard in Open-E, now we are going to learn all the notes! Try to dedicate 5...
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Jarred Garneau
Aug 28, 20211 min read
How to learn the fretboard in Open-E: C Major Scale
Continuing my post from last week on learning the fretboard in Open-E using the fretboard markers, now we are going to map out the...
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Jarred Garneau
Aug 21, 20211 min read
How to learn the fretboard in Open-E: Fret Markers
Learning the notes on the fretboard is a topic that is often over-looked by many guitarists (both amateur and professional), and that...
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Jarred Garneau
Aug 14, 20211 min read
How to play E Minor Pentatonic in Open-E
Arguably the most popular scale to play on guitar, E minor pentatonic scales are essential for any budding guitarist looking to play...
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Jarred Garneau
Aug 7, 20211 min read
How to use Chromatic scales while using Open-E
The Chromatic scale is the most fundamental scale in all of music. Composed of all 12 notes in the musical scale, it is not very useful...
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Jarred Garneau
Jul 31, 20211 min read
How to learn Slide Guitar and Open-E: Downtown Shuffle Riff
Hello everybody! Here is my weekly entry for my vlog. It is a downtown shuffle riff in A. I have included a video and sheet music in this...
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Jarred Garneau
Jun 12, 20211 min read
How To Learn Slide Guitar and Open-E: A Minor Pentatonic
Pentatonic scales are an invaluable scale form to learn. Here is the A-Minor Pentatonic box in position 1. Minor Pentatonic uses the...
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Jarred Garneau
May 22, 20211 min read
How To Learn Slide Guitar and Open-E: Dominant 9 Chords
Continuing the content on dominant chords (see previous posts), next up we have dominant 9 chords. Dominant 9 chords are the intervals 1,...
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Jarred Garneau
May 15, 20211 min read
How To Learn Slide Guitar And Open-E: 13 Chords
13 chords are great ingredient commonly found in blues, jazz, and many other forms of music. They are constructed by stacking a 13th...
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Jarred Garneau
May 8, 20211 min read
How To Learn Slide Guitar and Open-E: Double Stop Sixth's
Double stop sixths can be used either as part of a solo or as a rhythm guitar technique to create some moving lines in the backing part....
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Jarred Garneau
May 1, 20211 min read
How to learn Slide Guitar and Open-E: Minor Chords
Minor Chords are staple in all sorts music including jazz and world music. A minor chord is when you stack the intervals 1, b3, and 5 (C,...
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Jarred Garneau
Apr 10, 20211 min read
How To Learn Slide Guitar: Dominant Chords
Dominant chords are an essential ingredient in blues music and any music that branches from blues. A dominant chord is composed of the...
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Jarred Garneau
Apr 3, 20211 min read
How To Learn Slide Guitar: Single String Lines
One of the notable things about slide guitar is the use of single string lines. When you slide between each note, you get this beautiful...
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Jarred Garneau
Mar 20, 20211 min read
What is the best material to use for slide guitar?
With materials for slide in such a wide variety, it can be a little overwhelming on what material is best to choose. Glass and metal are...
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Jarred Garneau
Mar 6, 20211 min read
How To Practice Slide Guitar: Drones
One of the biggest learning curves that comes with learning slide is acquiring the proper intonation. Intonation is the overall accuracy...
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Jarred Garneau
Feb 22, 20211 min read
Melodic Minor Scale on Slide
One of my favorite scale ideas to use as of late. Although only one note different from the Major Scale, Melodic Minor provides all sorts...
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Jarred Garneau
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Play Slide Guitar Like Derek Trucks - Vocal Lines
Derek Trucks is the undisputed king of modern slide guitar. Part of his style that sets him apart, is his convincingly vocal-like lines....
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Jarred Garneau
Feb 9, 20211 min read
G Major Scale in Open-E
Learning your major scales is crucial to the development of any musician. While there are plenty of charts and diagrams for how to play...
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Jarred Garneau
Feb 1, 20211 min read
Sus4 Triads in Open-E
Sus4 Triads are when you replace the 3rd in the chord with a 4th. While being neither major nor minor, these chords have a great...
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