The Secrets of Learning the Fretboard
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Highlighted Lesson

Drop 2 Chords
Free Lessons

Drop 2 Chords

Drop 2 chord voicings are formed by taking a chord and then dropping the next to the highest note, or voice, to the lowest note of the chord. Similarly, there are drop 1, drop 3, […]

Lick, Riff or Trick

Hard Rock Speed Guitar Lick
Licks, Riffs, and Tricks

LRT-025 Hard Rock Speed Lick

Crank up the speed with this classic hard rock speed lick in the style of many hard rock/metal guitarists.  This one uses hammer-ons and pull-offs on sixteenth notes and triplets at a torrid 160bpm pace! […]

Selected Exercise

Learn the fretboard with Horizontal Ladder Exercises
Exercises

Ex-018 Horizontal Ladder Exercise

Improve your fretboard knowledge with this rut-breaking ladder exercise from my upcoming book on learning the fretboard.  This exercise can be applied to any sequence of notes, such as a scale, mode, or arpeggio.