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5 Killer Ways to Use the Pentatonic Scale Guitar A Minor (and Sound Like You Know What You’re Doing)

5 Killer Ways to Use the Pentatonic Scale Guitar A Minor (and Sound Like You Know What You’re Doing)

by Justin Comstock | Apr 9, 2025 | Uncategorized

There’s something magical about the pentatonic scale guitar A minor—especially when you stop thinking of it as a box and start treating it like a living, breathing language. In this post, we’ll explore 5 creative, real-world ways to make the A minor pentatonic scale...
B.B. King: The Science of Soulful Simplicity

B.B. King: The Science of Soulful Simplicity

by Justin Comstock | Apr 5, 2025 | Uncategorized

If you play blues guitar and don’t study B.B. King, you’re skipping a chapter that wrote the whole book. From his unmistakable vibrato to his ability to tell a story with just five notes, B.B. King transformed the electric guitar into a voice that spoke across...
Blues Guitar Chord: The Real Secret to Playing With Soul, Style, and Simplicity

Blues Guitar Chord: The Real Secret to Playing With Soul, Style, and Simplicity

by Justin Comstock | Apr 4, 2025 | Uncategorized

Let’s be honest. If you play guitar, you’ve probably messed around with the 12-bar blues. Maybe you’ve even nailed a few licks. But until you understand how to use a blues guitar chord properly—how to feel it, how to phrase it—you’re only scratching the surface of the...
Unlocking the Guitar Bar Chords Diagram: Your Blueprint for Playing Music Anywhere on the Neck

Unlocking the Guitar Bar Chords Diagram: Your Blueprint for Playing Music Anywhere on the Neck

by Justin Comstock | Apr 3, 2025 | Uncategorized

Let me start with this: If the phrase “guitar bar chords diagram” makes your hands hurt just thinking about it—you’re not alone. For many players, especially in the early stages, bar chords feel like the brick wall between open chords and real...
Why Barre Chords Still Hurt—and What Nobody Told You About Making Them Effortless

Why Barre Chords Still Hurt—and What Nobody Told You About Making Them Effortless

by Justin Comstock | Apr 2, 2025 | Uncategorized

If you’ve been playing for a while and still dread guitar barre chords, you’re not alone. Maybe you’ve tried to muscle through them—squeezing your fret hand into submission—only to end up with aching fingers and buzzing strings. Or maybe you’ve avoided barre chords...
The Untold Truth About the 5 Pentatonic Positions (And How to Finally Master Them

The Untold Truth About the 5 Pentatonic Positions (And How to Finally Master Them

by Justin Comstock | Apr 1, 2025 | Uncategorized

Let me guess—you’ve memorized the 5 pentatonic positions, but when it comes time to actually solo over a track, it all still kinda sounds the same, right? You’re not alone. The pentatonic scale is one of the first tools we learn as guitar players, and for...
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