The CAGED chord shapes can be a great way of learning the geography of the fretboard. The shapes, both major and minor, occur in every position and key just like the pentatonic boxes. In fact, they ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. These incredibly useful five-note scales are heavily relied upon in all genres of music, but ...

This beginners' video tutorial teaches you about minor chords, and moves onto the minor pentatonic scale. Just in case you have been living in a cave on Mars, with your fingers in your ears and your ...

It may be the most ubiquitous scale in the world and arguably the oldest. Anywhere in the world, when someone carves a flute, plucks a string or twangs a piece of metal they inevitably stumble into ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Crossroads Guitar Festival Blues guitar wunderkind ...

Singer, songwriter and all-round clever person Bobby McFerrin is renowned for his ability to use the audience in his shows. But when he was on a rather academic-looking panel discussion entitled Notes ...

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo. At the World Science Festival in June, Bobby McFerrin did this ...

Ninebuzz Software has introduced Guitar Jam Tracks — Scale Trainer & Practice Buddy 1.0 for Mac OS X. It features five musical styles and Retina-ready graphics. Guitar Jam Tracks provides a way to ...

In the late 1930s, Charlie Christian elevated the electric guitar to an essential solo instrument, paving the way for the electric blues of T-Bone Walker and rock pioneers Chuck Berry and Scotty Moore ...