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Shredding With Triad Arpeggios For Guitar

By: Frank Macri

Posted in: Guitar Scales

Let’s look at some fingerings for playing triad arpeggios. Learning arpeggios all over the guitar neck is essential and will help you build a strong foundation for improvisation. A triad arpeggio is a three-note chord where the notes are p... Read Article

Tips For Practicing Guitar

Posted in: Music News And Tips

Any successful musician will tell you that in order to accelerate in your craft, you should continually practice. Here are some tips to consider during your practice session. 1.) Create A Schedule. Set up a practice curriculum for yourself. T... Read Article

Guitar Chords: Extensions And Suspensions

Posted in: Jazz Guitar Lessons

Chords are constructed from roots, thirds and fifths. These intervals come from the major scale where the scale degrees produce different triads, some major and some minor (and one diminished).  Guitar players add chord tones and extensions to t... Read Article

B.B Box

By: Scott Gilliam

Posted in: Blues Guitar Lessons

You know you have arrived as a guitarist when you have your own scale pattern named after you. Much like the “Hendrix Chord” a.k.a. E7#9 or the “Bo Diddley Beat”, blues guitar ambassador B.B. King has a scale fingering that ma... Read Article

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

By: Scott Gilliam

Posted in: Jazz Guitar Lessons

This holiday lesson is a solo arrangement of the classic “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.” Just a few items to note to help you play through this smoothly. The most important aspect is to get the bottom of the chords ... Read Article

6th Chords

By: Scott Gilliam

Posted in: Rock Guitar Lessons

Many times guitarists are required to play the same chord for several measures of music or we just want to add some spice to the more commonly played chords. A nice variation or embellishment to a basic triad is a 6th chord. A 7th chord is a very str... Read Article

How To Learn The Fretboard

By: Scott Gilliam

Posted in: Guitar Basics

One of the main concerns for players of varying levels is knowledge of the fretboard. Specifically, being able to identify any pitch everywhere on the neck. There are a variety of ways to learn this but it seems that many guitarists don’t have ... Read Article

One String Scale Practice Part 1

By: Scott Gilliam

Posted in: Rock Guitar Lessons

One of the benefits of the guitar is the ability to see/memorize patterns and shapes for scales and chords. The downfall of patternistic playing is just that, at times it can sound mechanical and predictable. Visual recognition is of course part and ... Read Article

One String Scale Practice Pt 2

By: Scott Gilliam

Posted in: Rock Guitar Lessons

This is my second installment on the subject of practicing on one string. The first lesson showed a few examples using the Minor Pentatonic, Harmonic Minor and the Mixolydian scale. As a quick recap, one of the advantages of single string studies is ... Read Article

Pentatonic Guitar Lesson

Posted in: Rock Guitar Lessons

Today we’re going to take a look at using the pentatonic scale for creating fast passages. Example one is going to take the first position of Em pentatonic and break it up into fives. Whats very important is to pay close attention to yo... Read Article

Welcome To Macri School Of Music's Blog

By: Frank Macri

Posted in: Music News And Tips

Welcome to the Macri School of Music blog. Our mission is to provide valuable information that will help you become a more knowledgeable and skilled musician. This blog covers a variety of subjects including rock, jazz, and the blues – in addit... Read Article