Learn the Diagonal Guitar Pentatonic Scale

Add a diagonal box pattern to the guitar pentatonic scale to play up and down the neck in this guitar lesson for beginners. This is great for solos, improvising, creating licks and riffs.

Plus our tip of the week: strengthen single note improvisation by picking any song and learning the solo, note for note – it will surely sharpen your musical instincts!

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Learn Sweep Picking in this Beginner Guitar Lesson

In this lesson, we’ll dive into sweep picking! It’s a little tricky, but with this breakdown by Dave Celentano, you’ll be up and sweep picking in no time. If you’re a beginner, sweep picking is basically moving your pick in the same direction across two or more neighboring strings.

Tip of the week: Just one string can make all the difference. Checking the tuning on your guitar before playing ANYTHING is a best practice. Now that you know the secret, happy playing!

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