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Music Theory Basics for Guitar

12 Bar Blues Structure
12 Bar Blues Structure

With three chords, you can play the blues IF you how long to play each chord. The 12 Bar Blues Structure shows you how and when to play these 3 chords!

The I-IV-V Change
The I-IV-V Change

Learn the 3 chords you need for playing the blues! We learn the I-IV-V change to give us blues chords in the key of E, A, D and G

The CAGED Guitar System
The CAGED Guitar System

The CAGED guitar system is way of visualising the guitar fretboard using existing chord shapes that you know

Intervals: a key music concept
Intervals: a key music concept

Intervals are a key concept in music theory. If you can identify a few intervals, you can understand how chords are built

Learn the Minor Scale
Learn the Minor Scale

The minor scale helps you to better learn music theory and can be integrated into your fingerpicking