How THE PROS Create EXPRESSIVE Guitar Melodies In 7 Dimensions emotional contrast guitar education guitar improvisation guitar lesson guitar melody guitar technique lead guitar melodic phrasing music education tension and resolution Oct 15, 2025

How THE PROS Create EXPRESSIVE Guitar Melodies In 7 Dimensions

Discover how the pros create expressive guitar melodies by mastering the 7 dimensions of tension and resolution.

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The Scenic Route: Play Any Phrase All Over the Fretboard fretboard knowledge guitar education guitar improvisation guitar lesson guitar melody lead guitar melodic phrasing music education Sep 26, 2025


The Scenic Route: Play Any Phrase All Over the Fretboard

Stop getting stuck in one box — learn how to play the same phrase in different positions all over the fretboard.

If every solo you play feels t
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Guitar Vibrato Tutorial - Make Your Guitar Sing | 5 Minute Vibrato Fix guitar education guitar improvisation guitar lesson guitar melody guitar technique lead guitar music education vibrato Sep 18, 2025

Guitar Vibrato Tutorial - Make Your Guitar Sing | 5 Minute Vibrato Fix

Your solos don’t need more scales — they need better vibrato. Here’s how to make every note sing in just 5 minutes.

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Rhythmic Illusion - You've Been Hearing The Beat All Wrong - Beat Placement for Guitar guitar education guitar lesson metric modulation music education rhythm guitar rhythmic displacement Sep 17, 2025

Rhythmic Illusion - You've Been Hearing The Beat All Wrong - Beat Placement for Guitar

🎸 You’ve been hearing the beat all wrong — and this video proves it.

Even when the music shifts, your ear cl...

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Maximizing Your Melodic Mileage - Developing Melodic Phrasing fretboard knowledge guitar education guitar improvisation guitar lesson guitar melody guitar technique lead guitar melodic phrasing music education Sep 08, 2025

Maximizing Your Melodic Mileage

Are your solos stuck in the same old box shapes?
Here’s the fix: take one phrase and stretch it across the entire fretboard until it feels like you’ve got a hundred ...

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Guitar Pick Hand Control - Fix Your Picking Hand guitar education guitar lesson guitar technique music education rhythm Sep 03, 2025

Guitar Pick Hand Control

Every guitarist has felt it: you’re mid-riff, and suddenly your picking hand betrays you. Notes get sloppy, timing falls apart, and instead of sounding smooth and confiden...

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Use the Cycle of Keys to Spice Up Your Chord Progressions chord progressions circle of keys emotional contrast guitar chords guitar education guitar harmony guitar lesson harmony music education rhythm guitar tension and resolution Aug 26, 2025

Use the Cycle of Keys for Better Progressions - Spice Up Boring Chords

If your chord progressions feel stale or predictable, it’s time to break out of the box — and this week’s Q&A Tuesday shows ...

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Tension and Release Guitar Solos - Stop Random Noodling! ear training emotional contrast fretboard knowledge guitar education guitar improvisation guitar lesson guitar melody melodic phrasing music education music theory tension and resolution Aug 19, 2025

Tension and Release Guitar Solos - Stop Random Noodling

Learn how to use tension and release in guitar solos so every line pulls home and actually tells a story.

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Chords Explained: Why ‘Wrong’ Chords Sound So Good chord progressions circle of keys common tones diatonic harmony emotional contrast guitar chords guitar education guitar harmony guitar lesson harmony music education music theory non-diatonic chords rhythm guitar tension and resolution voice leading Aug 09, 2025

Chords Explained: Why ‘Wrong’ Chords Sound So Good - Out Of Key Chords

Ever hit a chord that feels wrong—but still works beautifully?

In this bonus Q&A, Nate breaks down why “outsider” chords, ...

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How To Make Your Solos Sing Instead Of Sounding Like Scales emotional contrast fretboard knowledge guitar education guitar improvisation guitar lesson guitar melody guitar technique lead guitar melodic phrasing melodic pronunciation music education rhythmic displacement tension and resolution Aug 05, 2025

How To Make Your Solos Sing Instead Of Sounding Like Scales

Ever feel like your solos sound more like exercises than music?

This is the fix that makes your guitar sing.

In this Q&A Tuesday, N...

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Music Theory & Modes On Guitar: Start Here (Not What You Think) ear training fretboard knowledge guitar improvisation guitar lesson guitar melody lead guitar melodic phrasing modes music education music theory Jul 29, 2025

Music Theory & Modes On Guitar: Start Here (Not What You Think)

Are you trying to learn music theory and modes but keep hitting a wall?

You’re not alone.

In this week’s Q&A Tuesday, Nate breaks...

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Fix Your Sloppy Legato: How to Improve Guitar Legato Technique Fast guitar education guitar lesson guitar melody guitar technique lead guitar legato technique melodic phrasing melodic pronunciation music education Jul 08, 2025

Fix Your Sloppy Legato: How to Improve Guitar Legato Technique Fast

Does your legato sound more like a stutter than a smooth flow?

In this Q&A Tuesday, Nate helps you fix the real problem behin...

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Notes on the Guitar: Learn the Fretboard Fast with the 'Ping Pong Exercise' fretboard knowledge guitar education guitar lesson guitar melody music education music theory triads Jun 20, 2025

Notes on the Guitar: Learn the Fretboard Fast with the 'Ping Pong Exercise'

If you’ve ever looked down at your guitar and thought, “I have no idea where I am right now,” this one’s for you.

In ...

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What Exactly Makes a Good Guitar Exercise? ear training guitar education guitar lesson guitar melody guitar technique music education music theory Jun 14, 2025

What Exactly Makes a Good Guitar Exercise?

In this video, Nate breaks down the essentials of creating guitar exercises to do every day that actually move the needle in your playing.

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How to Play with More Emotion on Guitar ear training emotional contrast guitar education guitar lesson music education music theory tension and resolution Dec 09, 2024

How to Play with More Emotion on Guitar

If you’ve ever played something “right” but felt like something was missing… this is the video you’ve been waiting for.

In this video, Nate dives into how ...

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The Real Key to Musical Growth – 4 Phases of Development guitar education guitar lesson music development music education personal growth Nov 29, 2024

The Real Key to Musical Growth – 4 Phases of Development

If you’ve ever wondered how to really learn guitar and make real progress, this video is for you.

Every guitar player goes through 4 key ...

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