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Intermediate Articles

Intermediate, Technique

The Ghost Note Technique That Makes Any Guitar Riff Groove

Learn how to use ghost notes and double stops to turn simple guitar chords into groovy, percussive, full-sounding riffs.
Intermediate

Double Stops Explained: Building Lead Phrases from Chords AND Pentatonics

Turn boring chord progressions into melodic, expressive guitar parts by building chords around melody and phrasing.
Intermediate

Rewriting “Cryin” As If It Were My Own (Mateus Asato)

Learn how to manipulate your favourite songs in to something unique, as if it were your own idea!
Achieve Your Guitar Goals in 2024
Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate

How To Achieve Your Guitar Goals In 2026

Do you feel stuck in your progress and unsure how to proceed? Let me give you some tips on realistic goal setting, to get you out of your rut right away.
target chord tones
Intermediate, Music Theory

Target Chord Tones: 2 Transformative Examples With The CAGED System

Learn how to target chord tones to improve your solos, with two transformative examples using the CAGED system.
How to solo over chord changes & target chord tones
Intermediate, Technique

How to Solo Using Chord Tones: Learn to Navigate Chord Changes

Stand out from the crowd by learning how to solo WITH chord progressions rather than OVER them.
The CAGED System
Intermediate, Music Theory

10 Levels of The CAGED System: Fretboard Visualisation 101

Explore the 10 Levels of CAGED to revolutionise your playing. What level are you?
Build Chords on Guitar
Intermediate, Music Theory

Build Chords On Guitar: Everything You Need To Know

Get a solid foundation of chord theory to help you decode any chord notations.
Darryl posing with his guitar

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