Trey Xavier, editor-in-chief of our sister site Gear Gods was a professional guitar instructor for ten years. During that time, he developed a system for teaching his students how to play scales ...

Guitar skills: let's get one thing straight – you don't need to know a lot of scales to be a good guitarist. In fact, if you've been playing for under a year you could quite safely get away with only ...

Guitar lessons: Most of us are familiar with shape 1 of the good old minor pentatonic scale – even if we don't realise it. Even seasoned, experienced players gravitate towards it. Eric Clapton, Angus ...