Guitar Music Theory

This podcast features free audio guitar lessons taught by Desi Serna, author of Fretboard Theory and Guitar Theory For Dummies. Learn how scales, chords, progressions, modes, and more get applied to the fretboard and familiar songs. Hear how to best get your playing skills in order. Begin to improvise and compose. Understand why your favorite songs sound so good. ➝ What do you specifically need to do in order to play guitar better? Visit the GuitarMusicTheory.com website to get FREE custom video instruction calibrated to your current level. Discover how to progressively play and sound better—today, in as little as 33 minutes!

Ep168 Q&A - New Coaching Program - Bass Playing - Playing with Confidence - Running with the Devil - 3/4 vs 6/8 - Cover Band Setlist 10/30/2024

Ep167 Learning "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" - PRS SE NF3 07/23/2024

Ep166 Q&A Rhythm and Timing - Horizontal Pentatonic Patterns - Bass Note Selection - Violin Etude 2 07/10/2024

Ep165 Preparing For Huey Lewis Tribute Band Gig 06/14/2024

Ep164 Nashville Studio Drummer and Music Producer Scott Williamson 06/08/2024

Ep163 Jack and Diane - How Does This Song Work? 05/30/2024

Ep162 Knights of Cydonia - How Does This Song Work? 05/21/2024

Ep161 Q&A Hot For Teacher - Multitracks - Bass Rigs - Funk #49 - Mastering Songs - Major and Minor Pentatonic - CAGED - Soreness - Knights of Cydonia 05/08/2024

Ep160 Improvise with Refugee 05/01/2024

Ep159 Every Type of Seventh Chord and How to Use It 04/26/2024

Ep158 The Harmonic Minor Scale and How to Use It 04/18/2024

Ep157 Q&A Circle of fifths - playing left-handed - Squier guitar mods - playing and singing - intervals 04/10/2024

Ep156 Biggest Part of Me - How Does This Song Work? - Scott Sheriff 03/28/2024

Ep155 Q&A Modes - Rocksmith - Major Scale Patterns - Memorizing Songs - Effects Pedals - Foot Tapping - You Oughta Know 03/15/2024

Ep154 What Scales Are Used in Sweet Child O’ Mine? 02/24/2024

Ep153 Matt Reviere Slash Guns N Roses Guitar Style and Tones 01/30/2024

Ep152 Q&A Keith Richards Open G Tuning - Acoustic Amps - Memorizing Songs - Sus4 Chords - Cheap Versus Expensive Acoustic Guitar 01/16/2024

Ep151 The Best Christmas Songs 12/20/2023

Ep150 Q&A Guitar Modelers - PRS Guitars - Beginner Struggles - Slide - Drop-D Tuning - Acoustic Gigs 12/18/2023

Ep149 Guitar Octaves and Songs That Use Them 11/30/2023

Ep148 What Is Syncopation? 11/15/2023

Ep147 Scott Sheriff - Keyboardist For Carrie Underwood and Huey Lewis Tribute 11/10/2023

Ep146 Q&A Chord tones and extensions - white rabbit - playing with injuries and hand limitations - keeping track of measures while soloing - applying pentatonic scale patterns - requiring your chops after time off 10/12/2023

Ep145 "Satellite" Dave Matthews Band - How Does This Song Work? 10/05/2023

Ep144 What Guitar Scales Should I Learn? 09/13/2023

Ep143 Using the Major 2 Chord in Music 08/15/2023

Ep142 Mixolydian Mode in Huey Lewis and the News 06/27/2023

Ep141 Q&A Chord recognition - chord fills - Halfway Gone by Lifehouse - online versus in-person lessons - purchasing a looper pedal - sharps and the circle of fifths - playing faster on an Ibanez guitar - flat sevenths - learning songs 05/24/2023

Ep140 The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - How Does This Song Work? 05/15/2023

Ep139 No More Mr. Nice Guy - How Does This Song Work? 04/15/2023