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The UGtrA Zone

Theodore Kalantzakos

How to Practice the CAGED System Focusing on 1 Scale. Improve Your Guitar Playing Using the Fretboard Passepartout Method.

[This article is an excerpt (edited online version) from my Fretboard Passepartout Course (total value 32.25€). It unpacks the whole concept behind the Fretboard Passepartout method in an easy-to-follow way. If you’re new here though and don’t know what the CAGED system is or how it works, please read this article first.] The CAGED or five-pattern […]

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How Transposition Works on the Guitar without Capo and Complex Music Theory.

[Disclaimer: This article is focusing on helping beginners to learn how to transpose scales, chords and arpeggios without using music theory. Intermediate/advanced players though should have a solid music theory/harmony knowledge.] Some years ago I was teaching a group of students, preparing them for a live performance in 9 months. The band was consisting of

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What is the Fretboard Knowledge and How it can Help You Unlock Your Music Expression? A Non Musical Explanation.

I had just fallen into the freezing water. It was night. I was holding my breath under the water. I opened my eyes and I couldn’t see anything. Total darkness. I pulled my head out of the water. I couldn’t figure out a safe direction to reach the beach. So, I started swimming slowly and

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