Grokit Guitar Blog

In this guitar blog, you will find many helpful articles with guitar tips and tricks, answers to guitar playing techniques and other questions that guitarists are interested in.

Linking Pentatonics To CAGED Shapes

Learn to connect pentatonic shapes with the CAGED system for improved guitar soloing and chord understanding.

Nick Weiland

Jul 4, 20244 min read

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How To Use The Chords Of The Major Scale

Harmonising the major scale, what is it? Why do we need to know it? And how do we apply this knowledge? If these questions interest you,...

Nick Weiland

May 1, 20234 min read

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How To Improve Your Rhythm On Guitar When Improvising

Have you felt like your improvisation was lacking? Or have you felt that when you play your scales it feels like painting by numbers?

Nick Weiland

Mar 8, 20235 min read

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How to Practice the Major Scale Better: Triad-Based Patterns

In this post I'll explore triad-based patterns - a valuable tool that acts as a bridge between playing scale runs and outlining chords.

Leonid Levi

Jan 30, 20234 min read

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Why Do My Guitar Solos Sound Bad? Chances Are, It's One of These 3 Mistakes.

Here are some common phrasing mistakes that make our solos sound bad, and targeted exercises to help fix them and get improving quickly.

Leonid Levi

Jan 24, 20235 min read

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Chords Are Scales Are Chords. Learn Them Together

In this guitar lesson I'll show you how to learn to improvise over chord changes without having to think of keys and scales.

Leonid Levi

Jan 13, 20235 min read

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A Great Guitar Hack When You Don't Know Which Scale To Play on a Chord

We want to help you figure out the scales when you're trying to play diatonic songs with a couple of chords that don't come from the scale.

Shai Chen

Jan 12, 20232 min read

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