Guitarist silhouette

You can play

but you can’t create

You’ve learned by copying — what if you knew how to make your own music?

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Stage 1

Teach a man to solo

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The gap.

Between copying and creating.

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The one note solo.

Simple. Too simple maybe. But it works.

3

Follow the chords.

Or don’t. But it will sound better.

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Five notes.

All of them work. All of the time.

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What’s in a chord?

Thirds, fifths, and the triad.

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The third is the tell.

The note that defines the chord.

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Play the thirds.

The most important note in any chord.

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Intervals.

Not all notes are created equal.

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Hear the intervals.

Play them. Feel the difference.

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You’re a shredder, Harry.

You know enough to be dangerous.

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Coming soon.

Take It Away

For guitarists who can copy but want to create — and learn music theory in the process.

Lessons

Improvising

Resources

  • Music theory basics
  • What is a musical key?
  • The harmonised major scale
  • Seventh chords

Tools

  • Scales
  • Chords
  • Chord progressions
  • Triads
  • Arpeggios
  • Intervals test

This is an early build.

Something broken? Something brilliant? We want to know.

© Freddie Naylor 2026