Should you care?

The fretboard is a hindrance whenever you have to think about it. It stands right in the way, between you and your music. Freedom from the fretboard, freedom from having to even think about it, means more music.

I don't care what style of music you play on guitar. The rules of the game are still the same. And there is no way you're going to make something worth listening to if you don't know the rules, so you can start breaking them.

I've done all the thinking for you. Uncovered the rules of the game. So you can break free. Free from the fretboard. Free to make music, free to play.

What's with all the theory?

It's not about guitar theory; theory is just a means.

But theory is practical. At least in music it is.

If you can bridge theory and practice you will be one of the select few who know what they are doing on the fretboard. You'd be surprised how few really do, at any level!

Alex Cortés, founder
guitar-theory-in-depth.com

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If you've ever given learning the guitar fretboard a serious attempt, you will have often wondered why learning it inside out is -or seems to be- such a hassle. Regardless of your present level as a guitarist. Regardless of whether you play flamenco, jazz, rock, or whatever.

Every piano player, by contrast, learns all the notes on his instrument during the first lessons he receives, if not the very first. From then on he develops a deep musical understanding, reinforced by the visual and tactile elements of his instrument, from the piano itself:

Yet, the opposite is true of guitarists and the guitar. Those who do learn all the notes on the fretboard do so by rote. They memorize innumerable combinations of fingering patterns, with no underlying system to tie it all together -from every angle.

So far, there has been no system that will allow guitarists to integrate all aspects of musical knowledge into a meaningful whole...

.....much less a system that is practical, and not a quagmire of fixed fingering patterns and box diagrams.

...a music theory system that will therefore allow you, the guitarist, to calmly and systematically explore all the possibilities within the guitar, while unlocking your creativity.

Until now...

Guitar Theory in Depth.com will guide you step by step
-in an entirely new way-
to full mastery of the guitar fretboard!