Get more from every roll.
The Guitarist Edition was developed with Justin Sandercoe and the JustinGuitar team to give guitarists a little more structure - without taking away the freedom to explore.
Four dice. Four different kinds of prompt. One very useful cloth.
Explore the guides below to understand what each one does - then see where your next roll takes you.
An overview of the Guitarist Edition with Justin Sandercoe of Justin Guitar
Scroll down for individual videos on each of the dice in Musician's Dice: Guitarists Edition
Chromatic Notes
Find out how one note can become a fretboard exercise, chord idea, scale, melody or starting point.
Chord Qualities
Explore different chord colours and discover ways to turn a simple roll into something musical.
Song Structure
Use harmonic functions to build progressions and explore how chords work together.
Practice Focus
Give your practice session a direction - from technique and rhythm to improvisation and repertoire.
Instrument Cloth
More than something to polish your guitar with - a quick-reference guide packed with theory and practice ideas.
Scroll down to see all video guides.
Chromatic Notes Die
One note. Plenty of places to go.
See how a single note can become a fretboard exercise, chord idea, scale, melody or starting point for improvisation.
Roll a note. Then decide what it becomes.
Chord Qualities Die
Give a familiar note a different colour.
Explore how the Chord Qualities Die can turn a simple note into different chords, sounds and harmonic possibilities.
Same note. Different quality. Different direction.
Song Structure Die
See how chords work together.
Use harmonic functions to explore chord relationships, build progressions and turn individual ideas into something that begins to sound like a song.
One chord can be an idea. A progression gives it somewhere to go.
Practice Focus Die
Not sure what to practise? Roll for a direction.
Use the Practice Focus Die to introduce technique, rhythm, improvisation, scales, repertoire and other useful directions into your practice.
Less deciding what to practise. More time actually playing.
Instrument Cloth
More than something to polish your guitar with.
The cloth puts useful theory, dice explanations and quick practice ideas within reach whenever you're playing.
Keep it beside your guitar. Use it when you need a reminder - or an idea.
One die gives you a prompt.
Several dice give you a direction.
Note + Chord Quality
C + Minor 7th → explore Cm7
Chord Quality + Song Structure
Minor + vi → find the vi chord in your key
All four dice
Let chance suggest what, where and how to practise.
You don't have to use every die every time.
Roll what you need. Leave the rest in the tin.
Now put it into practice.
The guides give you ideas. The interesting part is what you do with them.