Many of us dream of attending school and majoring in guitar, music composition, or music theory. Unfortunately, this can be quite expensive. Unless you have the money to attend a college that offers the high-quality specialized music courses necessary to major in music, you might be resigned to private teachers and the Internet, neither of …
Guitar tablature, normally referred to as guitar tab, is a cool way for string players to read and write music. It’s most associated with guitar players. The system is simple. Six horizontal lines represent the six strings on the guitar and numbers placed on those lines indicate the fret number to be played. This is …
A Guitar Scale Generator is a useful tool for guitarists. It come in the form of a wheel device. These days, the Internet makes it even easier to find guitar scale generators. There a lot of websites that have built in generators that let you plug in a series of notes or a root note. …
If you want to learn to play guitar, the first thing you need to come to grips with that you’re going to need to practice. That’s a word that scares a lot of us. After all, we just want to play guitar. Who said anything about practicing? Truth is, nothing worth doing comes easy, and …
Most beginning guitar players want to play something right away. While it does take years of hard work and practice to become a proficient player, it’s possible to get into playing some of your favorite songs in rudimentary form right away. Some people are blessed with a great ear and can sit down and pick …
A scale is a series of notes, or tones, from the chromatic scale arranged in steps to create various scales. The chromatic scale simply refers to all of the notes in western music. Below is the chromatic scale. The sharps can also be indicated as flats. For example, a C# is also a Db. This …
The old adage you get what you pay for doesn’t always apply. These days the Internet is a treasure trove of great places up and coming guitar players can visit to learn everything from how to tune and care for a guitar to how to play your favorite songs. Whether you want to learn chords …
I love making lists about music. A list featuring the top 100 of anything having to do with music is going to be a subjective list. My favorite guitar players aren’t your favorite guitar players, my favorite singers or albums won’t be your favorite singers or albums. Still, these lists are fun to make. The …
Dedicated To You This e-book is dedicated to you, my fellow guitar enthusiast, and I think it will be especially helpful if you are new to the guitar. My name is Claude Johnson and I’ve been a serious student of the guitar since 1991. I put this e-book together to help eliminate confusion about the …