Hey y’all! CMC here with today’s mini-intro to Blues Guitar Chords. We’ll take a look at that awesome musical foundation of so much of today’s Pop music. After all, where would people like Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, BB King, Hendrix and oh so many others be without the Blues? How To Play Smokin Blues Course …
Hey peeps! CMC here with ya’ for a quick word about beginners guitar lessons; one of many I’m writing and will continue to write to keep you updated, here on GuitarControl.com, The premiere Guitar web site, your go-to online everything music mecca. The Ultimate Beginner Guitar Course It’s a pretty broad topic and you’ll find …
Hey all you bass-heads! Wasssup? CMC here. Ready for today’s quick shot of musical espresso, otherwise known as BASS GUITAR FOR BEGINNERS? Cool! Let’ dive in. Heck, what do I know about bass guitar? I’ve always been a guitar player (since i was 12) but bass never really caught on for me. But as I’ve …
What’s up fellow students of the guitar, Darrin Goodman here with another mini guitar lesson for you, today let’s talk about guitar practice exercises. There are far too many exercises do cover in one article, there are multiple books on them. Today I want to show you an exercise that I have been playing for …
Greetings guitar enthusiasts, Darrin Goodman here with another little mini guitar lesson for you, today I want to talk about guitar pentatonic scales. The pentatonic scale is a five note musical scale that consists of the following intervals; perfect first, minor third, perfect fourth, perfect fifth and minor seventh. These scales are used in many …
The first thing you need to do to learn to play guitar is to buy a good guitar. I don’t mean this in a sarcastic way at all. When I suggest buying a good guitar, I do so to help you avoid the frustrations I know the frustration that comes with buying a cheap, poor …
Guitar is one of those instruments that lots of people want to learn, whether to play professionally or just as a hobby. The guitar is a versatile instrument you can carry with you almost anywhere, you can afford one at a relatively decent cost, and with a little bit of patience and persistence, even an …
Whether you want to play electric or acoustic guitar, there’s never been a better time to do it. There are so many avenues available that were not so easily accessible when I was first starting out. I had access to guitar books and videos, but not like the access available today. I could access those …
One of the most important thing about learning to play guitar is actually buying that first guitar. The goal, of course, is to buy the best you can afford. Your first guitar doesn’t have to be expensive for you to be able to learn to play, but the better quality the guitar, the easier it …
I wanted to play guitar the minute I heard Ace Frehley play in KISS. He certainly isn’t the most technical guitar player ever, but he does have a style and he knows the role of the guitar in music. Any good guitar player has these characteristics. Picking your favorite guitar player isn’t always easy. There …