The blues is a musical form that has found its way into musical genres ranging from hard rock to country and western. It’s foundation is a six note scale that can be conceived by adding a diminished fifth to the minor pentatonic scale. You could also start with a major scale and omit the second …
Country music has a long-standing love affair with the blues. A good many of the greatest country songs written have been influenced by the blues in some way, which isn’t surprising when you consider how closely the two genres are related. Country music can be complex in its simplicity, with the major, the pentatonic, and …
Learning to play guitar can be expensive. There’s the cost of the guitar, of course, and an amplifier if you’re going to play electric guitar (and eventually you’ll have to have all those cool effects you can’t live without), and then there’s the cost of learning to play guitar, whether you purchase lessons or hire …
It’s fun to play songs on the guitar when you’re first starting to learn. The good news is, there are plenty of guitar songs for beginners, so you can usually play something with just a few lessons (and simple guitar chords) under your belt. The earliest songs you might encounter are songs almost everybody is …
Chords are an essential component of playing the guitar. When you first start out, it’s best to make a habit of learning one or two new chords a week, and with each chord you learn, practice playing it with the previous chords you’ve learned. Not only does this help you commit the chords to memory, …
Not a lot of things are truly free. Some web sites advertise free and give you what they promised, but with a lot of web sites (or other venues as well), there’s usually a catch. A lot of guitar web sites these days offer free guitar lessons and actually deliver. Some of them are trying …
Imagine turning on your computer and doing a quick search for online guitar lessons and finding a world of guitar instruction at your fingertips, all for free. You can do exactly that. The Internet is a vast resource of guitar lessons that range from very beginning instruction to advanced lessons on music theory as it …
Seasoned guitar players rarely practice proper posture when they’re playing, but in the beginning, when you’re first starting out, it’s a good idea to get into the habit of holding your guitar properly, sitting while you play, and finding a quit place where you can focus on your scheduled practice time. While you may toss …
There’s no single way to learn how to play the guitar. To some people it comes naturally and they may not need much instruction at all. Other people may have to practice until their fingers bleed. Some people need a structured environment such as a classroom setting and others may need one on one instruction …
The guitar is an amazing instrument capable of a range of sounds and musical textures on its own. Paired with someone who knows how to play, and who has a few guitar tricks under his belt, the guitar becomes a formidable musical force. Here are some of the coolest guitar tricks around. Add a few …