Hey y’all, Crawford Smith here from GuitarControl.com with a lesson on how to play country-style fingerpicking guitar. This kind of fingerpicking, which is done by people like Chet Atkins, Merle Travis, and John Prine, can make it sound like there are two guitarists playing at the same time, one holding down chords and bass and …
One of the main reasons anybody picks up a guitar is to learn to play songs. Nobody ever says, “Gee, I want to learn how to play a major scale.” I have, however, heard lots people say, “Wow, I want to learn how to play that.” The thing is, no song is out of reach …
Extensive knowledge of music theory isn’t required for most guitar players, but this isn’t true for jazz guitar players. Playing jazz, regardless of the instrument you play, almost requires a thorough understanding of melodic and harmonic theory. Jazz, by and large, is an improvised art form. A guitarist wishing to play jazz will find himself …
Howdy everybody, Crawford Smith here with a sweet little country lead guitar lesson. Today’s lick showcases a technique that country lead players use quite a bit to emulate the sound of lap or pedal steel guitars. To mimic the fluid sound of steel guitar players sliding between notes, country lead players will often do a …
The main thing anyone needs to keep in mind when trying to give kids guitar lessons is that kids need to be entertained at all times. It’s hard to explain to kids that hours of boring practice will have the awesome result of improved guitar technique. When teaching young kids, you have to keep their …
Hey y’all, it’s Crawford Smith here with a lesson on jazz soloing. Today we’re going to take a look at the bebop scale. This scale, which was invented by Charlie Parker and other bebop pioneers but named by the author David Baker, is a variant on the mixolydian mode. It’s a great scale to have …
Jazz guitar can seem intimidating to newcomers. It often uses complex chords and harmonic structures, and learning the intricacies of jazz theory can take a long time. Fortunately, there are some tricks you can use to fake being way more knowledgeable about Jazz than you actually are! One foolproof trick is to have a set …
Hey, how’s it going this is Claude Johnson with Guitar Control, I’m going to teach you how to play the song called “Horse with no name” by America. This song doesn’t have very many chords we’ve got an E minor chord, we’ve got this chord which is a D, ad 9, D6 ad 9, but …
Trying to make a living as a guitarist is hard. There’s a lot of us out there, and an ever-dwindling amount of money in the music industry. Fortunately, you can make money teaching guitar lessons to supplement whatever you make as a performer. Teaching guitar is a good option because you can charge very nice …
When you are first starting to play guitar, you quickly get the urge to play the songs you love. Why wouldn’t you? Sure, learning chords and proper hand technique is all well and good, but you didn’t pick the the guitar to learn hand positioning! You picked up the guitar to rock. Fortunately, the internet …