The guitar has always been considered the ultimate rock instrument. Throughout the history of music there’ve been some cool guitar songs written that highlight the many facets of what makes the guitar such a beautiful, versatile instrument. It’s hard to pinpoint what makes a cool guitar song, but just about any guitar player knows it …
Most blues guitar music is improvised, meaning the guitarist simply makes up the licks as he goes along. It’s been this way throughout the history of the blues. This being the case, however, it’s a good idea for beginning guitar players to at least give the form a little study before plunging in. One way …
Playing the blues is more about feeling than the technical knowledge you have of the form. It helps to know that a blues scale is a major scale with a flatted third, flatted fifth, and flatted seventh, (or a minor pentatonic with a diminished 5th), but this is only theory and means nothing if you …
Good day fellow students of the guitar. Darrin Goodman here with another guitar lesson for y’all. Today I want to look at some acoustic guitar licks. The acoustic guitar is really cool because of all the different styles and techniques that can be played on it. There are obviously way to many to cover them …
So, you’ve done the impossible and learned how to successfully play the slide guitar (or you’ve started to learn). As you’re probably aware, it is challenging, inventive, and about as unique as guitar playing gets. You can play with a slide or even an empty bottle in a manner that must be tons of fun …
Slide, or bottleneck guitar is a key part of the blues that has since then added a new realm to the guitar playing field. Many renowned jazz musicians have used this technique to make their songs stand out, while still maintaining the talent they are so loved for. Unfortunately, it is not a widely-used branch …
Ready for some acoustic blues guitar lessons? Its Darrin again with some more tasty guitar giblets for you, today let’s look at some acoustic blues. When think about the blues guitar you gotta give mad props to the acoustic guitar because that’s where it all started with guys like Robert Johnson. Here is a great …
Greetings guitar comrades, Darrin Goodman here with some more guitar stuff for ya. I was asked to write this article on the 100 Best Guitar Riffs and I thought right away that this is a loaded subject. What are the 100 best guitar riffs? It is really subject to opinion and what one dude loves …
What up fellow blues guitar lovers, Darrin Goodman here with some more info to help you along on your guitar journey. Today I want to tell you about some great YouTube blues guitar lessons that are on the GuitarControl.com YouTube Channel. GuitarControl.com YouTube There are so many great blues guitar lessons on the channel from …
What’s goin on guitar fans, Darrin Goodman here with some cool guitar tasties for you. I want to share some cool guitar videos with you from the GuitarControl.com YouTube channel. The GuitarControl.com YouTube channel has well over 1000 videos with everything from mini guitar lessons to killer guitar performances and even some crazy spoof movies …