Have you written a song on your guitar that you’d like to put into tablature? Or did you want to tackle tabbing one of your favorite songs to share with your friends or online? If so, here are some tips to help you write your very own tabs for guitar! Already Have the Song Memorized …
What are guitar tabs? Guitar tablature makes it easy for guitar players to read songs without having to understand standard music notation. Tablature (TAB) is a system for writing and reading music that’s more logical for musicians who play stringed instruments. While TAB is most often associated with guitar players, mandolin, ukulele, banjo, and other …
It’s understood among guitar players that playing classical songs is a great way to learn technique and improve playing skills. Whether it’s a classical song written specifically for guitar or a concerto arranged for guitar, playing classical music can help expand your knowledge of music and improve our ability to play more complex stuff. The …
Tablature, referred by most as TAB, is a method of musical notation used by people who play stringed instruments. Using the TAB method, a song is represented in notation using lines to indicate strings and numbers to represent the fret numbers to be played. Many popular songs have been “tabbed” out for guitar players of …
Introduction A guitar is a versatile and popular instrument not only among aspiring musicians, but for those who simply want to play for the enjoyment of playing, or for those who want to be able to entertain family and friends. How you learn to play guitar depends in large part on what your end goal …
The blues is a musical form that can be traced back to African-American communities in the deep south near the end of the 19th century. Lyrically, the blues encompasses heartbreak in all its incarnations, including poverty, unrequited love, and death. The musicians who played and sang the blues were certainly in a position to be …
In your continued quest to learn and master the guitar it can be overwhelming to sift through all of the resources available to learn guitar online free. With so many sites out there offering up free guitar tutorial lessons and the endless sea of guitar tabs available you end up spending more time looking than …
Back in the day if you wanted to learn to play jazz guitar you had to seek out a guitar instructor, which can have its own set of problems. Finding a qualified teacher that you could afford and could fit into your schedule was a time consuming process to say the least and there was …
If riffing is your thing, you’re going to want to check out the following five classic rock songs. Each one has a killer riff that’s instantly recognizable to fans of classic rock and metal, and that will have you wishing you had a guitar in your hands so that you could play along. “Dr. Feelgood” …
Hey all- CMC here. Wow- what an incredible resource everyone has these days, huh? For 99% of recorded history, musicians have not had the advantage of the internet. Y’all have it and can take advantage of it. We old schooler’s expect more from you though, so it’s a double edged sword, or axe, as it …