You’ve been pleading with your parents for a long time. Finally, after all this time, you finally got it: your very own guitar. The excitement is bubbling out of you. You can’t wait to play all kinds of music, maybe even sing a song for that special someone. But in all of the ideas and …
The electric guitar is a staple for modern rock bands. We’ve all had that dream ourselves: becoming a famous rocker that can sent a shockwave through millions of people as they line up just to hear you play. However, like playing any other instrument, becoming renowned takes a lot of hard work. There are many …
Good day guitar land, Darrin Goodman here with another mini guitar lesson for you. Today I want to talk about how to get started playing lead guitar licks. Before we get started there are a couple of things that you need to know in order to get going. First is the pentatonic scale, which is …
The guitar is what I like to call a relative instrument. How easy or hard it becomes is relative to the amount of effort and work you put into it. For some people, it’s a walk in the park, but for others, it becomes calluses and bloody fingers. This post is going to show you …
Hello my guitar friends, Darrin Goodman here with another mini guitar lesson for you. I often get asked about how to learn guitar notes, so I want to show you an easy way to learn them. New guitarists seem to be under the impression that you have to learn where every note is on every …
Guitar tablature is a universal and well-known concept in the world of (you guessed it) guitar playing. It is a way for us musicians to play close to any song without really knowing how to read sheet music (don’t undermine sheet music though; you will benefit from learning both musical and guitar tablature, but it …
Hey Peeps! CMC here. Finally, an article I can relate to! Just kidding but the fact is, that’s exactly what I did and I came out OK! In another post I lauded and sang the praises of taking lessons, of studying. But ya know what? Not everyone is going to do that. There are just …
Good day, mates! No–I’m not Australian, just a good ol Yank livin in Hollywood. CMC here and today’s hot topic is SONGS TO LEARN ON GUITAR. So I know what you’re thinking. It’s almost too cliche, right? Stairway to Heaven…Free Bird…RUSH. What’s up with that? Well, what’s up with that is that they are dang …
CHORDS! – Think rhythm guitar, as opposed to “lead” guitar, song as opposed to solo. Actually, don’t think that- Great guitaring aint just “pickin’ -it’s strummin’.Yep, Joe Strummer, as well as Jimi Hendrix, needs to be a role model. What would rock be without POWER CHORDS, BAR CHORDS! The sheer force of Smoke on the …
Hey! Don’t ask me! I perhaps did it the wrong way: I rejectedthe idea of “lessons” and “study” and learning to readmusic…that was until, almost ten years after (yes, like theband) I started, I realized that just might be a good idea ifnot a great idea. But here’s the thing: my bad habits mighthave been …