Technology has made it possible for guitar players to learn in ways we’ve never had before. Not only are there websites offering TAB transcriptions of some of your favorite songs, but video sites like YouTube offer great instructional videos that teach beginning guitar players every aspect of guitar playing. Technology for guitar players extends …
Guitar chords are the foundation of guitar playing Whether you aspire to be a lead guitarist or a rhythm guitarist, you’ll want to have a large vocabulary of chords at your disposal so you’re ready to play in any given situation. In this guitar lesson for beginner guitar players I want to give you the …
As a guitar instructor, one issue I see with a lot of students is the frustration they feel when it comes to left and right hand coordination. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen a student who could make chords but not strum with any sort of rhythm. Part of this is because …
Playing guitar requires attention to both your left hand (which chooses notes) and your right hand (which establishes rhythm). Of course, the roles are reversed if you’re a left-handed player. It’s important for beginning students to focus on both hands equally because they will always work in conjunction. So what about Guitar Finger Tips? This …
Free is a word we all like to hear, especially when we’ve just spent the last of our money on a brand new guitar and need something to play. Fortunately for the aspiring (and broke) beginning guitar god, the Internet is full of websites run by helpful peers who’ve poured their blood, sweat, and tears …
TAB is a type of musical notation specifically for stringed instruments and closely associated with guitar. In TAB the strings of the guitar are represented by six horizontal lines with the lowest string being the bottom line. Numbers written on the lines indicate which frets are to be played. In TAB, some of the standard …
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There’s nothing like playing actual songs to keep you interested when you first start playing guitar. It’s hard for beginners to understand that a lot of effort goes into learning to play guitar well. So many beginning players pick up a guitar expecting to play something right away, and while this isn’t how it works, …
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 …