Hey, how’s it going this is Claude Johnson with Guitar Control, I’m going to show you how to play “Woman Across the River” by Freddie King. It’s basically a blues but there’s some twists that are not going to be your normal twelve bar blues. So it starts off the Intros G7 to F7 to …
During my first year of learning to play guitar, I practiced regularly – mainly chords and songs – and was generally satisfied with my progress. But after learning the three main chord groups (major, minor, and dominant – basically enough to play every Beatle song in their catalog), plus the major and minor scales, I …
There are two main elements of learning to play the guitar: Psychological and physical. Unquestionably, the most important psychological part of learning to play the guitar is personal motivation. It doesn’t matter where you are, what kind of guitar you have, or what type of music you want to play. The question is: How bad …
Sup fellow guitar freaks, Darrin Goodman here with another little bit of guitar goodies for ya’. Today I want to give you a little electric guitar lesson on a really important technique, alternate picking. Alternate picking is basically where you don’t do two down strokes or two upstrokes in a row. This is very important …
Looking for easy guitar tabs acoustic? Darrin Goodman here with another little lesson for you today. There is nothing like a cool acoustic guitar riff and today I thought I would share a couple of easy ones with you. The acoustic guitar is often associated with country music, so I thought a couple of country …
Good day guitar gurus, Darrin Goodman here with a couple Fun And Easy Guitar Riff Tabs For Beginners for you today. As a guitar teacher I understand the frustration that new guitarists have when first starting out; knowing what you want to play, but not being able to play it yet. You must crawl before …
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 …