Learning to play guitar can be expensive. There’s the cost of the guitar, of course, and an amplifier if you’re going to play electric guitar (and eventually you’ll have to have all those cool effects you can’t live without), and then there’s the cost of learning to play guitar, whether you purchase lessons or hire …
It’s fun to play songs on the guitar when you’re first starting to learn. The good news is, there are plenty of guitar songs for beginners, so you can usually play something with just a few lessons (and simple guitar chords) under your belt. The earliest songs you might encounter are songs almost everybody is …
Chords are an essential component of playing the guitar. When you first start out, it’s best to make a habit of learning one or two new chords a week, and with each chord you learn, practice playing it with the previous chords you’ve learned. Not only does this help you commit the chords to memory, …
Not a lot of things are truly free. Some web sites advertise free and give you what they promised, but with a lot of web sites (or other venues as well), there’s usually a catch. A lot of guitar web sites these days offer free guitar lessons and actually deliver. Some of them are trying …
Imagine turning on your computer and doing a quick search for online guitar lessons and finding a world of guitar instruction at your fingertips, all for free. You can do exactly that. The Internet is a vast resource of guitar lessons that range from very beginning instruction to advanced lessons on music theory as it …
Seasoned guitar players rarely practice proper posture when they’re playing, but in the beginning, when you’re first starting out, it’s a good idea to get into the habit of holding your guitar properly, sitting while you play, and finding a quit place where you can focus on your scheduled practice time. While you may toss …
There’s no single way to learn how to play the guitar. To some people it comes naturally and they may not need much instruction at all. Other people may have to practice until their fingers bleed. Some people need a structured environment such as a classroom setting and others may need one on one instruction …
The guitar is an amazing instrument capable of a range of sounds and musical textures on its own. Paired with someone who knows how to play, and who has a few guitar tricks under his belt, the guitar becomes a formidable musical force. Here are some of the coolest guitar tricks around. Add a few …
The guitar is a stringed instrument, electric or acoustic, used in a wide variety of musical genres. While some guitars have varying numbers of strings, the most common is six. The strings are tuned (from high to low) as E-B-G-D-A-E. Guitar is a popular choice for beginners who want to learn how to play music. …
If you ever have a wild dream of being a heavy rock and roller or a sassy blues and jazz player, then the pentatonic scale is a must know for you. While at first, it may seem challenging to actually learn a new scale (as well as making guitar seem more tedious), your music will …