For a beginning guitar player, there are a lot of challenges. There’s learning the individual notes on the fretboard, learning proper posture, and dealing with coordinating both hands at once. And then, on another level, there are chords. For beginners, guitar chords are one of the hardest things to do, because doing them right involves …
Guitar is a very popular instrument and everywhere you go, you’ll probably run into someone who knows how to play at least a bit. In today’s world, learning how to play guitar is made even easier by all the online guitar lessons that are available and at your fingertips at any time. While there’s nothing …
Hey kids- it’s CMC here, writing to you from under the Hollywood sign. Grace and peace, y’all. I want to talk to you briefly again, today about PLAYING GUITAR. How awesome is that? I mean, how can anyone even begin to write about something so awesome, so creative, artistic…so musical, so freakin’ crazy good? But …
How Much Daily Practice Time is Required for Learning How to Play Guitar? When learning how to play guitar, it’s VITAL that you spend time practicing every day. You will only get better through daily practice of your notes, chords, scales, picking, and strumming. But how much time is necessary for practice? Should you approach …
Want to take your guitar-playing to the next level? Here are some simple tips for next level guitar playing: Treat your hands and body with care — Don’t play until your fingers are raw and bleeding. Practice hard, but stop when you start to feel pain. Take care of your shoulders, back, and arms by …
If you want to impress people with your acoustic guitar skills, there’s nothing better than Spanish guitar! The sweet picking melodies and complex note sequences will have your friends and family astonished at your progress. Sadly, most of the Spanish guitar lessons you’ll find online teach some pretty tough songs. For those looking to start …
Learning the bass rhythms for your favorite songs may be harder than you think! So what about The Best Bass Guitar Songs for Newbies? How many times have you listened to a song and thought, “Oh, that should be easy to play”, but when you look up the tabs/chord sheets, it turns out to be …
Like alternate tunings, slide, whammy bars, and tremolo effect pedals, there is a time and a place for every guitar technique known to man. Shredding guitar is no different. Steve Vai recently conducted a Reddit Ask Me Anything forum, and one of the questions pertained to shredding. And Vai gave a very simple but powerful …
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 …