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10th September 2009
Did you know nearly 90% of the world’s population is born right-handed? Yes, these are simply people who use their right hand to write with and almost everything else. Quite rarely do they use their left hand.
Left-handed musicians are the minority... Read >
Author: Liam Gibson07th September 2009
There may have come a time in your guitar career that you've encountered someone who used a drop guitar tuning. You may have thought to yourself, "I thought that retuning your guitar from anything but standard was just not worth it." Actually, the reason ... Read >
Author: honestkyle31st August 2009
If you want to learn to play guitar chords you can buy a chord dictionary. These books contain every chord known to man, most of them you will never use. There are two common kinds or chord - the major chord and the minor chord.
All western music is ba... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples30th August 2009
As a new guitar player one of the first things will want to learn is how to play your guitar chords. There are many different kinds of guitar chords. When starting out, however, you will want to learn what are called your basic guitar chords.
Basic b... Read >
Author: Jeremiah La Follette30th August 2009
There are some very fun and exciting things that are unique to the guitar. One of these unique items is called finger tapping. Although the theory behind finger tapping is nothing new, there is just something about guitar player finger tapping that sounds... Read >
Author: Jeremiah La Follette25th August 2009
Have you ever come across a guitarist or a piece of guitar music that insisted on a guitar alternate tuning like "drop d" or "drop c"? Don't the people understand that retuning your guitar is kind of a hassle?
Actually, alternate guitar tunings are ver... Read >
Author: honestkyle07th August 2009
"It's time,...I need a fix" I say to myself. I need that feeling again.
It's time to do my big, whole home de-cluttering. My husband and son are going camping for 4 days and I've got a date with my house. I've been through the house before, so I know t... Read >
Author: Zing27th July 2009
Remembering the early days of their learning to play violin, professional violinists easily recall all the wrong reasons they started learning to make music from the fickle four-stringed box and how that transformed into a genuine love of the instrument.
... Read >
Author: Hailey Alton19th June 2009
Sweep Arpeggios are one of the metal guitarist’s secret weapons in their shredding arsenal. When executed well, these fast melodic runs help add flare to solos and guitar fills.
To explain what a sweep arpeggio is, and how to play one, we must fir... Read >
Author: urjshop18th June 2009
Here’s an interesting theory that you may want to consider when browsing through the race cards looking for that ever-elusive winner. When a trainer has two horses running in the same race, it’s quite possible that stable’s second string might just ... Read >
Author: josephsmum18th June 2009
Here’s an interesting theory that you may want to consider when browsing through the race cards looking for that ever-elusive winner. When a trainer has two horses running in the same race, it’s quite possible that stable’s second string might just ... Read >
Author: josephsmum11th June 2009
Learning where to put your fingers to form guitar chords is not a problem. There are plenty of chord charts and tabs available online and in books. Learning how to play the chords usually presents the learner guitar player with a challenge or two.
A ne... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples29th May 2009
Disappointed over Pakistan's one-day series loss to Australia, skipper Younis Khan is considering relinquishing captaincy for the next month's T20 World Cup 09 in England.
According to a source, Younis is unhappy with the bitter criticism aimed at him ... Read >
Author: sahil32515th May 2009
The guitar is the universal musical instrument. No other instrument fits into so many different styles of music. If you learn to play guitar chords you make practically any kind of music accessible to your creative impulses.
There are many exotic chord... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples09th April 2009
Arpeggios are often a challenge for guitar players who are just starting out with finger picking lessons. An arpeggio is sequence of notes from the chromatic scale played on the guitar as a finger picking pattern. Another way to think of arpeggios is as c... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples04th April 2009
If you want an all round picking technique for guitar, choose Travis picking. The Travis referred to in the name is Merle Travis, the country guitar legend who not only invented a guitar picking style but also had a few hits with his songwriting. Travis p... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples01st March 2009
Parasol
Parasol, the leading employment services provider and one of the UK’s fastest growing businesses, has announced a massive 293 per cent rise in operating profit for 2008.
The company has also increased turnover from £249m to £319m represe... Read >
Author: Robert Basler20th February 2009
A lot of guitar newbies are keen to practice scales because they think that's the thing to do but they have no real understanding of the purpose of learning how to play guitar scales. I can think of a number of different reasons to learn how to play scale... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples02nd December 2008
All beginner guitarists who want to play rock songs are itching to get started playing chords right away. So let us get some insight into the process of learning beginner guitar chords for rock songs. Naturally you can apply the basic ideas you find in th... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples01st December 2008
Some believe that the supply of certain types of interim managers outstrips demand in some disciplines.
Each week the credit crunch and poor economic trading conditions continue, it is likely that interim management providers will get applications from m... Read >
Author: Paul Wilson13th November 2008
Are Flamenco guitar lessons worth taking for somebody not raised in Andalucia? Many years ago you had to be a black American to have any credibility as a blues singer or guitar player. And if you were not Spanish you never got anywhere as a Flamenco artis... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples07th October 2008
Using finger picking techniques to play guitar makes your music more interesting and varied. Flat picking does not give the guitar player the chance to pick several notes at the same time, to play in octaves or explore the possibilities of the finger styl... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples26th September 2008
The acoustic guitar is a popular instrument amongst all age groups and is a very rewarding instrument to learn to play even though you do not get to fool around with cool electric guitar sounds. So let us take a look at the techniques you will learn as an... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples01st September 2008
Every year, many try, and many fail. Once again this year, Bobby E is going to unveil for you some of the subtle secrets of picking a bad fantasy football team. Aiming for the Toilet Bowl? These 14 simple rules should help:
Pick kickers early!
We'll... Read >
Author: Bill Parsons25th August 2008
San Francisco 49ers tickets have just spiked in popularity now that the NFL Draft is over. As you probably know, the Niners were able to land a few very talented players in the draft. Now comes the time to speculate. Will the 49ers improve some of the def... Read >
Author: StubHub26th March 2008
I was involved in the now disbanded Unity08 movement, and I have to tell you that I am very disappointed about it. Things seemed to have been progressing well with the site. Forum discussion was lively. Although I admit that I was disappointed in the lack... Read >
Author: ZacharyR19th February 2008
A chord is a collection of notes that create one harmoniuos sound together. This is played by strings, embedded with a guitar. This instrument can be adjustable according to different user requirements and playing styles. It can be compose with notes with... Read >
Author: Peter Gitundu29th June 2007
When most people decide to learn the guitar, they see the only natural option as approaching a professional tutor. Of course, if you are looking to pick up the guitar quickly, one on one lessons with a qualified guitar tutor are probably the fastest way t... Read >
Author: Olga Macy26th June 2007
I have always wondered how typical Indian OEM-supplier relationships work. On a micro-level that is.
I wonder how the Managing Director of a multi-million dollar supplier group greets the General Manager – Sourcing of a leading OEM. The MD of the supp... Read >
Author: Vinay18th April 2007
Selling more than 75 million records world-wide in his all-too-short career, the legend that is Tupac Shakur continues to live on today. 2Pac became the unlikely martyr of gangsta rap when he died on September 13, 2006, six days after being shot during a... Read >
Author: Cameron Morrison15th February 2007
Blasting out lightning fast scales on the classical guitar is a very impressive feat. It sounds so good and really raises the emotional level of your playing. You really can increase your playing speed if you understand a few basic principles.
The firs... Read >
Author: Will Kalif26th July 2006
Ultimate Guitar Tab
I have been studying ultimate guitar tab for over 15 years. Ultimate guitar tab changed my life and allowed me to play music without the knowledge of how to read music. I actually did know how to read music, but ultimate guitar tab ... Read >
Author: Eric Stein16th April 2006
Nobody likes to talk about the basics when starting to learn guitar. But they are important, and for a good reason. It is much easier to play the guitar if your technique is correct and efficient. The following guidelines will make it so much easier to le... Read >
Author: Griff Hamlin05th March 2006
Tuning your guitar might make you feel just a little
uncomfortable the first time if you have never done
it before. It is really simple once you get the hang
of it and should become part of your regular guitar
preparation before you play or start your... Read >
Author: Jason Pearson
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