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30th September 2009
The Spanish Guitar
The Spanish guitar, also called the classical guitar, is an acoustic guitar with six nylon or gut strings that resembles the Flamenco guitar, and is the most widely used kind of guitar. The nylon-based strings are commonly used, maki... Read >
Author: wbdoyle29th September 2009
Most instruments players have no choice. Whatever is their strong hand, they always have to learn to play in the same way: The left handed will have to get accustomed to play in a way that was designed for right handed players. However, it the case of gu... Read >
Author: Debbie Barak28th September 2009
As beginner Guitar Players, we all need the best guitar books. So many individuals strongly desire to learn and play the guitar. But how should you do it? How long should it take you to grasp everything or at least the basics? You may soon learn to strum ... Read >
Author: Gregg Turner28th September 2009
If you are looking for a Fender Stratocaster, eBay is probably worth a browse. Many famous guitar players favored the Strat, so why not try to get this distinguished instrument for a bargain basement price?
The name Fender Stratocaster is a little bit ... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples28th September 2009
Who doesn’t need more friends?
Making friends just got easier. The guitar is an incredible way to enjoy being with your friends because you’ve got something cool that everyone can do. This page will help you see why guitars are the magnet to attract... Read >
Author: sariya.sagaciti28th September 2009
The need for guitar players
Almost every band that is formed has at least one or more guitarists in it. Guitars have increased in popularity and need over the past few decades. Punk bands are now the largest type of bands around and they have guitars gal... Read >
Author: pulkit12323rd September 2009
Playing scales is a part of all music education and learning how to play scales on guitar can turn you from an amateur guitar player to a guitarist who can improvise on any tune. The trouble with scales is that learning to play them takes daily practice. ... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples21st September 2009
Are you dream to be guitar superstars? If yes, you can learning to play guitar from Guitar SuperstarsI can ease cite a second not so prolonged ago when I was candidly starting to be confident that the automobile guitar was at the end of its life. Do you s... Read >
Author: Young Kim17th September 2009
The acoustic guitar is the most well-liked instrument for beginner musicians. It is simple to cart around, you can practice on it any time, and it has a very agreeable sound. The acoustic guitar also is something of an unknown quantity for anyone just st... Read >
Author: wbdoyle17th September 2009
References to the guitar more or less in its modern form date back to the 14th century. In its infancy it had four courses of double strings and a rounded body like a gourd or a pumpkin. Its mother would not recognize it today!
Around the sixteenth cen... Read >
Author: wbdoyle16th September 2009
Who doesn’t need more friends?
Making friends just got easier. The guitar is an incredible way to enjoy being with your friends because you’ve got something cool that everyone can do. This page will help you see why guitars are the magnet to attract... Read >
Author: wbdoyle16th September 2009
You can learn to play guitar online - and it's never been easier.
Whether you wish to become a jazzy crooner, a country strummer or a jamming rock star, the guitar is one of the easiest instruments to learn. There are a variety of lessons, tools and he... Read >
Author: wbdoyle16th September 2009
Most guitar players desire to become a better guitar player. Guitarist ask me quite often why they are not at the level that they desire and what can they do. In the past I have asked myself the very same question. Soon I began
to understand the answers.... Read >
Author: wbdoyle16th September 2009
Soloing over guitar chords is easy when you know how to use the minor pentatonic scale. Add spice and power to your solo's with these simple but highly effective techniques.
The humble minor pentatonic scale is what most guitar players start with when ... Read >
16th September 2009
"Gone are the times when someone who wanted to learn the guitar had to adjust their schedule and travel to a class. Today the internet has taken over as the most reliable source of learning guitar from the comforts of one’s home. The lessons start with ... Read >
15th September 2009
You need to know how to choose acoustic guitar if you want to sound the best, and everyone to be completely blown away by your music (that is if you really know how to play). But that is another thing, in this article I will tell you the most important cr... Read >
Author: darkblue10th September 2009
Soloing over guitar chords is simple once you know how to use the minor pentatonic scale. Add spice and power to your solo's with these trouble-free but highly helpful techniques.
The humble minor pentatonic scale is what the majority guitar players ... Read >
Author: rp08th September 2009
If you enjoy playing acoustic guitar music you will most likely have heard of Davy Graham. Some people believe he is the founder of the world music genre, Some guitar players believe he invented the DADGAD tuning.
Davy Graham was born in England in 194... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples08th September 2009
Have you always wanted to learn to play guitar? Many people "try" to become guitar players, mainly because guitar is such an enchanting musical instrument! For Easy ways, you can visit Guitar SuperstarsYou have come back home from the tune shop to practic... Read >
Author: Shawn Hurst07th September 2009
This article aims to help you find professional guitar lessons for beginners and how to get started learning to play your new guitar.
So you bought your first guitar and now need to learn how to play all those cool songs you hear your favourite guitar ... Read >
Author: David L Barnes07th September 2009
The bass guitar stands out and has a unique appeal of its own. It’s also referred to as music’s “soul instrument” since it is thought of as giving a song life. Without it, it’s like the groundwork of a song is missing. It gives most every song t... Read >
Author: Liam Gibson07th September 2009
Like the former version of Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero III now has plenty of rock music designed to insure the delight of music lovers. The nature of the game remains much the same as before, although there are much graphics now present and the songs are at ... Read >
Author: Alicia McWilliams05th September 2009
Playing the slide guitar isn't as intimating as it may sound at first. With a little bit of knowledge and a few slide guitar lessons you'll be playing well in no time. Making music with slides has been popular for over a hundred years and is a favorite to... Read >
Author: Chris Ray04th September 2009
Lead guitar lessons are an enormously crucial part of any rock guitarists education, however lots of rock guitar players utterly ignore looking for training in this theme. Several guitarists might be apprehensive about losing their individual manner, and ... Read >
Author: Linker Freeman31st August 2009
Jazz as we know it now grew from a form of music that was passed directly from musician to musician without too much theory being involved. Jazz guitar theory is a collection of ideas and traditions that has grown over the decades of jazz playing.
The... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples30th August 2009
When I started out to learn to play the guitar I had to
primarily teach myself how to play and figure out where to get guitar lessons
However I was lucky in the fact that my dad could play and he
taught me some of the basic chords to get me start... Read >
Author: David L Barnes30th August 2009
While you are learning to master and learn guitar playing techniques with your left hand, you will want to ensure that you are also not forgetting about your right hand technique.
Many new guitar players when learning to play the guitar are unsure of h... Read >
Author: Jeremiah La Follette30th 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
As you’re practicing guitar, you will reach the point when you will know more than three chords. It is at this point in learning how to play your guitar that it is imperative to begin practicing your chord changes.
When learning how to play your guit... Read >
Author: Jeremiah La Follette30th August 2009
If you don’t own them already, at some point, you will encounter what are called guitar effects. Guitar effects are used to enhance the tone and sound of your instrument. Guitar effects can dramatically change your guitar sound, or simply make your gu... Read >
Author: Jeremiah La Follette30th August 2009
One of the fun and often times mysterious things that guitar players can do on their instrument is to play what are called harmonics. There are in fact 4 general kinds of guitar harmonics that can be played. When used properly within a song, harmonics wil... Read >
Author: Jeremiah La Follette28th August 2009
This article aims to show you how to get started
to learn guitar like the pro players you listen to.
Even if you are a beginner you can learn to play, you just need
to know how to get started.
I'm sure you have spent many hours or days wishing yo... Read >
Author: David L Barnes24th August 2009
Learn how to play guitar like Guitar Superstars, for more details you can visit Guitar Lessons The guitar has always had a novel appeal to music lovers. Listening to and watching accomplished guitar players perform amazing attainments of dexterity as the... Read >
Author: Bernie Burch19th August 2009
Easy ways to learn guitar online has never been easier.
Whether you want to become a jazzy crooner, a country strummer or a jamming rock star, the guitar is one of the easiest instruments to learn. There are a variety of lessons, tools and help out the... Read >
Author: BrianPat18th August 2009
The first step towards learning to play the twelve string guitar is the same as for learning the six string - play some chords and scales to toughen up your fingertips and get the muscles of your hands into guitar playing mode. A technical difficulty with... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples18th August 2009
Learning how to play blues on the guitar is often made too complex by guitarists trying to explain their approach to the blues to newbie guitar players. To learn how to play blues guitar is actually quite simple. Some bands have devised complicated arrang... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples10th August 2009
There are a variety of lessons, tools and help out there in cyberspace. And, you can learn enough to strum along with your first song after only one lesson!
To learn how to play guitar online, you need several tools in addition to your guitar. Some gui... Read >
Author: dankurdi10th August 2009
Even if you’re a casual guitarist, the sort who plays just for the fun of it, you’ve probably heard a little bit about ear training. “Ear training” means, simply put, training your ears to recognize the details of music like the intervals between... Read >
Author: Paul Gian03rd August 2009
Described as one of the most influential, versatile, and powerful songwriters of all time, the biography Jimmy Page has written for himself is one of pure rock genius. Starting as a session player in London, the legendary Hall of Fame guitar players has b... Read >
Author: classicrockmusic101st August 2009
I've got at least six guitar heroes, every guitar player has at least one.
The difficulty with having a guitar hero is that we often place them on a pedastal - an unachievable god like status that stops us from actually learning from them.
When someone... Read >
Author: Mark Hodgetts30th July 2009
Various Ways to be taught How to Play an Acoustic Guitar
Sick of the traditional way of learning how to play an acoustic guitar with no even prfecting a one tune? Are blisters forming on the tips of your fingers and yet nothing�s making logic? Perhap... Read >
Author: Guitar Dog24th July 2009
Guitar memorabilia is no less than a treasure for those, who have great passion towards this wonderful musical instrument. As an admirer of one of the popular guitar players or bands, you can collect signed guitar memorabilia to add a new dimension to you... Read >
Author: michael russell 23rd July 2009
It is very important to tune your guitar. You need to tune your guitar on a regular basis if you want it to sound good and make practice enjoyable. At first tuning a guitar will be difficult but this will change over time. It is advisable that if you know... Read >
Author: Paul Gian19th July 2009
One of the most breathtakingly impressive styles of guitar is the rock of the late sixties and early seventies. The era of the riff-heavy songs where the lyrics seemed to be just an excuse to make up another riff. So, as a result, lots of guys who hear mu... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples19th July 2009
Many beginner guitar players, anxious to get through the hard stuff and start playing ask if they really need chords to learn guitar. There's also the question of how many chords are really necessary. Some people have actually bought their first guitar, d... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples12th July 2009
Even if you have no idea how to read music, you can still learn to read acoustic guitar notes. At the same time, you can try to learn reading acoustic guitar tabs, which will help improve your ability to learn and play your favorite songs. With so many re... Read >
Author: Tristen Andersen11th July 2009
When you start to get into rock guitar theory, there are two main schools of thought. There's the one that says you can never learn too much music theory, that even a rock guitar player will benefit from investing some time in learning theory. The other s... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples05th July 2009
It seems that rock guitar players have always been a crowd pleaser, even going back to the days of Les Paul. He may not qualify as a rock guitarist in the sense that we understand it today, but Les Paul certainly made people sit up and take notice wheneve... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples30th June 2009
Make A Star gives talented guitar players the chance to let their music emerge onto the worldwide Internet stage through the Guitar Star contest, and awards a $150 cash prize to the winning guitarist.
The guitar is a lovely instrument with a history th... Read >
Author: Ben Yater30th June 2009
This free guitar lesson lets a little light on the subject of scales. Guitar players are always looking for ways to make their solo playing sound more interesting. Our audiences only keep coming back to our gigs if they feel that we have more to give them... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples28th June 2009
Do you want to study guitar at home on your own time schedule? Guitar music is very complicated on paper and most people are not interested in learning to play guitar sheet music. Most people want to learn a few of their favorite songs. This is a good way... Read >
Author: jackandrew26th June 2009
If you have been wondering what rhythm guitar is and how it fits into a band, then this article should help you. Let's start with the fact that playing rhythm guitar is not a hard and fast style of playing. After all, a band is a group of musicians who ma... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples26th June 2009
As guitar players we are always looking for arrangements of notes that we can use to impress our audience. There are several names given to these sequences of notes, such as lick, phrase, riff or hook. Each of these terms identifies a group of notes with ... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples26th June 2009
If you have been playing the guitar for a long time but have never tried any advanced lead guitar techniques maybe you still have a yearning to increase your guitar know-how. Learning more advanced lead guitar can widen your horizons as a musician. The fi... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples22nd June 2009
For those of us who are lucky enough to call ourselves guitar players, here is a quick list of a few things you can do to make a living with your music. To make a living playing guitar, you must become self-motivated, and make sure your material is “up... Read >
Author: urjshop18th June 2009
There's not a great deal of theory connected with blues guitar but there certainly is a lot of discussion and a great deal of misunderstanding. Let's start with taking a look at blues in the key of E. Some guitarists assume that the basic scale for playin... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples17th June 2009
If you are contemplating learning to play blues guitar music, you will need to learn a little music theory but you will also need to learn when to leave it at the door. If you have the kind of brain that thinks there is an "always play this note at the st... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples16th June 2009
Being able to read guitar sheet music can prove an invaluable asset in today’s world. We all know that becoming a pro guitarist means entering a very competitive field. You need every advantage you can muster, and then some. Before we go any further ... Read >
Author: Ben D.15th June 2009
So many people are looking for the fastest way to learn to play guitar. Guitar seems to be one of those instruments that is easy to click within a couple of weeks or so. After this period of time quite a lot of people can already play some noticeably reco... Read >
Author: Jonas Marshall11th June 2009
Sometimes beginners on the guitar become frustrated at what they perceive to be a lack of progress and wonder if the problem lies with them personally or their choice of guitar. Sometimes a cheap guitar can be behind lack of progress in guitar technique.
... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples11th June 2009
Can't decide between bass or guitar? Or are you just an ok guitar player and want to try making the switch to playing bass guitar instead? Here's a few reasons why switching to the bass guitar is a great idea for you.
Versatile Instrument
You may no... Read >
Author: Robert Smithe03rd June 2009
Have you ever wanted to pick up the guitar and start strumming your favorite songs but procrastinated? What about admiring musicians who are performing on stage? Perhaps you would have even asked yourself: "How can I be like them?" Well, the first thing ... Read >
Author: Paul Gian01st June 2009
Being able to read guitar sheet music can be an invaluable asset in today's world. As we know, becoming a pro guitarist means entering a very competitive field. You will need every advantage you can muster, and then some. So before we go any further le... Read >
Author: Ben D.29th May 2009
Guitar lessons for beginners have always been so common, especially since the instrument has had much popularity for the last several decades. Aspiring guitar players nowadays have several ways to learn strumming, plucking, fretting and all the other tech... Read >
Author: weivni3329th May 2009
Guitar lessons for beginners have always been so common, especially since the instrument has had much popularity for the last several decades. Aspiring guitar players nowadays have several ways to learn strumming, plucking, fretting and all the other tech... Read >
Author: weivni3318th May 2009
To learn how to play guitar is both fun and an interesting way to become productive. However, like all other musical instruments, guitar needs dedication and regular practice. Although there are many music schools that teach playing guitars, self-learning... Read >
Author: A.Williams18th May 2009
Many people think about being able to play the guitar but need reassurance concerning what to expect when they try to learn guitar at a late age in life. By late I mean forties or fifties but really the term can apply to any age past the teen years. A bon... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples13th May 2009
You want to get off to a good start as a blues guitar player, you will need five notes. Well, five notes in any key. The five notes you will need is a scale called the minor pentatonic. If you are playing in the key of E the notes you are going to be usin... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples13th May 2009
Some experienced guitar players will tell you that the steel strings of an electric guitar are too hard on the fingers to allow a newbie guitarist to start playing right away. Well, that's true but the electric guitar needs very little left hand pressure ... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples13th May 2009
Many people think that if you are going to start learning to play guitar you just go to your local music teacher. You just show up every week, pay your money, learn your material, go home and practice and you will be playing the guitar in next to no time.... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples13th May 2009
One of the big events in fingerstyle guitar playing many years ago was the publication of a music book called "Beatles For Classical Guitar". This was the world's first attempt to mix the simplicity of the Beatles' tunes with the complexity of classical g... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples07th May 2009
My wife and I had a few friends over the other night. My friend Jerry saw one of my guitars sitting in the corner and asked if he could play it. We players are very respectful of other people’s property and would never dream of just picking up the guit... Read >
Author: Robert J. Weese28th April 2009
A dirty, uncared for guitar fretboard is a sight to be avoided, but many guitar players clean their guitar fretboard too much. The dirt that builds up is old grease and dead skin cells which is not a good look if you pass your guitar to someone else to pl... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples27th April 2009
When you first think about learning to play blues guitar solos you will be faced with wanting to play the blues like the guitar players of the past, but at the same time you don't want to just play their material note for note. The sooner you get rid of t... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples27th April 2009
Some fussy guitar players get a bee in their bonnet about the contentious question or when, how and whether to use guitar straps. There is the burning question of whether they can help you to damage your guitar in some way. There is also the issue of the ... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples22nd April 2009
Learning the acoustic guitar is not difficult but what can be a little tedious is wading through the swamp of advice from friends, family and the internet. Come to think of it, a lot of advice is better than no advice so maybe it's just a question of orga... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples22nd April 2009
Many guitarists are adamant that the only way to learn guitar is by learning to read sheet music. Some even go so far as to say that if all guitar tab was removed from the world the level of guitar playing would be much higher. The main objection to that ... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples16th April 2009
In learning to play the guitar, it is a must for the student to familiarize with the guitar components or parts. Since guitar is already an old instrument, identifying and getting to know it is easy because a lot of information are available already onlin... Read >
Author: Bob Hamilton15th April 2009
A guitar tuner is an amazing help to guitar players of all stages of expertise. Every guitar player should learn how to use a guitar tuner early in his career. They are small and compact and will come to your aid when your ear is too tired and emotional t... 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 Sharples08th April 2009
Over the past few years quite a few guitar players have learnt the "slap technique". When you are playing the acoustic guitar the question sometimes cones up of what to do to make your guitar playing a little more interesting. This is where stuff like str... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples02nd April 2009
Guitar tabs are the quickest way for you to get started playing music on your guitar. Tabs are a simple written form of music that many guitar players of a wide range of genres use. So your first step in learning to play guitar music is to learn to read t... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples02nd April 2009
There are many challenges with learning how to play the guitar, even holding it seems odd at first but provided you have got over that minor problem where do you begin?
Deciding exactly what kind of music you want to play is the first thing you must de... Read >
Author: Ben Frank02nd April 2009
The Jamorama guitar course is a great place to start for beginners. It
is excellent value - you get a lot of material for less than $40. The
Jamorama course consists of 2 ebooks, 148 video lessons, lots of jam tracks, video and audio guides to help you ... Read >
Author: adviceonline31st March 2009
What every guitar player knows is that it is extremely important to string your guitar correctly. Why is this so you may ask yourself. The answer is quite simple - It will help in tuning up your guitar, make the guitar sound better and you will have a na... Read >
Author: Paul27th March 2009
If your guitar neck is worn out maybe you're looking for someone who can replace or repair it. Or maybe you want to repair your guitar neck yourself. Your guitar's neck needs some understanding, so let's take a look at some common issues associated with t... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples25th March 2009
There are some great, well-known songs out there that are easy to play because they consist of only a few basic chords. Even though these songs are easy, they are incredibly entertaining, and no-one will know how easy they actually are.
Some examples o... Read >
Author: adviceonline22nd March 2009
Beginners should try to choose simple and easy songs to learn. Such songs will help the beginner to grasp the fundamentals of playing the guitar, and help to build confidence.
So how do you spot an easy to learn guitar song? The simplest songs will con... Read >
Author: adviceonline13th March 2009
One of the most popular rock group “The band U2” started their career during their school days at Dublin. This was at the year 1977. The band started with 4 stars namely Bono who does vocals and guitar, Adam who performs bass guitar, Edge who is a key... Read >
Author: david hobson10th March 2009
I have mentioned before, just how important the smaller techniques in guitar playing are. In fact, I put more emphasis on these techniques
than techniques like sweep picking, tapping, or legato.
Accents are what really make a guitarist's playing shin... Read >
Author: Jon Sibbs10th March 2009
There is absolute truth in the fact that the more you practice, the better you will get at guitar, but there is a limit. A key problem with guitarists of all skill levels and ages, is that if they are genuinely enjoying playing guitar, they sometimes tend... Read >
Author: Jon Sibbs09th March 2009
Wouldn’t you rather practice a passage for 15 minutes and master it once and for all, than play it over and over for an hour and still make the same mistakes?
Well, then it’s time to apply the same strategy the ancients used to solve problems and w... Read >
Author: CJ Lucerne06th March 2009
You owe it to yourself to sing out stress. Don’t let anyone ever tell you not to sing. Singing is something that belongs to everyone, not just the super talented. Even a person who sings only in the shower deserves the chance to sing, and to let it dis... Read >
Author: Sharon Turner25th February 2009
To determine whether a senior is socially isolated or enjoys an active social life, we must first see where the senior resides, the organizations the senior belongs to and the activities she participates in.
Retirement Communities - Seniors residing in... Read >
Author: Tyler Moon23rd February 2009
If you have been thinking all your life about learning how to play the electric guitar and you've decided to put your dream into action you need to start looking for an electric guitar. Many seasoned guitar players recommend that you never buy new guitars... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples16th February 2009
Learn how to hold a guitar pick is the basic lesson for most of the guitarists. There are various styles and designs of guitar pick. However, most of them are shaped in a rounded triangle. You should try to hold the picks and choose the style you like the... Read >
Author: Rowley Wright03rd February 2009
If you want to do some serious guitar picking you need a fairly heavy pick. I recently read a post on a forum where a guy said he uses a dime for speed picking. This might be a trifle extreme but it illustrates how far you can go in the pursuit of individ... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples02nd February 2009
Buying cheap electric guitars is a great way for beginning guitar players to save money, but you'll need some other important accessories before you become the next guitar god.
Let's be optimistic and assume you found a gem of a cheap electric guitar f... Read >
Author: Mike Danick02nd February 2009
If you're like most people, at one point or another you have wanted to learn how to play guitar. I think most of us have seen the great guitar players like Eric Clapton, B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughn among others, and wanted to jam like they do. There i... Read >
Author: williamlaw01st February 2009
When you are watching a guitarist accompany a singer sometimes you marvel at how fast his or her fingers move to accommodate chord changes. Sometimes a guitar player's hand even moves at lightning speed from one end of the fretboard to another while at th... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples30th January 2009
Every town throughout the world has one or two fully dedicated aspiring guitarists and bassists. These disciplined folks spend countless hours improving their craft. Their local musician community is made up of a small group of less-dedicated folks and pe... Read >
Author: Claude Johnson30th January 2009
If you want to learn to play Flamenco guitar you will find that the basic left hand techniques are the same as the ones you would use in other guitar styles. The right hand techniques for Flamenco playing are more challenging, especially if you have not d... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples28th January 2009
In the beginning the electric guitar was just an instrument used to give the guitar player in a band the chance to be heard. Then along came fifties guitar player, Link Wray who pioneered the use of overdriven sound and distortion. He also introduced rock... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples26th January 2009
The influence of Jimi Hendrix as a guitar player is undeniable. He lived in an age populated by guitar legends and became a legend among them. Did Jimi Hendrix's guitar have any special part in the making of the legend or would Jimi have made his mark wit... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples22nd January 2009
Metal guitar is a very popular genre with people who feel that negativity and hopelessness are not getting a fair go in modern music. If you are reading an article called "Metal Guitar Lesson" you probably have an idea about what Metal is but if you don't... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples21st January 2009
Learning to sight read music is like learning a second language. It can be diffcult to self teach yourself how to do so. Private lessons in an instrument of choice are almost always necessary to achieve a decent level of reading. Although, it's easiest ... Read >
Author: D Fraser20th January 2009
Free online guitar lessons are a popular item at the moment. Maybe it's a symptom of the post-Christmas period. There's a whole other school of commencing guitar players out there who just received free guitars, and today they desire free online guitar le... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples17th January 2009
Electric guitars strike the perfect balance between skill and technology. An electric guitar uses pickup attachments to convert vibrations of the steel cored strings into electrical current, which is made louder with the help of an amplifier and a speaker... Read >
Author: quinlanmurray12th January 2009
Many people take a very long time to understand blues soloing on guitar. If you start with your basic I IV V blues chord progression using the blues scale, you are often caught trying to decide which note to play at what part of the song. As blues soloing... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples11th January 2009
E-Tone Huang has been a guitar freak since the early 90s.
He has been among the first Chinese musicians to be serious about electric guitar in all its aspects. As a music journalist he wrote seminal articles in local rock magazines and spent several year... Read >
Author: E-Tone09th January 2009
Guitar is one of the versatile musical instruments. One of the great assets of guitar is that you can play it without even knowing how to read the music. With this single point, it is bound to stand out. And to play, now there are many alternative systems... Read >
Author: Claude Johnson03rd January 2009
--Syncing FourTrack songs from iPhone to computer is now easier with direct import into RiffWorks--
Los Altos, CA - Sonoma Wire Works' FourTrack multitrack audio recorder for the iPhone has been updated to v1.2. FourTrack users can now import tracks,... Read >
Author: MusicDish13th December 2008
The resonator guitar, or Dobro, like the electric guitar, is the result of early pioneers of the guitar looking for some way to make their instrument heard above the other instruments in a band. Using metal resonators did not catch on as amplification but... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples11th December 2008
Guitar picking is one of the big achievements in life. If you can sit down with your guitar and pick out some licks or show off your sweep picking your audience is going to know that you are one cool dude.
Let us take a look at some guitar picking tech... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples08th December 2008
What guitar to buy?
Many of beginner level guitar players has hesitated over the choice of their first instrument. The truth is, there isn’t one correct choice for all of us. Guitars are as individual as we are, so your choice of instrument must be c... Read >
Author: Chris08th December 2008
If you are one of the many amateur guitar players who wonders how to connect your guitar to your pc and record your playing, there are several answers, most of them simple.
For checking the quality of your guitar set-up your computer has its own sound ... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples03rd December 2008
As you surf through YouTube you have probably seen guitarists tapping guitar and wondered if you could learn to play like that. The sound you get from tapping guitar playing adds some variety and excitement to your range of techniques. You can use the fir... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples03rd December 2008
Vacuum tube amplifiers are some of the most sought after amps in the industry
due to their warm rich tones. For years people have compared certain types of
amp tubes for their sonic richness and warmth. More than that, it seems to be
the older... Read >
Author: Bob Molton01st December 2008
If you know how to play a Dobro guitar you have at your command a whole range of notes that you cannot get to without a slide. You can slide into notes which, with that unusual Dobro wail, makes your audience's hair stand on end. When we talk about knowin... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples01st December 2008
It is easy to learn guitar tabs. Only one basic idea needs to be understood, the rest falls into place. To illustrate this idea I will be using tabs for a simple piece of music called Peter Gunn. Guitar tabs are seen by learning guitar players as an easy ... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples26th November 2008
This article is aimed at giving you some material to work with to come to your own understanding of chord progressions and to give you a working knowledge of the circle of fifths. You can stick with the proven formula of I-IV-V to arrive at chord progress... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples25th November 2008
Slack key guitar is a fingerpicking style which has been kept well hidden by its most notable exponents. Finding books, records or tutorials on slack key guitar playing is a series of dead ends where recording studios and music publishers have stopped rec... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples24th November 2008
After many years Hotel California is still a classic. The words and chords are sought after items by guitar players young and old. Below are the words to Hotel California with the chord names inserted into the lines in brackets to avoid the complications ... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples24th November 2008
If you have looked online to find some free, easy guitar lessons you probably have found that most of them are not so very useful. Yes, there are many websites that you can look at but not all of them will help you in any certain way. And what is worse ... Read >
Author: Sean Lee20th November 2008
Free guitar chord software is a sought after item. If you feel you must own software that can spit out every chord known to man then why not get it for free? I cannot help wondering how many variations on the basic chords a guitar player needs. If you wan... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples18th November 2008
--Record Music Anywhere with FourTrack for the iPhone and iPod touch (2nd Generation)--
Sonoma Wire Works announces the launch of FourTrack, a multitrack audio recorder for the iPhone and iPod touch (2nd Generation). FourTrack is a songwriting and pr... Read >
Author: MusicDish13th 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 Sharples11th November 2008
Acoustic guitar solos make up a slice of a musical genre that has all but vanished from popular music - instrumentals. By instrumentals I mean music that is composed and played by a human using musical instruments rather than techno instrumentals that may... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples10th November 2008
Many individuals who want to learn the guitar do so because of a guitar virtuoso they admire. Guitar enthusiasts who want to learn to play the blues often think of stars such as B.B. King. These guitar players, much like the professionals they look up ... Read >
Author: Rich_Matthews30th October 2008
So you have an acoustic guitar and you want to take lessons. The question of which style of acoustic guitar to learn can be a bit of a conundrum for the newbie guitar player. For a start you have two basic kinds of acoustic guitar - steel string and nylon... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples21st October 2008
So you have finally decided to learn to play guitar. Have you decided to learn online or are you going for face to face lessons? Your average guitar teacher will wind up costing you about eighty to one hundred dollars every month. That is just for one les... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples21st October 2008
The classical guitar is a gift to the guitarist who wants to sit down and play a "complete" piece of music - melody, bass and chordal accompaniment on one guitar. Alot like the kind of freedom that piano players have. If you are thinking of taking classic... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples21st October 2008
You've seen them on TV, at concerts, in the movies: guitar players busting out awesome riffs, dynamic chord structures, and amazingly melodious lead lines -- and making it look easy. Watching a master guitarist at work is nothing short of inspiring. Most ... Read >
Author: Joe Clements13th October 2008
Slide guitar playing in blues music had been popular for many years but not many people understand how this guitar playing style originated and the techniques used to produce this fascinating guitar sound. In the early twentieth century many American blue... 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 Sharples22nd September 2008
The question of whether to buy an Epiphone Les Paul guitar is hotly debated when guitar players gather round the campfire. Cheap guitars in general have the same reputation as cheap cars but with the Epiphone Les Paul models you might be able to score you... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples22nd September 2008
Many guitar players are still learning the chords to the songs of Bob Dylan. Tab arrangements of his songs are being downloaded from the internet by people whose daddies did not even have glints in their eyes when the songs were written.
Bob Dylan is o... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples09th September 2008
Eddie Van Halen is the lead guitarist with a one of the iconic seventies loud and uncouth metal bands. The personalities of the group's members have always been too individualistic to make for harmonious music, and the world thanks them for that. The pers... Read >
Author: Ricky Sharples02nd September 2008
I am going to come right out and say it, I am a bender.
I don’t know why, there is just something about it but I love bending!
Every time I bend, I lift my left leg off the floor; the height to which I lift my leg is dictated by the extent of th... Read >
Author: Dave Long29th July 2008
In the late 70’s, the pressure of corporations to show a profit to their shareholders caused the big guitar manufacturers to go overseas to places like Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea to lower their manufacturing costs. Initially, guitar players felt b... Read >
Author: Boutique Music25th July 2008
Guitar playing perhaps is one of the most leisure activities done on any easy and breezy day. One may find people passing the time holding a guitar, singing a few songs, strumming new tunes; these is a worthwhile experience. For others who really have the... Read >
Author: Patrik Ewriter17th July 2008
There are 9 basic guitar chords which beginner guitarists first learn and that all guitar players should know. These guitar chords are also called open position chords because they are played in open position, or in other words, played down by the nut of... Read >
Author: Jonathan Dykerman14th July 2008
He moves slowly now, his 82-year-old body starting to betray him, joints aching from time and the endless miles he's traveled over a lifetime. He steps onto the stage, throws the strap of the Gibson ES-335 over his shoulder and squints slightly into the c... Read >
Author: NKBluesFan14th July 2008
Corns
Corns can be described as painful build-ups of the skin, usually noticed either on the soles of the feet or over the joints of the toes. They are mainly the result of wearing shoes that fit too tight, which leads to excessive pressure on a partic... Read >
Author: peterhutch05th July 2008
Guitar chord diagrams are essential for all guitar players of all levels to learn how to play new and exciting chords. Learning new chords with chord diagrams is not only simple and straightforward but it also helps in visualizing the chord shapes on the... Read >
Author: Jonathan Dykerman30th June 2008
Want to carry on plodding away at learning guitar or would you rather know the secret to faster progress? When you look at the great guitarists playing do you think that there must be a secret that they are using?
Well in my view you're right, there is... Read >
Author: Trevor Greenfield23rd June 2008
There are several kinds of guitars. The two main common ones are acoustic and electric. Within these two types of guitars lies different kinds of variations.
The most common guitar that many people have in their house is the acoustic guitar. It is the ... Read >
23rd June 2008
An Introduction To The Types Of Guitar
The guitar is easily the most popular instrument played today. There are a variety of guitars available for the different styles of music that is being played. There are many differences in guitar as far as thei... Read >
Author: Rick Napolitano25th May 2008
Over the years guitar picks have been made from metal, tortex, wood, bone, plastic, rubber, felt, and even stone. It has been suggested, although some guitarists may disagree, that light flimsy picks simply don't sound very good. When learning how to play... Read >
Author: Richard Larcombe23rd May 2008
When I played guitar in the 50's and 60's, I was limited by having small hands. There were certain tunes I could just not stretch to play. In those days a guitarist had to spend a couple thousand dollars for a custom made git with a short neck or resign t... Read >
Author: Jim DeSantis21st May 2008
If you play electric guitar or even if you're just a fan, you've undoubtedly asked yourself how your favorite artist gets 'that sound' on one of your favorite tunes.
There is a dizzying array of guitar effects processors available these days and finding... Read >
Author: Ryan Brown07th May 2008
Great guitar techniques are an essential tool for any guitar player. Different guitar players of all experience levels use many different guitar techniques, and they can be adapted for the various musical styles that express music.
Your first guitar sh... Read >
Author: Richard Larcombe07th May 2008
Great guitar techniques are an essential tool for any guitar player. Different guitar players of all experience levels use many different guitar techniques, and they can be adapted for the various musical styles that express music.
Your first guitar sh... Read >
Author: Richard Larcombe06th May 2008
I believe choosing a guitar is a very personal thing. The most important aspect of choosing a guitar is not just it's sound, but also how it feels to you. One of the most important things for a beginner to look for when choosing a guitar is the action, be... Read >
Author: Richard Larcombe13th April 2008
The guitar is among the most popular instruments, and many people wish to be able to play the guitar like other people they see or hear in concerts, on television, or with any other occasion. If you are one of those people who would love to learn how to p... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola19th March 2008
If you want to learn how to play the guitar, you may already know and understand that you will have to practice to learn to play the guitar well. What you may not know is that guitar practice should be tempered with learning, playing and getting in guitar... Read >
Author: Ewen Chia17th March 2008
If you are like many people, you have long contemplated learning to play the guitar. If for whatever reason you have not learned yet, it would be wise for you to remember that there is no time like the present to learn to play. All of the rockstars and fa... Read >
Author: Ewen Chia14th March 2008
The guitar is one of the most popular musical instruments, and it has earned a world-wide fame throughout the decades for its melodious sound and tone. These amazing instruments are found in a wide variety of sound quality, playability, and in terms of ov... Read >
Author: pcarp12th March 2008
It is much harder to break a bad habit than it is to prevent bad habits from occurring in the first place. However, with some things, people prefer to learn on their own. Self-taught guitar lessons are among the most popular and learning how to play the g... Read >
Author: Ewen Chia12th March 2008
Historically speaking, there have been some awesome guitar players since the innovation and advancements which have made the electric guitar a reality. From the sixties on, guitar evolution has moved from the realm of fantasy into history and beyond. Guit... Read >
Author: Ewen Chia11th March 2008
The Internet is full of guitar courses but very few are actually of high quality, such as the course by Steve Krenz, a known guitarist and performer, which has packaged a very well done and presented guitar course in this website and in this article we wi... Read >
Author: Onlynux07th March 2008
Many beginning guitar approach me and ask for advice how to play guitar 'fast'. I inevitably ask them whether they already play guitar, and just want to be faster on the fretboard, or whether they're "newbies" who want a fasttrack to basic proficiency.
... Read >
Author: Raj19th February 2008
Guitar Scales play a very important role in the use of a guitar. And there are various ways to learn scales on the Guitar. Scale primer is a set of simple finger exercises to get you started and after this routine; you can read different types for scale... Read >
Author: Peter Gitundu11th February 2008
"Gone are the times when someone who wanted to learn the guitar had to adjust their schedule and travel to a class. Today the internet has taken over as the most reliable source of learning guitar from the comforts of one’s home. The lessons start with ... Read >
Author: Mistina Thomson06th February 2008
There is a bit of a mini-revolution going on in the world of piano teachers. And it all has to do with teaching piano for beginners.
You see, there's the old way of teaching piano. This way focuses on learning notes, learning to site read music, and le... Read >
Author: Brian30th January 2008
Learning how to play guitar doesn't have to be difficult, although some websites and instructors make it out that way. The time it takes you to learn is dependent on your expectations for what you want to play. If you want to be able to play top 40 songs... Read >
Author: D Fraser21st October 2007
Many individuals who want to learn the guitar do so because of a guitar virtuoso they admire. Guitar enthusiasts who want to learn to play the blues often think of stars such as B.B. King. These guitar players, much like the professionals they look up to,... Read >
Author: sbateman10th October 2007
Learning to play guitar is a time consuming and difficult job. Learning to play guitar requires a lot of dedication and hard work. Though this work is actually fun to 99% of aspiring guitarists. To learn to play the guitar you will need a great guitar ... Read >
Author: Matthew Cook08th October 2007
Early guitar players earn my great respect for they master their craft in a long and tedious way. They must have devoted most of their time learning techniques in trial-and-error basis. Guitar players like B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen, and ... Read >
Author: Henre Lobus20th September 2007
Wouldn’t you love to pick up your guitar and rip out a blazing fast set of leads? Everyone who plays wants to impress their friends and family and all guys know the chicks love a good guitar player.With practice almost anyone can master the guitar. No m... Read >
Author: Mike D Tucker17th August 2007
Learn Guitar
By
Guitar Maniac
From the chords to the scales, you want to learn guitar and learn it fast! I know. When I got my first guitar, I wanted to learn everything about playing guitar. Maybe you want to be up on stage jamming away a wicked ... Read >
Author: The Dog Training expert17th August 2007
From the chords to the scales, you want to learn guitar and learn it fast! I know. When I got my first guitar, I wanted to learn everything about playing guitar. Maybe you want to be up on stage jamming away a wicked solo, or maybe you want to ju... Read >
Author: The Dog Training expert06th August 2007
If you want to become a great guitar player, you need to focus on the three most important things to guitar playing: knowledge, skills, and love. Having one or two out of three is not an option. It is all or nothing and those are what it takes to become a... Read >
Author: ron765031st July 2007
There are many roles a business leader must play. One very important role is the role of “Trainer”. At every level in every organization there are goals to be met and processes to complete. You could say every step that is taken to reach every goal re... Read >
Author: Tron Jordheim26th July 2007
It’s a sad fact that overuse injuries tend to be fairly common among guitar players. This problem, which is also known as Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI) or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, can become so painful that a musician may lose their ability to play the ... Read >
Author: Kathy Unruh01st July 2007
Music is its many forms provides enjoyment for people and learning to play guitar is just one way that you can have this pleasure for yourself and others. Before you can actually play the guitar properly though, you will need to have beginning guitar less... Read >
Author: Peter Gitundu02nd April 2007
Historic Guitar Virtuosos
One thing that has always interested me has been the
history of the guitar and the legendary guitar players.
When I started playing I tried to find the original innovators
of each style to learn from because I felt guitar... Read >
Author: mark jones01st April 2007
Mastering the modes is the best way to add color to your lead playing. All the great modern guitar players, from Satriani to Hammett to Vai, have a through command of the modes.
Sooner or later the serious student of the guitar develops an interest in ... Read >
Author: Mike Hayes25th January 2007
In the 1920’s and 1930’s, blues guitar players like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Son House, Robert Johnson, and Lonnie Johnson were the influential performers of the day. They used a slide which was often made out of a knife blade or the broken or sawed off... Read >
Author: griffhamlin24th January 2007
Most of us who play blues guitar are familiar with the 12 bar blues. Almost every blues guitar player has played songs like “Sweet Home Chicago”, “Pride and Joy”, “Red House”, and one of the thousands of other blues songs that use the 12 bar f... Read >
Author: griffhamlin05th January 2007
By William Milligan
In my last article (part 3) I shared the second step with you concerning the secrets to Internet Marketing. Below I'm going to list off the third step of my system that I learned from that guru and from my own testing.
3. Working... Read >
Author: William Milligan02nd January 2007
I must have been about 16 or 17. I was a guitar nut by then. I couldn't play much, but I was a fan; a big fan of guitars. Any music on TV was carefully screened to see if any serious guitar players were involved. I was into rock music, but I had enough un... Read >
Author: Charlie Cory28th September 2006
A guitar is not just a sweet sounding instrument. It is a good-looking instrument in the hands of a good guitarist. You can make your guitar look as good as you wish. In a different vein, any guitar will appear shabby in the hands of a shabby guitarist. S... Read >
Author: Max Cane07th September 2006
Like anything in life that you want to learn how to do or to be good at, you have to practice to make it happen. Diligent practice is the key to success if you really want to learn to play guitar. Steady practice helps you to improve on the skills that ... Read >
Author: Desiree Harris07th September 2006
When you decide to learn to play guitar, choosing the right guitar is a very important choice you have to make. There are quite a few different types of guitars out there, and they all have distinct sounds to them. If you just choose any guitar you can ... Read >
Author: Desiree Harris21st August 2006
Rock Guitar Licks,
by: Bob Molton
Many guitar players find themselves in a rut at times not knowing how to get out. Guitarists can spend months upon months in the dreaded rut, even years if nothing is done about it. Sometimes guitar lessons can make t... Read >
Author: Bob Molton08th June 2006
If your a new guitar player then you are probably wondering what is a good guitar to start with. This article will go over the different types of guitars and where a new guitar player should start.
1. Decide on the type of music you want to play. Do yo... Read >
Author: Tom White20th May 2006
Who doesn't need more friends?
Making friends just got easier. The guitar is an incredible way to enjoy being with your friends because you've got something cool that everyone can do. This page will help you see why guitars are the magnet to attracting ... Read >
Author: Craig Gaiden17th May 2006
Learning how to use a particular musical instrument can be pretty challenging to most people. The act of playing an instrument like a guitar is not only a skill that can be learned in due time but it is also a gift that can be harnessed by a determined in... Read >
Author: Tim Lee01st April 2006
I have been learning to play the guitar for a while now. What I have found is that there are a lot of resources out there to help you learn guitar. But this can be hindering sometimes as the choice can be overwhelming. This first article of mine is a sort... Read >
Author: Crafty Meister12th March 2006
Most guitar players desire to become a better guitar player. Lots of guitarist are held back from ever reaching their true potential because they believe myths that have nothing to do with playing the guitar like a pro.
It is not uncommon to see a gui... Read >
Author: Jason Pearson06th March 2006
Welcome back to part two of how to play guitar - discover
20 tips to play like a pro...
Most guitar players desire to become a better guitar player.
Guitarist ask me quite often why they are not at the
level that they desire and what can they do. In... Read >
Author: Jason Pearson06th March 2006
Welcome back to part three of how to play guitar - discover
20 tips to play like a pro...
Most guitar players desire to become a better guitar player.
Guitarist ask me quite often why they are not at the
level that they desire and what can they do. ... Read >
Author: Jason Pearson06th March 2006
Welcome back to part four of how to play guitar - discover
20 tips to play like a pro...
Most guitar players desire to become a better guitar player.
Guitarist ask me quite often why they are not at the
level that they desire and what can they do. I... Read >
Author: Jason Pearson05th March 2006
Most guitar players desire to become a better guitar player.
Guitarist ask me quite often why they are not at the
level that they desire and what can they do. In the past
I have asked myself the very same question. Soon I began
to understand the answe... Read >
Author: Jason Pearson09th January 2006
You can learn to play guitar online - and it's never been easier.
Whether you wish to become a jazzy crooner, a country strummer or a jamming rock star, the guitar is one of the easiest instruments to learn. There are a variety of lessons, tools and he... Read >
Author: AlliGurl23rd October 2005
Having been a guitar player for over 20 years, I am often amazed at the number of guitarists that have never taken the time to learn the notes on their fretboard. I have met guitar players that gig on a regular basis, and yet are unable to find a C# on th... Read >
Author: Peter Jones04th October 2005
So, you want to be a guitar player huh? You want to strut like Chuck Berry, be as cool as Keith Richards, rock like Jimi Hendrix and astound like Steve Vai. You want to wake up in the morning a beginner and go to bed at night an expert. You want to be her... Read >
Author: Peter Jones
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