This new guest post is by Jules Fitzgerald from knowyourinstrument.com. Check out their instruments for sale and a great blog with tips on playing music. Thanks Jules! You’re already having a tough time figuring out how your new phone works, and now you want to learn guitar? Seriously, at your age? Well, don’t dismiss the idea just …
Here’s an article from Parlor Guitars which quotes advice from me and a few other guitarists about buying your first guitar. If you’re looking for a guitar, check this one out: Choosing Your First Guitar by Alexander Briones. Thanks for the reference, Alexander.
There’s a common decision among students: there’s so much information out there, should I get guitar lessons online, or find a regular teacher in person? In my research there were interesting sites on the topic of online versus traditional education, but there weren’t any studies specifically on music lessons, though there are informal forums discussing …
You remember the pentatonic scale? You know blues, B.B.King, and all that good stuff. Rock, metal and even country players use it as well. Just a word on jamming. When some start playing pentatonic scales they like to jam it out as fast as they can. Yeah, that’s fun, I agree. But if you listen …
Today, I’m gonna give you some fun chord science. We’re going to talk about suspended chords. Yeah, baby! (in Austin Powers voice) So I’m assuming you know your basic major chords, right? If not, please review, then come back soon!
And so the search for the elusive escape from barre chords continues… So if you know the open chords in G, here’s another take on that concept. Just take your open G shape (the one with ring and pinky), raise it up to the 8th fret and wala, C!
Here’s a guest post from guitartricks.com. If you want to start playing pull-offs and hammer-ons, check this out: The Pull-Off Playing lead guitar like your heroes can be hard if you don’t master key techniques like the pull-off. A pull-off (and a hammer-on) is a way of changing between two notes smoothly. This …
Okay, today we’re going to learn the walkdown in G. Ready to work out that pinky and ring again? 1. So start with G5. Pretty easy right? 2. Now hold the same shape and move the lowest string down a fret for Dsus/F#. Yes, big name chord, but don’t let that intimidate you! Don’t …
Pentawhat scale? Huh? Josh, you’re not gonna be one of those poofy-hair teachers who goes off on diminish 9th scales are you? Relax. Pentatonics is a big word, but it’s pretty easy once you get the hang of it. The awesome players like Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and B.B. King used it all the …
Okay, so you’re playing some song with fairly normal guitar chords on the lead, and then all a sudden you see a terrible foe… The dread Eb chord… This is where the guitar player stands kind of dumbfounded. Should I use a capo? Or perhaps barre it like this: To go from your regular acoustic …
