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How To Buy A Guitar – Finding The Best Guitar For Your Needs
My first guitar was a Harmony Strat-o-tone—a cheap knockoff of the legendary Fender Stratocaster. I purchased it because it looked like the black guitar that David Gilmour was sporting in a Pink Floyd poster that I saw in the record store. The neck was too thick, the action (the distance between the strings and the fretboard) […]
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Types of Electric Guitars – Choosing The Best Electric Guitar For Your Budget
The 12-year old version of me was working for the local butcher. I delivered dead carcasses to the old ladies of the neighborhood, swept sawdust and pig fat off of the floor and cleaned up more chicken grease from the rotisserie station than I care to remember. However, one block east of the butcher shop […]
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Guitar Exercises: Beginner-friendly Practice Tips to Improve Your Skills
You know that playing the guitar is cool. But, after your first lesson and practice session, you feel everything but cool. You’ve probably watched endless YouTube videos of classic guitar heroes (Hendrix, Van Halen, Satriani, Vai, Clapton, SRV, are the first that come to mind) plus the internet sensations; or, as I like to call […]
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50 Easy Guitar Tabs For Beginners and Instructors
Tablature, or TAB, has been around since the catgut-flailing, knicker-wearing fretheads of the Renaissance. Not much has changed; I mean, yeah, we traded catgut (or rather sheep intestines that were used for strings) to steel, that weird-shaped lute for a neon-colored, solid-body with a whammy bar and knickers for spandex. But, a musical shorthand that helped […]
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Guitar Blues Chords Every Player Must Know
“No self-respecting rock guitarist, can consider himself a bonafide rock guitarist, if he can’t play the blues.” I remember as a teenager watching a rock and roll television special that, for its closing segment, featured B.B. King playing “Sweet Home Chicago” with a lineup of famous rock guitarists. There must’ve been more than a dozen […]
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Learning the Fretboard – Quick Guide to The Guitar’s Fretboard Notes
Learning how to play a song on the guitar is quite an accomplishment considering the amount of obstacles that you’ve overcome in the process. But, understanding what you’re doing, where you’re going, and how to get there is another level altogether. I often equate learning the fretboard of the guitar to being dropped out of a […]
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What is a Tritone? How To Use the Devil’s Interval
The tritone has been the topic of so much discussion that has led to some misinformation and misunderstanding. First, the tritone received its famous nickname, the Devil’s interval, for being the diabolus in musica or the Devil in music. The two notes, when played together, form a dissonant sound that has been described as being […]
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24 Essential Fingerpicking Patterns Every Guitarist Should Know
The fingerstyle guitar technique is used in every style of music and if you’re looking to explore this technique or searching for some warm-up exercises then you’ve come to the right place. In this article we’re going to take a look at 24 essential patterns that will help you develop the right-hand coordination skills to […]
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5 Must-Know Pentatonic Shapes For All Guitarists
Every beginning guitarist, at one point or another, hears the term pentatonic or pentatonic scale. Usually it’s very early on in lessons or from fellow guitarists. Likewise, intermediate players look to develop new and interesting ways to improve their pentatonic playing. However, it’s been my experience, as a player and instructor, that most fail to […]
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50 Easy Guitar Songs For Beginners That Sound Amazing
Every time that a guitar is picked up for the first time, chances are that there’s a story behind it. In most cases, there’s a song that inspires someone to think, “That would be fun to play on guitar!” Then, after said guitar is purchased, some sort of learning program begins: private lessons, YouTube videos, subscription […]
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