Music Articles
101: Guitar lesson: Secret Things You Learn When You Practice On Your Guitar
Many secret learning processes are active when you practice on your guitar. Some good, some less good....
102: Guitar lesson: How To Become A Better Sight Reader
Why is it so hard for guitarists to read sheet music? Let's do something about it right now!
103: Guitar lesson: The E F G of Learning To Play Guitar Sheet Music
Is it really possible to conquer the guitar fretboard? Do you find the notes you want to find? Is tabulature cheating? Let me invite you to the guitar fretboard!
104: Guitar Lessons - Guitar Vibrato
Playing a guitar without vibrato is like eating Mexican food without salsa. Vibrato is one of the most definitive techniques in defining your musical style, your own personal unique sound. No two players have the same vibrato sound. Some play slow and wide while others play narrow and fast, and that’s the beauty behind spending a lot of time learning different vibrato techniques. It’s like eating different salsa’s every time you go to your favorite taco stand. Enough talk abo...
105: Guitar Lessons – Playing Harmonics
A harmonic is a tone that’s created by the guitar by touching the string above a fret on an open vibrating string. There are 2 types of harmonics Natural and Artificial or I prefer to call them pinch harmonics.
Natural Harmonics
Natural Harmonics can be produced by touching your index finger on your fret-hand above at the 5th, 7th or 12th fret. Just place your finger on the string above the fret, don’t press to hard or you will mute the note, pluck the note and then p...
106: Guitar Lessons – Hammer-On, Pull-Offs
One of the primary legato techniques all guitarists must learn is the hammer-on, pull-off. This technique is important because it allows for nuances in tone and expression, and it allows the picking hand a “break” since it does not have to pick the notes on the hammer-on or the pull-off. This results in a faster progression of notes, sometimes called licks.
The hammer-on is accomplished when you pick a note and then using another finger hammer down on the same string. The ...
107: How to Really Have Fun with Your Guitar
There's a great fun little amp that can help you over those playing plateaus you may have been experiencing. After 20 years of playing guitar, I found the amp that keeps me "coming back" for more.
108: Guitar: Learn Guitar By Not Playing Guitar
I suppose you think that you learn guitar by playing guitar. Well, do you learn to say the right things by talking all the time? Let's take a look at the art of not playing guitar...
109: Learn To Play Guitar: Why Is It So Hard For Guitarists To Read Sheet Music?
Is it hard for you to read guitar sheet music? Let's do something about it right now!
110: Tips for Buying Good Speakers
In most cases when you purchase some form of stereo equipment the speakers already come with the system. The quality of speakers will depend on the type of...
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