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Teach Yourself Acoustic Guitar

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

For those of you determined to teach yourself acoustic guitar, rather than investing in expensive and time-consuming professional lessons, you can turn to the internet and to some of the easiest to learn guitar lessons available today.

When you learn to play guitar online, you are able to use a variety of resources, including a comprehensive library of chords and chord progressions. With guitar lessons on the internet, you can discover step by step, how to progress from major chords into minor chords, how to read guitar “TAB” and how to quickly build the strength and agility you need to advance beyond the beginner stage. With online lessons, which often have video and audio clips that show the correct way to play, you can teach yourself acoustic guitar in a short period of time. So if you really want to teach yourself acoustic guitar, turn to the internet and you can start playing like a pro in a short period of time.
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How to Read Guitar Tabs and Learn to Play Guitar

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Playing the guitar is an extremely satisfying past time or even full time profession. Like learning any new skill worth learning, it takes time, dedication and money to learn and there are absolutely no guarantees that you will actually become proficient. For most people, issues like time and money can be a real problem. It is usually the case that if no progress is made or some satisfaction gained then learning to play the guitar can become a chore.

Jamorama is a learning concept for the guitar that will improve the rate you learn at and give you some real results, that will grow your confidence and result in progress being made in leaps and bounds.

The program consists of the following: (more…)

Acoustic Beginner Online Guitar Lessons - The Upside and the Downside

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

If you are intending to take guitar lessons, either online or offline, there are a few things you need to get clear about whether you take acoustic guitar lessons before focusing on a particular genre. If you are taking guitar lessons a regular practice schedule is going to start the process of forming callouses on your finger tips and training your muscles to perform the actions involved in guitar playing.

The nylon string acoustic guitar offers some advantages to the novice guitar player. Steel strings tend to slice your fingers if they are not calloused and that is not a pleasant sensation. The slices in the fingers require you to stop playing until they heal. It is much less stressful to toughen your fingers up on nylon strings. Also the nylon string acoustic forces the guitar student to press the strings with enough pressure to make a clean sound. The electric guitar is a little more forgiving in this respect so it is best to train yourself as a guitar player using the acoustic guitar.

All this takes for granted that you are interested in careful, gradual progress as a guitarist. If you are interested in becoming a rock and roll guitar player as soon as possible you could get into it from the start but this will be at the expense of some of the solid training the acoustic gives. (more…)

Beginner Guitar Songs That Sound Good

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Beginner Guitar Songs

For guitar beginners it is essential to find some nice and simple songs to learn. Just because the songs are described as simple, doesn’t have to mean they are boring. Some great songs, that have sold millions, contain just 2 or 3 basic chords. So don’t be put off by the apparent simplicity. Here are a few songs that will definitely suit the beginning guitar player. Learning to play these well will increase confidence and speed up the entire learning process. Seeing progress is a great incentive to studying.

YOUR BEAUTIFUL - James Blunt.

This is a really emotional song that is relatively easy to play on the guitar, using the chords of C G F and A minor.
The song can be made more intricate by using altered chords to follow the melody more closely, but for the beginner guitarist, the basic first position chords are ideal and also fit perfectly.

BABY FRATELLI - The Fratellis

The Fratellis have come up with some really catchy tunes, and this is no exception. Using the chords of G, D, C, and a bit of G7, this tune is sure to get your audience joining in. (more…)

Beginner Guitar Lessons - Practical Pointers to Get You Started

Friday, May 8th, 2009

If you’re interested in beginner guitar lessons there are some practical pointers you should take note of to get you started.

Beginner Guitar Lessons Practical Pointer #1: Make Time

Learning how to play guitar takes time, but not only that. It can be addicting, and you’ll find yourself playing for hours at a time. Do you have a busy schedule? Are you willing to set aside an hour or two a day to pick up the guitar?

As with any instrument, practice takes time. A guitarist friend of mine from college that is one of the best lead guitarists I’ve come across told me once that to get to his level he’d play 6 hours a day, for six days a week, for six years. Now, I’m not saying you quit your job to learn. But the point is that it truly is something that will take time.

The good news is, you really won’t notice the time fly because playing guitar is truly fun.

Beginner Guitar Lessons Practical Pointer #2: Get a QUALITY Guitar (more…)

Learning Guitar Online vs Learning Guitar From a Private Instructor

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

In the current guitar playing community there are two main schools of thought when it comes to learning to play. The two schools of thought are learning guitar online versus Private guitar lessons. Below I will breakdown the difference s between these two options.

Cost effectiveness is probably one of the biggest differences that you should look at. It is common knowledge that your average guitar teacher will charge between 20 and 30 dollars per lesson, for a years worth of lessons you are looking at $1040 for just the lessons, add on top of that any required music books and you are looking at a hefty bill. The best online music course I am aware of has a starting price around $40 and includes are needed materials.
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When Playing Guitar, Don’t Forget Your Thumb

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

You can use it to hitch a ride. Roger Ebert has made a fortune using one or both - up or down. It’s universally recognized as the sign for a number of affirmatives - “okay”, “good job”, “looking good”, “it’s under control”, among others. It’s also the appendage that one would be inserting “where the sun don’t shine” in a well known metaphor for aimlessly idling one’s time away. We are, of course, referring to the thumb.

In terms of playing guitar, the thumb is like the “red headed step child” of the playing hand. More neglected than even the “pinky” finger (but that’s for another article).

The focus of our playing hand, the hand that attacks the fret board, is typically centered on the first three fingers. These are the easiest to use. They are stronger, longer and faster than the pinky or thumb, so they face the call to action much more than their “weaker” siblings.

But as guitar players, we would be wise to make full use of all of our appendages when playing. In fact, we might be surprised to find that the effort that goes in to incorporating the use of the thumb into our playing technique will result in making some tasks on the guitar neck even easier!

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