When you first pick up your guitar, you are going to want to learn how to play songs as soon as possible. There are two sides to this natural longing to progress as a guitar player. First, you will…
When you begin to play the guitar you will be learning open chords which are just a matter of practice, but blues music makes heavy use of seventh chords which can be tricky for the beginner. You…
Flamenco guitar player, Paco de Lucia spent a good part of his childhood locked in his room practicing his guitar. He emerged with the a technique that allowed him to play whatever he wanted. Not…
The Stratocaster brought the sharp, thin “surf guitar” sound to the world. You can get a slightly more mellow tone by using the neck pickup or some combo of the three pickups but the Strat was…
Thinking of popular acoustic guitar songs, Peter, Paul And Mary come to mind. Not the ones in the Bible, the folk group from the sixties. At that time young people were interested in folk music….
Greensleeves is a melody that is recognized by practically everybody and is very easy to play. This makes it ideal for a beginner or intermediate guitarist to learn so they can add a classical…
Learning how to play scales can change you from a guitar student to a guitar player. Once you understand how the guitarists you see on TV are using scales to create their solos and how you really…
The flamenco guitarists listed in this post are guitar players who grew up learning the rhythms of flamenco and who took to guitar playing from childhood. All guitarists have their critics amongst…
This is not a plug, I just thought I would give beginner acoustic guitar players the opportunity to take a look at the best choices available. A valid point many guitar teachers make is that a…
A lot of novice acoustic guitar players looking around for acoustic guitar lessons for beginners often finish up settling for the lessons obtainable on YouTube. For new guitar players the internet…
