Regardless if you play blues style guitar or not, you can add some interesting variety to your solos and melodies by adding or emphasizing the “guide tones” of the chord you are playing over.
Many people, especially beginners, have issues with getting some chords to sound good. For example, you may find that you’re having an issue with unintentionally muting strings with your finger.
Well, don’t beat yourself up over this because it is very common and can be addressed fairly easy. (more…)
Most, if not all, chord books and beginner guitar method books I’ve seen teach beginners to play the “G major” open chord using fingers 1-2-3. There are some very good reasons why this may not be the best way to play this chord I would like to show you why this is so and how you may want to consider playing this chord. Read more!
Every so often I find myself wondering how I can get to the next level of where I want to go with my guitar playing or composition skills. Yeah, you read that correctly; even with all of my experience I still wonder how to get to the next level, just like you do. Read more!
Welcome to my guitar playing tips for March 2010!
Each month I will be providing you some guitar playing tips that will help you become a better guitar player. Although the tips may be short, they are very powerful and I strongly encourage you to read them over several times and begin using them.
Let’s get started!
There is more to picking than just gripping the pick between your fingers and using it to strike the strings. Picking technique includes an enormous amount of different skills that must be studied, practiced, refined and mastered in order to truly get the benefits of exceptional picking. Read on!
Welcome to my guitar playing tips for February 2010!
Each month I will be providing you some guitar playing tips that will help you become a better guitar player. Although the tips may be short, they are very powerful and I strongly encourage you to read them over several times and begin using them.
Let’s get started!
There is more to picking than just gripping the pic between your fingers and using it to strike the strings. Picking technique includes an enormous amount of different skills that must be studied, practiced, refined and mastered in order to truly get the benefits of exceptional picking.
Read on!
Welcome to my guitar playing tips for January 2010!
Each month I will be providing you some guitar playing tips that will help you become a better guitar player. Although the tips may be short, they are very powerful and I strongly encourage you to read them over several times and begin using them.
Lets get started!
Do you find your fretting hand getting tired, cramped up or sore after playing your guitar for a while? If so, one very common cause of this is you are gripping the neck too tight. Read on!
Yes… I really do know why you aren’t playing and practicing your guitar more.
In fact, you may find it surprising that I don’t practice my guitar as much as I know I should at times for the very same reasons as you!
Tell me if this scenario sounds familiar to you:
You look over at your guitar sitting there on it’s stand, leaning up against the wall, laying on the floor…. Where ever you keep your guitar. You want to play it and you know you need to practice but you just don’t feel like it.
But what if you knew you could play anything you wanted on your guitar? Read on!
Having trouble finding more time to practice your guitar? Here are some quick tips to help you manage your time better and spend a little more quality time with your guitar. Read on!
“Last week I was so busy doing other things that had to be done that I didn’t have any time to practice my guitar”.
As a guitar teacher, I hear it all of the time. That good old standard excuse that almost everyone uses when they asked how much time they have spent practicing their instrument. But wait, there’s more.
