January 22, 2010 – 10:38 am
Most beginners pick up the guitar because they want to learn a song, or songs. Songs of course are made up of chords so students want to learn to play chords as quickly as possible. The tough part is that chords aren’t the easiest things to play on the guitar, and they can frustrate a [...]
January 8, 2010 – 11:50 am
The guitar notes on each string is one of the most important foundational skills every beginner guitar player should take the time to learn. Because all chords and scales are made up of a mix of notes this skill helps you become a better guitar player in a shorter period of time.
This post is going [...]
January 1, 2010 – 11:12 am
The first thing I need to do is say I’m sorry to my guitar teacher for making an outright shitty statement about his teaching structure. I can only apologize to him. I am not even sure he reads my blogs, but it is the right thing to do. Sorry to Richard Mac. I took lessons [...]
December 10, 2009 – 1:07 pm
This is probably the best most realistic guitar course I have found on the internet. I want to make this clear, I am not an affiliate or associate, so I have nothing at all to gain by writing this review of it. I have not purchased the course either, it is more expensive than most [...]
September 16, 2009 – 1:56 pm
Learning to play the guitar is not an overnight process. Literally, it can take years before you can say you are an accomplished player. However, it is possible to learn some simple songs in a hurry and satisfy your craving to be successful.
The truth is most of us all learn to be a guitarist from [...]
September 4, 2009 – 10:57 am
The future of learning how to play the guitar may be now. Learning to play the guitar using hi-tech interactive learning tools has many of the same advantages as buying a guitar online. Obviously, one advantage is that you don’t have to leave your home. Another advantage is your teacher is always there for you.
Some [...]
April 16, 2009 – 11:01 am
My first observations on sight reading music actually bring me back about 44 years. To refresh my readers, I took classical guitar lessons from the age of 11 years old to about 14 or 15 years old. I was taught to read music at a fairly introductory level. There was no theory involved (thank God) [...]
March 25, 2009 – 10:15 am
I received a comment on the post I wrote on March 17th, 2009 about sight reading music. The author of the comment has some very kind words for me, but what was said about “perfect pitch” caused a momentary thought pattern to occur, actually it became a point of major interest that deserves a [...]
The next study I will take up is learning to read music, or sight reading. The reason is that I believe it will help me learn to play the music I want to play more quickly. You know Jimi Hendrix and
Stevie Ray Vaughan.
It’s certainly possible to play the guitar without being able to read music, [...]
September 2, 2008 – 10:01 am
For all practical purposes, guitar players for the most part are never happy with their current playing skills. Work harder, practice more, play that exercise one more time, until your old lady can’t take it anymore. In a recent post on A Logical Approach to Rhythm, I spoke about the breakthrough points of acquiring this [...]
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