Exploring different sounds and tones for your guitar is a neverending journey. This becomes pretty clear not long after you begin to learn how to play electric guitar especially. Technology aside, there is just so much raw creativity out there and so much inspiration to draw from. When you hear a sound you like and …
Learning to play classic rock on the guitar is not just about the licks, but the sound and tone. If you can’t capture the sound, it will always feel as though something is missing no matter how much you nailed the solo for “Hotel California”. Some of the best tools one can have are good …
Fingers or Pick? I prefer both and I recommend all guitarists learn to play with their fingers. You never know when you might find yourself with a guitar and no pick. You know that dream you have when you show up to school and you forgot to wear pants? Instead of feeling like that, learn …
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Fingerpicking is not just for acoustic players. Electric guitarists can get down with it, too. Just ask Jeff Beck. The use of fingers along with, or sometimes instead of a pick is quite common. The electric guitar is a very dynamic instrument and using different methods for plucking strings is one of the ways to …
Can You Fingerpick On An Electric Guitar? Yes, Here is Why. Read More »
Almost every professional guitar instructor will recommend a student begin learning how to play guitar on the acoustic guitar rather than the electric. I am one of these. In many respects, it’s just easier to learn on the acoustic. It’s less expensive and there are fewer technical requirements from your hands. Once a student displays …
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Palm-muting is a guitar technique that utilizes the side of the palm of the rhythm hand to dampen the sound of the strings to create dynamic variation. It is an important technique to learn in order to give a guitarist more control over the inflection and gait of a given rhythm. With electric guitar, the …
One of the keys to guitar mastery is dynamic control. Dynamic control is the guitarist’s ability to shape his or her sound at will using fluctuations in volume, intensity, and inflection. This allows the guitar to sound more vocal and lifelike as opposed to flat and wooden. The guitar is then able to be more …
How To Palm Mute: 12 Tips to Master it (With Pictures) Read More »
Like it or not, barre chords are part of learning how to play guitar. The good news is, it doesn’t have to be the bane of one’s existence – even if you have small hands! You see, as a guitar instructor, I’ve come across many excuses from students. Heck, I gave some of these excuses …
There are essentially two ways to strum a guitar – using a pick or using one’s fingers. There are variations on each of those, neither of them being the correct way. As a career guitar player and long-time teacher, I do believe there are better ways of strumming for efficiency and effectiveness, it’s ultimately up …
How To Strum A Guitar With Your Fingers – 5 Great Methods Read More »
The CAGED System for learning how to play guitar is used for learning music theory with a guitar, but at its core, it’s a hands-on, practical system. Theory is great, but it is the application of theory that actually makes it useful. Getting down to the nitty-gritty and learning songs as soon as you can …
