When looking to purchase an acoustic guitar, whether it’s your first or twenty-first, options abound. One of the many options is the guitar’s size or body type. The body type not only has an effect on how the guitar feels when holding it, but there are tonal implications as well. Each size will have its …
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The CAGED System is one of the most popular and effective ways to learn chords on the guitar. This five-pattern system is also a very helpful tool in learning keys, scales, and the entire neck in general. It assists in the training of a musician’s ear and transposing music, which is to say how to …
Learning guitar can be a frustrating experience, in fact so much so that I have written a few articles around the subject in previous months. For example, I wrote 11 Tips To Beat Guitar Learning Frustration, and within that article there are 3 tips that are particularly apt for this month of my learning. They …
I became a professional guitarist almost by default. I am a class-A guitar nerd, obsessed with the guitar in such a way that there was no other course of action but to play and be around guitars for a living. I love not only playing guitars but just looking at them as pieces of art. …
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In the advanced stages of your guitar playing adventures, new doors open up for rhythmic possibilities. The brain moves out of the way and a musical soul takes its place, meaning thinking stops and feeling takes over. In order to better access those possibilities, a little theoretical knowledge goes a long way. Most professional guitarists …
This month my guitar progress has been all about one song, well, mainly. One song that has taken me 25 hours to learn to play all the way through. To make you aware, I practice between 20 and 25 hours a month on average so this was pretty much one whole month of practice for …
When I started to learn to play acoustic guitar there were so many songs that I wanted to learn but every time I went to learn one that I found on YouTube they ended up being more complicated than I had hoped. This was frustrating and off-putting at the same time. I ended up trying …
Getting a new electric guitar also means getting an amplifier. Buying a new guitar can be an arduous task for any beginner guitar player, but another hurdle that you may or may not have seen coming is selecting an amp to go with it. These choices are about as numerous and can be even more …
Best Guitar Financing: The Definitive Guide We analyzed 15 guitar retailers to find you the best guitar financing deals currently available. Head straight to Chapter 2 if you want to see the winners and our recommended deals. Contents Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Winners Best Guitar Finance Chapter 3. Individual Reviews of Retailers Analyzed DISCLAIMER: …
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As you may or may not have seen in my 5-month progress update, I have completed the Justin Guitar Beginner Course and I am now taking 3 to 4 months to concentrate on fingerpicking + learning a few other random songs and then I will likely head back on the Justin Guitar Intermediate course. However, …
