Let me start by making one thing clear – taking care of your guitar is essential to keep your instrument looking, feeling, and sounding great. Imagine driving your car every day and not once bringing it to a mechanic – sounds stupid, right? Well, the same goes for guitar setup. How often a guitar should …
“Okay, let’s tune up!” This is usually the first thing I say to kick off a guitar lesson. It is also what I would say between line checks or during a stage reset to remind the musicians to keep everything sounding on point. After all, it only takes one small bump, change in atmosphere, or …
I bought and played through Mary Spender’s Masterclass on Teachable. It is her beginner guitar course and first course released to date. Alongside this, I researched from others who have taken the course, and together with my own opinion based on playing through other beginner guitar courses, wrote this review. Before we start, please note …
Learning how to play the guitar – it’s not just for kids, anymore. Truth be told, it never was. Musical instruments are not to be pigeonholed to a particular age group; there is no age ceiling. There are many shining examples of players who got their start later in life. Some of them you may …
In this article, we are going to compare Justin Guitar’s Beginner Course with Paul Davids Beginner Guitar Course, Learn, Practice, Play. I have completed both and recently wrote a review on Paul’s course. During the course and whilst chatting on Learn, Practice, Play’s dedicated Facebook page, I found that many people had played or were …
Learn, Practice, Play is Paul Davids beginner guitar course and I bought the course, played through it, talked to others who have taken the course, and along with my own opinion based on playing through other beginner guitar courses, wrote this review. Below is a Table of Contents of what is provided within this article: …
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For the violinist, there is the bow. Drummers have their sticks. The dulcimer player uses hammers and the pianist employs good old fashioned human fingers. The tool of choice for most guitarists is the humble pick. Coming in a variety of shapes, sizes, and materials, a guitar player is sure to have a stack of …
So I have now been learning guitar for 9 months and since month 5 when I completed the Justin Guitar Beginner Course, I have been concentrating on fingerstyle songs mainly. So this month I decided to set myself a new challenge, one related to rhythm guitar and one that was never going to be easy. …
As a beginner guitar player, one of the hardest things to get right are barre chords. I have struggled with these in the past but through my learning and investigation, I have come to realize there are some simple tips that you can follow to make barre chords easier to play. So if you would …
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If you are looking to learn online but have become frustrated with jumping from lesson to lesson from different teachers on YouTube or are just looking for some structure to learning guitar and don’t want to have to pay then this article is for you. Below I will show you the best free beginner guitar …
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