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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...