Grace Notes

Music Guide | David Hodge
In music notation, grace notes are smaller than regular notes and are often tied to the “regular” note that comes after it.

Turning Practice Into Play #2 – “Quick Change Chromatic Blues”

Guitar Lessons | David Hodge
Here’s a very cool single-guitar finger style blues piece that will teach you about driving, single note bass lines and creating cool melody lines and fills.

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Best CCR Songs For Guitar

By Paul Hackett | September 5, 2010 1 Comment

Since our featured artist of the month is John Fogerty I thought it would be fun to write about the best CCR songs for guitar. These songs are relatively easy to play and likely to be recognized, even when played by beginners.

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Guitar Noise Podcast #28 – Getting Beyond Basic Finger Picking

Since our next Topic of the Month is Finger Picking it seemed like a good idea to show how you can add simple techniques you already know from single note playing and strumming to spice up your finger picking playing as well.

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Music Guide

Grace Notes

Music Guide | David Hodge

The only place where speed actually means something is in the case of grace notes. In music notation, grace notes are smaller than regular notes and are often tied to the “regular” note that comes after it.

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A Happy First of September to everyone! As you undoubtedly know by now, we have a new giveaway contest going on at Guitar Noise. We’re in the process of giving away two  autographed copies of my latest book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to … Continue reading →

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Songwriting for Intermediates
The long-awaited sequel of Nick’s Songwriting for Beginners is now online. Here you’ll find more tips to help develop your songwriting skills even further, including a neat little step-by-step guide.
John Fogerty

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John Fogerty was the singer, lead guitar player and chief songwriter for CCR. In less than four years they had more hit songs that became classics than most guitarists can play.

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Rock Guitar by David Hodge

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Rock Guitar is for the beginner guitarist who wants to get up to speed quickly playing rock music. The earliest exercises up to the more advanced are all focused on the rock genre, not classical as in other books.
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