David Hodge
David Hodge is a music teacher with over twenty-five years experience who writes lessons for both Acoustic Guitar and Play Guitar! He is the author of three Idiot's Guide to Guitar books: The Complete Idiot's Guide Guitar, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Rock Guitar, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Bass Guitar. David is also the and co-author of the new The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Art of Songwriting.David is also the lead editor and columnist for guitarnoise.com. For his schedule and latest news check out David's home page. You can contact David by email at dhodgeguitar@aol.com.
Articles by David Hodge
Events Horizon – Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Welcome to this week’s Guitar Noise Events Horizon, which (as you hopefully know by now), is our weekly blog post where we do our best to catch you up on upcoming shows featuring members and friends of the Guitar Noise community, taking place all over the world. Or at least wherever and whenever people let [...]
Playing Percussively
Learn to add percussive strumming to your rhythm playing. David walks you through the basic technique, step by step, with audio examples.
The Kinks
The Kinks are one of England’s preeminent rock bands of the 1960s. They released their first album in 1964, which featured the immortal “You Really Got Me.”
Newsletter Vol. 4 # 20 – February 1, 2012
Welcome to the latest issue of Guitar Noise News, your free twice-a-month newsletter from Guitar Noise .My wishes for a happy February 2012.
Three Marlenas – The Wallflowers
Learn to play The Wallflowers’ “Three Marlenas” – picking up some easy and interesting chord changes and strumming tips along the way!
Events Horizon – Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Welcome to Events Horizon for February 2012. This is our weekly blog post on upcoming shows featuring members and friends of the Guitar Noise community.
Q & A: “Gallows Pole” and “Midnight Special”
Time to dip into the “email bag” once again! Today’s question concerns two of the song arrangements from The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Guitar.
Events Horizon – Wednesday, January 25, 2012
I’d like to start this week’s Guitar Noise Events Horizon with a repeat announcement from last week (hopefully that makes sense!)
Q & A: “Time in a Bottle”
“Time in a Bottle” by Jim Croce draws together all sorts of things we have been learning. It uses capos, features two guitars, and even changes key mid-song.
Events Horizon – Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Hello and welcome again to the latest Events Horizon, our weekly blog post where we do our best to catch you up on upcoming shows all over the world.
Guitar Tip: Faster Chord Changing
We’ve gotten lots of questions from beginners about how to get faster at changing chords. While practice is important, here is one tip that can help a lot.
Newsletter Vol. 4 # 19 – January 15, 2012
Welcome to Volume 4, Issue #18 of Guitar Noise News! I hope that your New Year has been a good one so far.
A Horse With No Name – Adding Some Personal Touches
Our lesson of A Horse With No Name continues with advice on how to spice up your strumming as well as a look at the solo from the original recording.
Events Horizon – Wednesday, January 11, 2012
It’s Wednesday again, which means it’s time for the latest Events Horizon, our weekly blog post where we do our best to catch you up on upcoming shows.
Andrew DuBrock – Easy Fingerpicking Guitar – A Beginner’s Guide to Essential Patterns & Techniques
“Easy Fingerpicking Guitar” has to be the best step-by-step fingerpicking tutorial for beginners that exists. You’ll learn great technique immediately.
Gustavo Assis-Brasil – Hybrid Picking Lines & Licks For Guitar for All Styles
An excellent companion book for Gustavo Assis-Brasil’s “Hybrid Picking for Guitar.” A great source for lead guitarist whether you use hybrid picking or not.
Events Horizon – Wednesday, January 4, 2012
A belated Happy New Year and welcome to the first Guitar Noise Events Horizon of 2012. There is going to be a lot of live music for you to enjoy this year.
Newsletter Vol. 4 # 18 – January 1, 2012
In case you’ve not been told, it is now 2012. Which means I can say hello and welcome to the latest issue of Guitar Noise News.
A Horse With No Name – The Simplest Song
A Horse With No Name by America is one of the easiest songs for you to learn. We’re going to teach you how to play it while throwing in some music theory.
How Do I Transpose a Particular Song?
Another question about capos and transposing songs. How do you know which fret to put the capo on if you’re playing along with another guitar?