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, December 28, 2011

“Events Horizon” is our weekly blog post where we tell you about upcoming shows featuring members and friends of the Guitar Noise community.

Consider…

If you’re serious about learning to play guitar, you’ll want to use as many different sources as you can find. And take in every bit of information you can.

O Little Town of Bethlehem

For this lesson on “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” we show how using two notes of a chord can create a beautiful chord melody arrangement.

The Left Way

There is a right way to play guitar, but is there a left way? Regardless of how you play, a regular guitar book will work with a left-handed guitar.

Events Horizon – Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Welcome to the last Events Horizon of 2011, where catch you up on upcoming shows featuring members and friends of the Guitar Noise community.

Newsletter Vol. 4 # 17 – December 15, 2011

Let me take a moment to wish all of you, as well as your families and friends a safe and joyful holiday season, for whichever holidays you celebrate!

Keeping a Guitar in Open Tuning

Is it ok to leave a guitar in open tuning? Or should it be retuned to standard tuning when you’re not playing it? The answer is fairly straightforward.

Events Horizon – Wednesday, December 14, 2011

It’s almost the middle of December already! And, being Wednesday, that means it’s also time for the latest Guitar Noise’ “Events Horizon”.

How to Play Guitar Standing Up

Most people tend to play their guitars really low because it looks really cool. It’s actually a lot harder to play well that way. So what is good posture?

Events Horizon – Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Whenever you’re out playing Guitar Noise would like to help promote your shows, whether it’s in a stadium or at a ten-seat coffee house.

Newsletter Vol. 4 # 16 – December 1, 2011

Hello and welcome to the latest issue of Guitar Noise News, your free twice-a-month newsletter from Guitar Noise. Today is December 1,

Which is the right note?

The guitar, unlike many instruments, gives you multiple choices when it comes to where to play most notes. How do you know which one is right?

Hey There Delilah – Plain White T’s

Hey There Delilah by Plain White T’s is a great pop song that will help you pick up some solid technique whether you use a pick or play finger style.

Events Horizon – Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Can you believe it’s the last day of November? Welcome to the “day before December!” edition of Guitar Noise’s “Events Horizon.”

Revisiting the Capo (Part 3) – Getting Through Some Confusion

Part three in our series Revisiting the Capo addresses some of the confusion that transposing a song will invariably cause humble guitar players.

What is dissonance?

What do people mean by “dissonance” and other such terms when talking about chord changes? Not everyone hears the same sorts of dissonance.

Events Horizon – Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Welcome to the day before Thanksgiving edition of Events Horizon. Here we do our best to catch you up on upcoming shows featuring friends of Guitar Noise.

Revisiting the Capo (Part 2) – Doublespeak

Why do we acknowledge that using a capo changes the chords we play but continue calling them by their open position names? What are the real chords?

How do you play “Double Stop Rock?”

This week we answer a question about playing “Double Stop Rock,” a guitar exercise from David Hodge’s “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Playing Rock Guitar”

Events Horizon – Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Welcome to Guitar Noise’s Events Horizon where we do our best to catch you up on upcoming shows featuring friends of the Guitar Noise community!

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