David Hodge

Can you believe there are only two more newsletters between now and the one for January 1, 2012?

When you find yourself playing with a lot of other guitar players somebody’s going to have to slap on a capo. But how do you know which fret to put it on?

Buying a gift for a guitarist doesn’t have to break your budget! Here are a lot of gift ideas for the musician in your life – all under $30!

When you’re busy you not only have to make time to learn guitar, you also have to ensure you’re making the best of your time. But how do you make time?

The true power and beauty of music is when it gets shared. That’s why Guitar Noise’s Events Horizon is helping spread the word about your upcoming gigs.

Chord changes in songs are always a matter of timing. So when you’re looking at a chord sheet with lyrics how do you know when to change chords?

Welcome to the first “Events Horizon” of November. As we have readers from all over the world, these shows take place all over the place!

I’m writing this on October 28 and we’ve got snow three inches of snow or so that’s covered the ground all day. And it’s not even Halloween yet!

This month we put the spotlight on the Beatles, as well as on all the various Beatles song lessons available here at Guitar Noise.

Man on the Moon by R.E.M. is a beautiful song that beginners can easily learn to play. We’ll also add some nice touches for a solo arrangement.

In our beginner arrangement of R.E.M.’s Losing My Religion you can play the guitar, mandolin and bass parts all on a solo acoustic guitar. Sounds great.

This is a fun and easy to way to play the REM song Driver 8. We’re also going to learn a few new tricks like incorporating riffs into strumming.

Rock and Roll has (and will continue to have) many guitar heroes. Read about Chuck Berry, who probably was the first electric rock guitar god.

So far our discussion on determining the key of a song has been biased towards major keys. Now let’s look at songs at what to do with songs in minor keys.

Let’s answer some more of your mail. Here’s a recent pair of questions about stopping string squeak and finding good tutorials on Travis Picking.

Andrew DuBrock’s “Travis Picking” does an excellent job teaching not only the basics of Travis picking but the intermediate and advanced techniques, too.

Welcome to this week’s “Event Horizon” post where we catch you up on upcoming shows featuring members and friends of the Guitar Noise community!

We know the starting and ending chords are sometimes good indicators a songs key. But what else can help us figure out what key a song is in?

This is easily one of the most common questions we get: What order should I read the lessons in? Well, that really depends on who is asking the question.

It’s not too early to be thinking about Halloween! Welcome to this week’s Event Horizon where we list upcoming shows featuring friends of Guitar Noise!