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Auto Correct In Guitar Practice

Is it better to practice a piece slowly at first or quickly? Jamie explores why both methods work and how to determine when one method is better than the other.

Getting Past ‘Up and Down’ – Part 2: “Turning Notes into Strokes”

Guitar Lessons | David Hodge

In this lesson,we'll use the main guitar parts from Jack Johnson's song "Taylor" to demonstrate how easy strumming can be.

Respecting Others While You Practice

Guitar Lessons | Mark Mills

Mark Mills returns with a very cool lesson on noise that explains how to practice at a reasonable volume without disturbing your family or neighbors.

How To Practice For Maximum Guitar Speed

Guitar Lessons | Tom Hess

Tom Hess outlines and explains seven simple steps to help you work on developing your speed on the fretboard and keep that speed when you perform.

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Beginners are not the only ones who find strumming difficult. These lessons start with some very basic techniques working up to more advanced ideas.

Featured Artist

Stevie Ray Vaughan is often credited with rescuing blues music from obscurity, although you don't even have to like blues to be a fan of his music.

Bumping around the blogs

“It Might Get Loud”

www.guitarprinciples.com

I just saw the great documentary devoted to the guitar and profiling 3 guitarists and their relationship to music, and their devotion to guitar – Jimmy Page, Edge, and Jack White. It was awesome! The absolute immersion of these great artists into their music, the complete involvement and total connection with the guitar was very touching to [...]

FODFest Friends in February (where to see some cool live music!)

www.davidhodge.com

I’ve talked about FODfest before on these pages, as well as on Guitar Noise. In case you are new to my blog, FOD stands for “Friends of Danny” and “Danny” is Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was murdered in Pakistan in 2002. Besides being a reporter, Daniel was a wonderful musician (primarily [...]

From Our Archives

Getting Past “Up and Down” – Part 1

In this, the first of a series of four articles, we begin to hone our strumming techniques so that any rhythmic pattern will be within our grasp.

Singing and Playing Guitar

A lot of people pick up the guitar in order to play and sing songs with other people. These lessons look at singing and playing guitar at the same time.

Audiofanzine Guitar News

Toadworks Fat City Dual Pedal (08/02/2010)
ToadWorks USA announced the release of a new Dual Overdrive pedal, Fat City.
Tregan Guitars Artist Series (05/02/2010)
The New Artist Series Guitars by Tregan Guitars was announced at NAMM this year: The first two available in the Artist Series is the SyrenXT Sphynx Edition and the Shaman Skunk Mod.
Toadworks PipeLine Pedal (05/02/2010)
ToadWorks USA is pleased to announce the release of PipeLine, described as "the only stereo tremolo pedal capable of replicating the fabled 'harmonic vibrato,'" according to the company.
Orange Amps Rockerverb II (04/02/2010)
Orange announced the launch of the new Rockerverb II, which "builds on the classic proven Rockerverb formula and improves the specification and range available," according to the company.
Ibanez UV77RE Universe 20th Anniversary (01/02/2010)
It was 20 years ago when Steve Vai joined forces with Ibanez to produce his 7-string Universe, the first production 7-string solid-body electric guitar.
Ibanez RGD Series Electric Guitars (01/02/2010)
For 2010 Ibanez presents a new, heavier rock RG edition, the RGD series.
New Ibanez RGA Line (01/02/2010)
In 2010 Ibanez rolls out a slew of new additions to its RGA series of arch-topped, set-in necked electric guitars.
Ibanez RG Prestige Fixed Bridge Guitars (01/02/2010)
Ibanez unveiled the first RG Prestige guitars with a fixed bridge, geared for players "who prefer a more straightforward set-up."
Ibanez MSC350BK (01/02/2010)
The new Ibanez MSC350BK sports a black, high gloss finish and a new, simpler 3-way switch control for both acoustic and electric guitar sounds.
Ibanez Joe Satriani Signature Acoustic (29/01/2010)
Ibanez announced this year the new Joe Satriani acoustic guitar.

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