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Three Marlenas by The Wallflowers
Our next lesson in the easy song for beginners series is Three Marlenas by the Wallflowers. This song is from their 1996 breakthrough album Bringing Down the Horse.
Finger Picking for Guitar
Fingerpicking, if you’ll pardon the pun, isn’t all that hard to pick up. In fact, it’s quite easy for most people to get started.
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!
To Read or Not to Read? Part 1 – The Tyranny of Tablature
It’s an eternal debate as to whether or not a guitarist should learn to read music as opposed to tablature. Nick Minnion gives us his take on the topic.
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.
Fender Select Carved Maple Top Telecaster
The latest addition to the new Fender American Select range is the Fender Select Carved Maple Top Telecaster and it’s certainly special.
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!)
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Scales – Part 5
In our last post we learned there is only one kind of major scale. Now let’s look at the minor scale – and there are LOTS of different minor scales!
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.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Scales – Part 4
Now we’ll get into the grand-daddy of music theory. The major scale is important to theory because it’s the yardstick by which we measure all other scales.
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.
