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Featured Topic: Performing and Playing Guitar Live
Performing and Playing Guitar Live
Whether you are just starting out or you’ve been playing guitar for a while, there are all sorts of things to consider when playing live in front of others.
Scales and Modes for Guitar
Most guitar players think they need to memorize scales in order to play blistering solos. But there’s more to it than just rote memorization of notes.
Celtic Music for Guitar
Free fingerstyle guitar arrangements of celtic guitar songs. These lessons will help you find your Irish musical muse and sound on the guitar.
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.
Beginner Guitar Lessons
Are you just starting to learn guitar? These free guitar lessons cover everything for beginners from chords to tuning and easy songs you can learn to play.
How to Buy a Guitar
Are you looking for advice on how to buy your first guitar? We’ve got loads of really helpful information on shopping do’s and don’ts for musicians.
How to Practice Guitar
If you’ve spent any amount of time around guitars you’ll know that there’s a really big difference between practicing and playing guitar.
Guitar Strumming for Beginners
Beginners are not the only ones who find strumming difficult. These lessons start with some very basic techniques working up to more advanced ideas.
Singing and Playing Guitar at the Same Time
Have you ever wanted to sing and play guitar at the same time? It’s not nearly as hard as you think. Not only is this something you can do, but with proper practice, you can even learn to do it quite well.
Chord Melody Arrangements for Guitar
A chord melody is basically a solo guitar arrangement of a song. You want the melody to ring out so people can easily recognize what you are playing.
Learn How to Play Blues Guitar
Blues Music is synonymous with the guitar. Do yourself a favor and check out all the great blues guitar lessons full of tips and information we have.
So you want to teach guitar?
Have you ever wanted to teach guitar but then thought you might not be qualified? Let’s dispel a few of the myths about what it takes to teach guitar.
Music Theory for Guitar Players
We’ve always tried to approach music theory for guitar with a simple idea: it’s not supposed to be rocket science. Music theory should be simple and fun.
Learn How to Play Guitar Solos
A good guitar solo is usually the result of planning. These lessons help you get ready to play those spontaneous sounding, spur of the moment solos.
Guitar Tunings (The Basics and Much More)
What we guitarists consider “standard tuning” has been around pretty much since the fifth and sixth strings were added to the instrument in the late 1700’s.
Bass for Beginners
A bass player doesn’t have to be flashy or loud, but a band won’t survive long with a weak bass.
Now and Zen - Guitar Noise Looks Back at 2000
Do you remember where you were in 2000? We know exactly where we were thanks to the Guitar Noise archives.
Turning Scales Into Solos
Putting together solos is not easy, and the conventional teaching (“just use your scales”) doesn’t usually make a lot of sense for beginners.
So you want to be a songwriter?
If you approach songwriting the same way you approach practicing guitar, it is something you can get better at with a little work.
Easy Christmas and Holiday Songs for Guitar
Learn how to play holiday songs on guitar. These solo guitar arrangements are fun and easy, not to mention they will impress your family and friends.
