Should I learn to read music?
If you’re serious about becoming a guitarist, learning to read music is going to be an essential skill. Fortunately, it’s easier to learn than you think.
If you’re serious about becoming a guitarist, learning to read music is going to be an essential skill. Fortunately, it’s easier to learn than you think.
Guitar Noise Newsletter for December 05, 2004 with all the latest site news and updates. Written by David Hodge.
Next in our series of Christmas lessons we are going to work on The Little Drummer Boy. Way too often, guitarists tend to under-use or, worse, ignore the little finger when playing. Many beginners don’t start working with it until they absolutely have to and at that point it’s almost like learning to play all over again. Includes MP3 files.
When I started teaching, all of my students were adults. They had no visions of being the next Jimmy Page or Jimmy Rogers. They simply wanted to play and play for their own enjoyment. And this meant playing songs, as few people find satisfaction in playing a string of exercises over and over again. As […]
Sheryl just got back from Europe this past week and was kind enough to answer a few questions for us at Guitar Noise. I think that you’ll find her insights into jazz and songwriting to be both helpful and enlightening.
Guitar Noise Newsletter for November 28, 2004 with all the latest site news and updates. Written by David Hodge.
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas is a wonderfully easy introduction to creating a chord melody arrangement and the first of a series of holiday song lessons for our readers. MP3 files are included.
There’s a lot of discussion about which guitar chords to learn first. This article clears things up for beginners who want learn guitar.