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So, you’ve been learning guitar for a while and you feel pretty comfortable playing your instrument. You learn new songs every now and then and might pick up some tips online occasionally. Here’s the problem though. It doesn’t really feel like you’re improving anymore. Not as much as you used to in any case. This […]
We will explore eight common strumming mistakes that many beginners make. Strumming is a fundamental technique that lays the foundation for playing various styles of music on the guitar. Understanding and correcting these mistakes will help you achieve better control, dynamics, and tone while avoiding fatigue during long playing sessions. Your guitar lessons like these […]
I want to share with you a country style fingerpicking pattern that you can apply to any chord progression. It’s a two part pattern that we’ll learn one part at a time before putting both parts together! We can play this pattern over any chord, but let’s learn it using an open G chord as […]
Almost every advanced guitarist likes to improvise and create music. However, this can seem like an unobtainable goal for beginners who need to focus so intensely on “right” and “wrong” notes, fingers, frets, and strings. Or, at least, one to put aside for a long time until they master the instrument. All music students can […]
So many great easy guitar songs use slash chords to create smooth and melodic bass lines that go down or up one step at a time as the chord changes. You might have seen these slash chords on a guitar chord chart and not have been sure about what to play! First, what are slash […]
If you are new to the guitar, working on beginner guitar songs, or perhaps switching over from acoustic to electric, you may not be familiar with the pickups used to amplify the sound. In fact, wood is not as important a feature in an electric, the guitar pickup will affect the tone more. Each device […]
When a student first starts learning beginner guitar lessons, they often play the popular riffs and chords of the songs they like best. It is always helpful to learn with music you are familiar with, but eventually it is fun to branch out into creating your own compositions and improvisations. In this article we will […]
One of the essential tools for playing guitar is a capo, even if you do not use it much, they will come in handy. There are a variety of styles, but they mostly serve the same purpose of holding the strings down for transposition. Your guitar and playing style will help you decide which kind […]