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Beginner Guitar Lessons

Learning Guitar: Why should I learn barre chords?

May 29, 2008

So you’re a beginner guitar player and have learned all your open position chords, and are looking to learn some barre chords. Maybe you’ve tried in the past and failed, but this time you’re going to learn how to play them. So why should you learn barre chords? Simply put, barre chords will allow you [...]

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Learning Guitar: Beginner Guitar Lesson you must Do!

May 22, 2008

Do you want to know my secrets to playing the guitar like you’ve always wanted to? Do you want to be able to play all your favorite songs with , with ease? If you said yes to these questions, then you are reading the right blog. If you said no, then stop reading right now. [...]

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Learning Guitar: Easy blues for beginner guitar players

May 21, 2008

Are you a beginner guitar player that is looking for an easy blues song to play? Or maybe you’re totally new to learning guitar and are looking to learn how to play anything on the guitar. Well in today’s guitar lesson, I’m going to teach you “how to play the blues” for beginner guitar players. [...]

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How I learned how to play the guitar. Part 1

May 13, 2008

Everybody learns how to play the guitar in different ways, and in this series of blog posts I’m going to tell you “my story” of how I learned how to play the guitar. I think it’s good to hear how others began, and also see that everyone starts off learning the guitar in the same [...]

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Guitar Lessons: 5 mistakes beginner guitar players make.

May 6, 2008

Do you want to increase your chances of being able to play the guitar? Maybe you’ve taken some guitar lessons in the past and didn’t quite get the results you were looking for. In today’s guitar lesson, I will give you 5 mistakes beginning guitar players commonly make. Knowing what not to do on the [...]

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Learning how to play guitar: My top 5 albums to learn blues and rock.

April 7, 2008

Let’s face it everybody wants to play guitar. With the popularity of Guitar Hero, even more youngsters are picking up and learning how to play the greatest instrument of all time. That’s right, I said the guitar is “The Greatest Instrument of All Time!” Don’t even try to disagree. Now that we’ve got that covered, [...]

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Guitar Hero: Saving the Music industry?

March 20, 2008

If you haven’t heard of the game “Guitar Hero”, then you’ve been living underneath a rock. It is only the single most popular video game in existence. I teach many kids private guitar lessons, and let me tell you the songs on these games are extremely popular. Let me give you an example. I had [...]

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Guitar Lesson: Learning Strum patterns

March 1, 2008

Does your playing lack a driving rhythm? Or maybe you suffer from always playing too fast or slow? When learning how to play songs, your first Guitar Lesson should be about Strum patterns . All songs use strum patterns for the rhythm playing. Sometimes they’ll change during the song, and sometimes the pattern is quite [...]

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Guitar Lesson: Learning how to play the guitar like Jimi Hendrix

January 23, 2008

So you want to play the guitar like the great Jimi Hendrix. This can be frustrating, but with a little ingenuity and practice, you’ll be sounding like Jimi in no time. Learning how to play the guitar like Jimi Hendrix can be a mammoth task, so it is better to take a certain element of [...]

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What kind of pick should I use when learning guitar?

January 11, 2008

This is a question I find many people asking.  This does make a big difference if you don’t know.  One thing to keep in mind is that you need to hold the pick lightly when strumming.  If you don’t you will get a very stiff awkward sound.  To get a smooth sound, you need to [...]

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