4 Guitar Maintenance Tips You Should Know

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This is a guest post by Marty Mercer. A great guitar player and owner of Stone City Repair Shop in Joliet Illinois. You can check out his music at www.bigdogmercer.com I get countless people at the shop who have problems with scratchy volume and … [Read more...]

Guitar Lessons: 5 mistakes beginner guitar players make.

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 … [Read more...]

Guitar Lesson: Learning Strum patterns

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. … [Read more...]

Learning Blues Guitar: How to play blues like BB King.

Do you want to play some killer blues guitar? If you said yes, then the man to listen to is BB king. He has toured for decades, and still remains one of the most recognized blues guitarists in history. In this lead guitar lesson, I'll show you a … [Read more...]

What is the best way to learn power chords?

Power chords are a simple way to learn all the chords on the guitar. What, all the chords? Well not exactly all the chords, but A-G# chords can be learned by just using power chords. Here's the shape to learn. Now that you've learned the … [Read more...]

Learning guitar now: What is my first step?

This is a question many people will ask during the course of this year, and while there is no definitive answer about what you should learn on the guitar first, there are certain things to learn that will make the guitar easier. I created Learning … [Read more...]

Learning how to use hammer ons and pull offs in your guitar playing.

Does your guitar playing lack that spice, and energy of favorite guitarists? Well one way to put more spice in your playing, is to use Hammer ons and Pull offs. First let's talk about how to perform a Hammer on. It's pretty easy really. Pick … [Read more...]

Learning Guitar: Do I start out on an electric or acoustic guitar?

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It really depends on what you want to play. Most people say you have to learn the acoustic first, which is a complete lie! Actually, learning the electric guitar, is far easier to start on, because the strings are smaller and easier to push … [Read more...]

Guitar Lesson: The best chords to learn first, when you start learning the guitar.

So what chords do you learn to start playing the guitar immediately? Everybody has their opinions, and they're all great, but I think in general there are 5 that stand out in my mind, as crucial to learn in the beginning. This is the one of the … [Read more...]

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