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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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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 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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What is the best way to learn power chords?

January 10, 2008

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 shape.  Simply move the chord up and down the strings [...]

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Learning guitar now: What is my first step?

January 9, 2008

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 Guitar Now and from my experience, here are 3 things [...]

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

January 8, 2008

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 one note and now “Hammer” to a note above that [...]

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

January 2, 2008

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 first guitar lessons I teach to any beginner. [...]

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