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How to end songs
2008-01-23 21:37:00 Here’s an entry on song structure at totallyexplained.com: “The structures or musical forms of songs in popular music are typically sectional forms, such as strophic form. Other common forms include thirty-two-bar form, verse-chorus form, and twelve bar blues. Popular music songs are rarely through-composed. The verse and chorus are considered primary, while the introduction and ... More About: Songs
Warming up and relaxation for guitar players
2008-01-23 13:01:00 theguitarsuite.com has more articles on warming up for playing guitar and some great advice on relaxation: “The importance of warming up cannot be overstated. Do you love to play the guitar? Well let?s just say that if you do and you value the gift you?ve been given to be able to play, then you should ... More About: Players , Guitar , Relaxation , Armin
Changing chords
2008-01-22 13:18:00 What’s the very first difficulty you find when you start to learn guitar? Say “changing chords” so we can move on. Okay? This is the first “mystery” of guitar playing: how does that guy get his hand and fingers to move so fast? So the most natural thing to do when you begin guitar ... More About: Chords , Changing
How to play the guitar well
2008-01-20 21:48:00 A student who wants to learn to play the guitar with some excellence really only needs to remember a couple of things. What’s the main component in playing the guitar REALLY WELL? Repeated practice. Every day. For as many hours as possible. The second ingredient is interest. If you grit your teeth and play endless exercises ... More About: Guitar , Play
Play the guitar at your own pace
2008-01-20 00:03:00 When you warm up on your guitar remember that you are not trying to play fast at this time. The idea is to find out what playing condition your body is in now, and begin with whatever tempo you can manage. As you warm up your playing speed will increase naturally. Just remind yourself ... More About: Guitar , Play , Pace
Learn to play the guitar fast
2008-01-17 22:16:00 For fast progress in guitar playing, some discipline is needed. Many people start out with guitar lessons aware that they don’t want to let disciplined practice interfere with having fun learning to play the guitar. But right at the outset of any course, or even if you’re trying to teach yourself to play guitar, ... More About: Guitar , Play , Fast , Learn
One small step for a guitar player
2008-01-16 22:16:00 Whenever you are having a day when you wonder how you ever thought you’d be able to learn to play the guitar, remember that all progress consists of small steps. This is a home truth that holds true always. If you are feeling negative about your progress with guitar playing, pull back and and ... More About: Guitar , Player , Small , Step
Guitar practice tips and how to use them
2008-01-15 22:02:00 It’s not the following of guitar tips and advice that counts - it’s HOW YOU FOLLOW THEM! If you read somewhere that you should practice playing your guitar for an hour a day, then spend that hour finding what is interesting to you in your practice. Don’t say scales aren’t interesting or that practicing ... More About: Guitar , Tips , Practice
Classical guitar lessons
2008-01-14 21:04:00 From a site devoted to classical guitar, here’s an extremely useful lesson on guitar tabs. On the same page is another reminder to PRACTICE SLOWLY! “Guitar tablature is a way of reading guitar notes, chords and music using a six-lined staff. It looks similar to the music staff that is used in music notation but ... More About: Classical , Lessons , Classical Guitar , Guitar Lessons
Free Guitar School Dot Com
2008-01-13 21:57:00 If you’re still looking for free guitar lessons, Free Guitar School Dot Com could be worth watching for updates: “I am putting this site together for everyone who wants to learn to play, or to learn about, the guitar. Music is being cut from middle and high school curricula all over this country. This is ...
A fresh idea to improve guitar technique
2008-01-12 21:48:00 Once again we leave our beloved comfort zone to explore how new challenges can help us lift our guitar technique. Maybe you can expand on this idea of finding classical music passages to use in your guitar practice. “If your looking for great exercises to help your picking, one of the best places to look ... More About: Guitar , Technique , Idea , Improve , Fresh
How to practice guitar
2008-01-10 21:05:00 Make a certain time each day as your guitar practice time. Playing guitar is a physical activity that has a lot in common with sports. Whether or not we play material that needs a great deal of precision, regular practice will keep our hands, legs, arms and backs in practice for guitar playing, so ... More About: Guitar , Practice
The quest for guitar-playing perfection
2008-01-09 22:12:00 One thing prominent in the minds of people wanting to learn to play the guitar is “When will I get to the stage where I can play without making a mistake?” The answer is in this YouTube video: And here’s a bunch of tips from an experienced guitarist on what to do when you make ... More About: Guitar , Quest , Perfection
Serranito - a guitarist with real chops
2008-01-09 04:09:00 Digging around for links for the recent post about Flamenco guitar brought up this YouTube video featuring Victor Monge (Serranito). Serranito, Paco De Lucia and Manolo Sanlucar were the big three guitarists of the new wave of Flamenco in the 1970’s. Serranito’s name is now relatively unknown, not because his playing was inferior but ... More About: Chops , Real , Guitarist , Guitar Heroes
Tabs for acoustic guitar
2008-01-07 21:21:00 Learning to play acoustic guitar is a great adventure which is sometimes spoilt a bit by the chore of having to learn to read music. But for most acoustic guitar players, learning all the symbols and theory connected with musical notation is not really necessary. Tablature for acoustic guitar has certain points giving it an ... More About: Guitar , Acoustic , Tabs
A simple Flamenco technique for guitar players
2008-01-07 09:38:00 When we are presented with problems current wisdom asks us to “think outside the square” but taking a fresh approach on a regular basis equally applies to our daily efforts as guitar players. We need to watch out for ways to add value to our guitar playing like, for instance, the simple Flamenco technique ... More About: Players , Guitar , Technique , Simple
Acoustic Guitars - The Best Tuners
2008-01-06 10:17:00 Tuning your acoustic guitar is the first step in your guitar playing career. Whether by skill, talent or technology, you must be able to get your guitar into tune. One common obstacle to learning to tune a guitar is a certain natural resistance to aquiring new knowledge. This reluctance is present in everybody to some ... More About: Acoustic , Guitars
Beginner guitar lessons
2008-01-04 12:11:00 Here’s a video from that weird guy at Next Level Guitar I haven’t seen any negative feedback for this course at all. Here’s a typical testimonial: ?I just want to say that what you guys are doing is really really cool.. and so much appreciated by what must be 1,000’s of home spun guitar players like me. ... More About: Beginner , Lessons , Guitar Lessons
Basic Guitar Chords And How To Play Them
2008-01-03 09:37:00 One of the challenges for the learner guitarist is learning the basic guitar chords. You will not only need to know where to put your fingers, but also how to change from one chord to another. The technique of smooth transition between chords is a learning process which we are never really finished with. ... More About: Guitar , Play , Chords , Basic
Five sensational guitar lessons courses
2008-01-02 13:36:00 Today’s post is devoted to guitar lesson courses that make slightly outrageous claims. Personally I believe them all, but we must remember that we can only receive the proclaimed benefits of these courses if we put in some effort to follow the instructions exactly. It seems that sometimes these guitar lessons are not quite ... More About: Guitar , Lessons , Guitar Lessons
Slow mo video and audio software
2008-01-01 11:01:00 Computer programs that slow down audio and/or video files to allow guitarists to learn riffs and solos are a basic tool for anyone who wants to learn to play guitar. So here’s the major players in the music slowdown field: Slo Mo Director Slo Mo Director slows down video so you can see and hear what ... More About: Video , Software , Audio , Slow
A Lesson In Flatpicking
2007-12-31 11:35:00 When you play a guitar using plectrum bystanders point and say that you are indulging in a bit of “flatpicking”. I guess they have to call it something. Anyway it’s a technique that most of us assume we can just “do”. You just pick up the pick and pick with it. But like most ... More About: Lesson
Guitar Lesson Video
2007-12-30 13:03:00 Once upon a time, long, long ago men and women learnt to play guitar from books or, if were lucky, a guitar teacher. Books could supply us with the information we needed like what the note symbols meant and what a major key is, and a teacher could guide us, explaining things we did ... More About: Video , Guitar , Lesson
Pete Townshend - destroyer of guitars
2007-12-27 23:55:00 Throughout his solo career and his career with The Who, Pete Townshend has played (and destroyed) a large variety of guitars. In the early days with The Who, Townshend played 6-string and 12-string Rickenbacker semi-hollow electric guitars primarily (particularly the Rose-Morris UK-imported models with special f-holes). However, as instrument-smashing became increasingly integrated into The Who?s ... More About: Guitar Heroes , Pete Townshend , Guitars , Destroyer
Playing guitar, motor skills and stress
2007-12-27 09:28:00 One aspect of learning to play guitar not often found in online guitar lessons is the role of stress in aquiring new motor skills. The wish to be a guitarist is what sits us down to practice, but at that point it can be useful to drop the desire to succeed at what we ... More About: Guitar , Motor , Stress , Skills
Another bunch of free online guitar lessons
2007-12-26 10:34:00 About.com contains a wealth of information on every subject you can think of, so I thought I should point you towards their free online guitar lessons. If you don’t know how to read guitar tabs, you’ll get your opportunity to learn plus you can hear some of the lesssons on RealAudio or mp3. These free ... More About: Guitar , Free , Online , Lessons , Guitar Lessons
Some more free guitar video lessons
2007-12-25 01:21:00 Mike Herberts is known as a pretty good guitar teacher who maintains a great teaching resource for beginner guitarists called Six String Video s Among other things there’s a handy litle page for beginners to print out the four main chords for each of the easiest two keys on guitar. There are four basic guitar chords ... More About: Guitar , Free , Lessons
Acoustic Guitar Secrets almost gone
2007-12-23 20:50:00 Dan Denley’s Acoustic Guitar Secrets is nearly sold out. There are LESS than 100 left. And when these initial 1000 copies are gone, it could be the middle of February before his stock is replenished. Dan was initially going to sell this massive, 7-disk course (5 DVDs, 2 CDs) for $199. But if you ...
Three songs for beginner guitarists
2007-12-23 13:20:00 Wild Thing, Knocking on Heaven?s Door, and Hey Joe are classic songs from the era of the guitar hero, and they are also satisfying songs for beginner guitar players to learn to play. This free video guitar lesson is featured on howtotuneaguitar.org, a site with a wealth of resources for seekers of [tag]free guitar ... More About: Songs , Beginner
New acoustic guitar course pulled off the shelf
More articles from this author:2007-12-20 21:56:00 Late last night, Dan Denley had to pull down his website and stop taking orders for his new Acoustic Guitar Secrets course. Apparently, orders were streaming in so quickly that they couldn’t keep up. He sent out an audio message, which I got earlier today. Listen to Dan Denley’s audio message here. So, at this ... More About: Shelf 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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