Giving Your Guitar A Routine Checkup
It’s currently the beginning of spring as I write this post and that prompted me to write about a really important topic and that is why it’s important to give your guitar a little checkup. So just like you would give your car an oil change every 3000 miles, It’s important to give your guitar some routine maintenance as well. This is important for both acoustic and electric guitars. Acoustic guitars will sometimes need it more though because they are effected more by climate change. Whenever a new season comes in, the climate and weather change. You also change the…
How To Use And Learn Vibrato On Guitar
The following video is a FREE lesson on how to use Vibrato on guitar. Learning to use good vibrato is probably one of the best techniques that you can acquire for playing guitar. It gives you the ability to sound more vocal in your playing and can take a standard guitar solo or lick and make it really stand out. Enjoy!
Paper Crumbling To Build Strength As A Guitar Player
Here’s a really cool exercise for guitar players that will make your hands and fingers stronger so that you can play faster and longer guitar solos…
Minor Pentatonic Mania
The minor pentatonic scale is the most popular and widely used scale for lead guitar soloing. It allows you to play scorching solos and has an endless amount of licks that can be created from it. This article will get you going on it!
Major Pentatonic Mania
The major pentatonic scale is one of the most popular lead guitar scales around. Learn to master it and you will be able to rip some pretty awesome solos. This article will tell you all about it
Why Rock Guitar Is The Easiest Form Of Guitar To Learn
Learning to play guitar is a lot easier than you think and rock guitar, the most popular by far, is the easiest! Here’s why…
Writing Music
Learning to write music is one of the most rewarding and awesome things that you can do on guitar. This post will give you my thoughts on the subject
The Different Types Of Guitar Adjustments
This article will look at all the different types of adjustments that can be made to electric and acoustic guitars to get them setup and playing properly
How To Setup And Maintain Your Guitar
Setting up your electric or acoustic guitar is crucial to having it play well. You also want to know how to maintain it throughout the year and the changing of seasons.
Learning To Play Songs Using Guitar Tabs
The main goal for writing this article is to give you some tips for making it easier when learning other peoples songs using guitar tabs. But first, a little background on what it is to be an emotional player…. As a teacher, I always have students asking me to teach them how to play songs by such artists as Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Slash and many other really famous guitarists. Many of these great guitar players are what I like to call “Emotional Players”. When they write and play music, they do so without much thinking or understanding of…