Learning The Basics Behind Guitar Tuning

           

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Even top of the line guitars need a little care and maintenance in order to sound phenomenal. From minor maintenance, such as replacing worn strings, to more significant adjustments, such as neck realignment, taking care of your guitar ensures that it always sounds its best. One of the most minor steps in guitar care is guitar tuning. An untuned guitar can sound out of key, generate excessive "buzzing", and even be more difficult to play.

Guitar strings extend from the headstock, or the top of the guitar, to the bridge, where the strings are attached to the body. In order for a guitar to play properly, these strings must have the correct tension. If the strings are too tight, they will key higher and sharper, and the "action" (the space between the strings and the frets) will be greater. The greater the action, the more difficult it is to properly press the strings against the frets. When strings are too loose, the guitar will generate lower, flatter notes, and there is an increased possibility of "buzzing", which is caused by strings vibrating against the frets. However, a properly tuned guitar sounds crisp, clear, and on-key, and plays comfortably.

The process of guitar tuning is relatively simple. Novice guitar players may benefit from a few tools that make the process even easier, and more accurate. There are a variety of guitar tuners available. Some play a note in perfect pitch, allowing you to hear how your notes should sound. These are often very basic, and quite inexpensive. Some more sophisticated models can also detect a note as you play it, and indicate how far off-key (and in which direction) the string is. There are even online tools that help you tune your guitar properly by playing a note in perfect pitch, and are very often completely free. For actually adjusting the strings, a basic peg winder can make turning the tuning pegs easier (and come in especially handy when replacing strings). With experience, you may be able to tune your guitar by ear - very handy for those moments when your tuning supplies aren?t close at hand.

Actually tuning the guitar is also fairly simple. The simplest process is to first tune the low E string (when holding the guitar, this is the first string from top to bottom). Use a tuner to determine how the low E should sound. If your note sounds sharper than the tuner, loosen the tension on the string. Do this in gradual steps, checking the result after each adjustment. If it sounds flatter than the tuner, increase tension, until the note sounds perfectly in key. Once you've adjusted the first string, the tuner isn't necessary anymore, as you can tune the rest of your guitar according to each tuned string.

Once the low E string is tuned, you can move on to the next string. Hold down the fifth fret of the E string, and pluck it and the A string (unfretted) simultaneously. If the sound wavers or pulsates, the A string is out of tune. You can then pluck each string independently to determine how to adjust the A string. Once it is adjusted, you can move on to the next string. Now hold down the fifth fret of the A string, and pluck it and the D string. You can continue on in this way, fretting the newly-tuned string and its untuned neighbor:

(E String tuned with a tuner)
A String - Fifth Fret of E String, Open A String
D String - Fifth Fret of A String, Open D String
G String - Fifth Fret of D String, Open G String
B String - Fourth Fret of G String, Open B String
High E String - Fifth Fret of B String, Open E String

Once you've done it a few times, the process becomes second nature, and will only take a few moments. You'll also quickly learn how to tell when your guitar is out of tune. Enjoy the rewards of your effort by creating perfectly tuned, clear notes from your guitar.

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HAVING FUN LEARNING GUITAR

           

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Are you having fun learning guitar? If there?s one thing I?ve discovered over the years as a teacher, it?s the importance of keeping things simple and fun for my students. This can sometimes require a bit of creative thinking on my part. But I find, if I pay attention to my students, I am often able to discover where their musical interests and desires lie. When I can key into these personal and motivational impulses, then I am able to direct that energy in a positive direction. The result is a happy student who is having fun learning guitar!

When a new student first arrives at my studio they are often filled with hopeful expectations. Many have visions of being able to play like one of their guitar heroes someday. This is all well and good as it establishes a goal. But it usually isn?t long before they realize that visions and reality can be worlds apart! Playing like a professional guitarist requires a bit of discipline and hard work, not to mention sore fingers! The trick to having fun learning guitar is to mix a little business with pleasure! To do this, I recommend that a student spend time practicing the fundamentals as well as learn something they want to play.

Often a student will mention to me that there is a song they?d like to learn. Even if I think that it?s beyond their current level and ability, I still do not want to discourage them from pursuing it. Instead, I try to break the song down into small, bite-size pieces, or perhaps pull out a particular technique for them to work on first. I have found this approach to be very effective because my guitar students are more inspired to practice when they are playing what they want to learn. Their skill level seems to improve more rapidly too, and they are enjoying themselves in the process. That?s what it?s all about in my book!

If a student doesn?t have a particular song in mind, then I will often suggest something for them to try. I find that simplified versions of classic rock riffs are great motivators- especially for kids. Some examples that I?ve used and had success with include Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple, and Foxy Lady by Jimi Hendrix. Another popular and easy rock riff is Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones.

If you?re a guitar student who is not having fun learning guitar, then I suggest you find something you?d like to learn. It will make a big difference in how you look at practicing!

Kathy Unruh is a singer/songwriter and webmaster of ABC Learn Guitar. She has been writing songs and providing guitar lessons to students of all ages for over 20 years.

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How Can I Learn To Play The Electric Guitar

           

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If you want to learn how to play the electric guitar the first thing is that you need to have one and if you do not then you will need to buy one. In this article we will look at what you will need in order to learn how to play an electric guitar.

Certainly as you will soon find that an electric guitar is much easier to play than an acoustic one. But along with the guitar you will also need to have an amp, a guitar cable and a guitar pick. Plus you will also need to learn about the various buttons and switches that are on an electric guitar. But let us first take a look at the essentials.

1. The Electric Guitar
It is important that you know the different features that are to be found on an electric guitar as well as the qualities of one. So spend time getting to know the different knobs and controls on your electric guitar by playing with them, as this will provide you with an idea on how to mix everything properly in order to get the best sound out of the instrument as possible. What one must remember is that an electric guitar is not something that you can just plug in and play it takes a lot of time in terms of mixing the sounds and tones together.

2. The Amp
Purchase a good quality amp, as even the most expensive of guitars will sound awful if they are fed from a low quality amp. If you are able to when purchasing an amp for your guitar then try it out in the store first. If you can and the store allows you to then turn all the switches on it to their highest point and listen to the sound that the amp produces. If you can afford to purchase an amp with a built in distortion box, as this is especially useful for people who cannot afford to buy an effects box and the distortion feature is the most important one for any electric guitar.

3. Listen to Electric Guitar Tracks
One of the best ways of grasping the basics of playing an electric guitar is to listen to some of the greatest electric guitar sounds of all time. In fact many people find that they learn more from listening to different riffs and tunes, which can be produced by an electric guitar, and then trying to reproduce the sound themselves on their own guitar.

These are just a few pointers that help a person learn how to play the electric guitar but there are plenty of sites on the Internet that can provide further information, tips and techniques.

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Learn to Play Guitar with Online Software

           

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Like for many who aspire to learn to play the guitar, my quest at proficiency has taken many twists and turns. I have considered taking formal classes at $30 an hour. While this method appears to be the best, it is expensive and requires a long commitment. In addition, due to my busy schedule I found it impossible to commit to a set schedule. I purchased the latest books, videos, and online software. By using each of these different delivery methods I learned a bit, and am able to play many basic tunes on the guitar. The purpose of this article is to share my thoughts on the benefits and drawbacks of each method mentioned above. These opinions are based on my experiences and frustrations in my journey to learn to play guitar. So lets get started!

My love affair with the guitar started about 12 to 15 years ago. I was listening to B.B King and was entranced by the sounds coming out of Lucille. I knew that I would love nothing more than to sit back at home and play those awesome songs all night! I thought it would be pretty cool to play some sick blues for a few of my friends at my very frequent (and often drunken!) parties. So I started to look for information on how to learn to play guitar. The Internet was not quite so replete with information as it is today (and I did not have a PC at my disposal) so I went to the bookstore and bought a few books. These books gave a pretty good basic history of the guitar and a cursory introduction into music theory. When it came to learning how to play, problems occurred from the start.

The first issue was tuning the guitar! The instructions were to use a piano for tuning. I did not have one and I suspect not many people do today. The tuning fork was a pain and I suspect that my first few months of learning were done with an out of tune guitar. The next issue was hand and finger position. Six lines, frets and black dots are a poor way to show you how to place your fingers. Even if you have no problem with this, the dynamic nature of playing guitar is difficult to illustrate on paper. The next issue was reading the music. It was presented in a cumbersome and very boring manner. How did I know that I was playing the notes right? The big issue with the book method for me was a lack of visual step-by-step instructions that showed me how the fingers worked in unison, and how the notes (and songs) were supposed to sound. In later years, books on how to learn to play guitar came with CDs. This was a tremendous improvement and help. Tuning was much easier, and I could listen to what the songs I was learning were supposed to sound like. But many of the problems remained. I feel that books are not the best delivery method for learning to play guitar.

Next came the videos. This media was leaps and bounds better than the books I had purchased. I could see and hear what the instructor was teaching. Tuning was even easier than before. Video close ups shed light on many of my previous questions on hand position and the dynamic nature of guitar playing. I was able to copy the instructor and actually play some cool tunes. I used the rewind function hundreds of times to reproduce something I had missed or was having troubles with. There were some very painful limitations to this method though. The first was boredom. You can only rewind the same tape to watch the same thing so many times. After that you lose interest. The next problem was that you really only learned to play whatever songs are on the 60 min tape. You were never (or at least not very well) given the tools to play other songs. This was quite limiting for me. The last issue was the actual camera angles of the videos. The shots were often too far or at wrong angles for you to see exactly what the instructor was doing. This was frustrating for me.

So we get to my favorite method: Online software! Today?s Internet gives us the ability to download full courses that allow you to learn to play guitar in the comfort of your home. Some of these courses are multimedia instructionals that allow you to use technology to maximum effect. One such course is Jamorama. This course teaches the user TAB, and how to play songs by ear. It takes advantage of the thousands of TAB songs available for free on the Internet. The price is close to what you would pay for one hour of instruction, or what you would pay for 2 good books on learning to play guitar. This course overcomes the shortcoming of books and videos because it is dynamic. There are games that teach you to learn the tedious and boring tasks of reading and transcribing music. There are over 148 videos that show you step-by-step how to play songs. One of the more interesting things about Jamorama is that it also has 26 tracks that you play along with. In fact, you can turn off the guitar track and play along with drummer and bassist. This is a vast improvement over the other methods. The main benefit with this method, and with this course in particular is that it is more interactive!

So what are the downfalls? Because these methods are made to appeal to a large audience with many different musical style interests, there are a lot of songs that just don?t appeal to me. I personally have no interest in Nirvana, Van Halen or a multitude of Bands/singers that always appear on these types of courses. Much of the content is just not interesting and therefore some of the wealth of information that is offered is often wasted. I still believe that online software is the best way to go to learn to play guitar. The interactive benefits are excellent. This is also a very convenient way to learn!

Moncef Ahardan is a music lover and a guitar novice. To learn more about Jamorama, please click on http://www.jamoramaguitarreview.com

Learn The Basics Then Pick Up Your Guitar And Play

           

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Every year many people want to learn to play the guitar. A few succeed but many more fail. Learning to play takes some skills that most people can master if they really try. The whole idea behind playing guitar is actually picking up the guitar and playing. It is all too easy to get hung up in details and forget about the big picture.

You need to get comfortable if you to learn this instrument. Next you should learn the right way to hold your guitar and pick. Learning to tune is one of the most important skills you will need to master. Then you can jump start your playing by learning to read tablature. This article will take a look at a few essential things you need to think about when learning to play a guitar.

When starting your guitar learning adventures it is wise to get comfortable. It is hard to learn how to do anything if you are not in the right state of mind. Find a place to play where you can have some privacy so you will not drive your family nuts when you play that G scale for an hour at a time.

Take the time to learn the right way to hold your instrument. Bad habits are hard to break so take the time to learn the basics. It is a lot easier to learn the correct way than it is to have to start over.

Ask anyone who has had to listen to someone playing an out of tune guitar if learning to tune your guitar is important and you will probably get a quick answer. You cannot tell if you are playing the correct notes if the guitar is out of tune. With the modern technology available today anyone can learn to tune the guitar. You can buy an electronic tuner that will tune your guitar very accurately.

Learning to read music is certainly not for everyone. It takes many hours to learn to read music and most people just want to get on with playing. Fortunately there is an easier way to learn. Reading tablature is a method a lot of folks really like. Most people find reading tablature to be a better way to learn.

Use the method that suits you best to learn to play guitar but stay with the reason you started learning in the first place. Get your basics right and make sweet music by picking up the guitar and playing. That is what learning to play guitar is about.

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Learn Guitar Improvisation By Faking

           

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A fake book can really help you a lot in developing your improvisational skills. If you choose just one of the songs you will find a source to many exercises that will help you become a much better guitarist.

Do you know what a fake book is?

A fake book is made in a very compact format containing a lot of songs. This is possible because you will usually only find the melody of a song and the chords of a song.

The melody is written out with sheet music notation and maybe guitar tablature and if it is a song you can find the lyrics beneath the melody. The chords to play you will find above the notes.

Because this is a compact way of writing down songs a fake book can contain more than 500 songs.

This very rudimentary way to write down the songs gives you as a guitarist an opportunity to use your own musical taste when you interpret the songs.

The songs will usually only contain very basic chord progressions. When you hear these songs played the songs are often spiced up with more interesting chords. Often there are also more chords used which will make the chord progressions more interesting and exciting musically.

The act of trying to find more chords to use in a song and to spice up existing chords is an excellent exercise in chord theory. As you are working with a song you are interested in and also will use the exercise in you actual guitar playing you will be more motivated to do a good job.

You can now practice the new chords in the song. Concentrate on one chord at a time. There are many ways to practice a chord by for example playing the chord in various positions and with different voicings.

You can now take the chord practice a step further by using your new chord progressions in the song and practice changing chords. Take a few bars of the song and practice to play the progressions on your guitar as you vary the chord voicings.

When you have decided which chords you will use in a song you can use these chords to find suitable scales to use in your guitar improvisation. You can find many scale books on the net with suggestions on which scale to use for various chord progressions.

We will use the first chord of the song you are working on to show how you can find out which scale to use. If your first chord is a C-major chord you can choose between for example a C-major scale or a C-major pentatonic scale. The principle is to find a scale that contains the notes in the chord.

Now it is time to actually practice playing the scales on your guitar. Start with the first chord in the song and continue the same way with the other chords. First, strum the chord on your guitar and practice playing the suitable scale up and down in various positions and patterns.

Actually it is very common that you can use the same scale to many chords in a song. For example, the C-major scale will work together with the chords C-major, G7, Dm, Am and so on.

Now when you have mastered playing the suitable scales to the chords you can start to work on improving your improvisational skills by taking the previous method a little bit further. Strum a chord and use the scale you have chosen to create your own patterns, melodies and licks.

You are now prepared to improvise over the chord progressions you have written down using the scales you have chosen. The exciting part is when you come to a bar with a new scale to use. If you find it hard to change scale during your improvisation it might be a good idea to concentrate working on this skill for a while.

That means, use two scales and try to alternate between them as you continue to improvise maybe a couple of bars over each scale.

You can use a song in many other ways developing your skills in guitar improvisation. This should of course be a positive exercise leading you towards the goal to be able to play the song from start to end with melody and improvisation as you would like to play it in public.

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Guitar Scale Learning - The Number One Mistake Guitarists Make

           

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There is a really common mistake that many guitarists make when learning guitar scales. This one mistake slows down their rate of progress drastically. What do you think it is? It is simply this?

They try to learn every single scale there is!

I did this myself when I first started playing guitar. I bought one of those thick guitar scale books and set about trying to learn them all. I was spending hours and hours a day learning the scales in the book. I thought that to be a ?master of scales? I had to know them all! I soon realized that I was making a big mistake?

Now why on earth would this be a mistake? Surely the more guitar scales you know the better right? Well?if you had seventeen lifetimes to learn them all, then this would be true. But the fact is, our time on this planet is limited. There is just not enough time to learn every possible scale!

So why does trying to learn huge numbers of guitar scales potentially slow down your progress? Here are four big reasons?

1. You?ll feel overwhelmed.

Just thinking that you have to learn hundreds of scales puts you in a total state of overwhelm. You might not even know which scales to start with. This feeling of overwhelm can often lead to procrastination. You keep putting off your guitar scale practice in favor of things that are more fun.

2. You?ll learn unnecessary scales.

Trying to learn every single scale there is can lead to you learning unnecessary scales. These are guitar scales that are not needed in order to play the style of music that you want to play. For example: If you have a love of blues guitar then it would be a complete waste of time to learn some exotic scales that you will never use. Your time would be better spent mastering the scales common to blues guitar.

3. Your guitar practice routine becomes unbalanced.

If you try to learn way too many scales at once then there is a good chance that you spend too much time practicing scales. This can cause you to neglect practicing other really important things such as phrasing, ear training, chords, improvisation and learning songs.

4. You learn scales in a superficial way.

This is when you know lots of guitar scales, but you don?t know any on a very deep level. They have not ?become part of you? yet. This probably means that you find it hard to improvise in a musical way. You may sound like you are just running up-and-down scales when you solo.

Can you see how these four reasons can slow down your guitar learning progress? Are YOU making the mistake of trying to learn too many scales at once? What would be some specific things that you could do to avoid making this mistake? (This last question is worthy of some serious thought!).

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So - Why It Is Essential To Learn Guitar Music Theory?

           

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At the beginning we must answer a question: why we should study the theory of music and guitar music in particular? Lots of well-known musicians don?t know the theory and play the guitar very good." So, why do I need to know those notes?" ? Every self-educated guitarist will ask me.

In fact, it?s not as easy as it may seem at first:

1) Those musicians we?re talking about are very gifted guitar players and much was given by nature itself to them. If you consider yourself as brilliant as Paul McCartney (by the way, he says he does not know notes), you may not continue reading this article.

2) The greater part of those guitarists was engaged right at the beginning of the expansion of contemporary rock music in 1960-70 years, created styles and studied all the required stuff at the same time.

3) Many young musicians are being endorsed due to their appearance and other reasons which have no association with music itself, as a rule. As usual, fans completely forget about them 2 or 3 years later.

4) From time to time guitar players just lie, saying they do not know notes, thus producing the effect of "being closer to ordinary guitarists like you and me".

5) There?re always brilliant self-taught players who simply resist learning the theory.

Now let us look some of the major benefits of studying music theory:

- At the same time as studying guitar theory you grow to be a more sophisticated musician.

- Random information you owned before becoming to be a piece of helpful system.

- You?ll be able to recognize other musicians and ?speak the same language?.

- Learning basic guitar improvisation, scales, chords progressions, etc., it will be much easier for you to transcribe other guitarists (and not only them). You will know exactly ?what is happening? while you?re playing and which way to go when improvising themselves.

- Perhaps, it?ll be easier to write music.

So, make a decision, whether to learn theory or not. It can deprive one person of his individuality but help the other to find his musical style.

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Learning Guitar Scales - 3 Powerful Tips To Stop You Feeling Totally Overwhelmed With Scales

           

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Learning guitar scales can be a very frustrating experience for many guitarists. It?s very easy to feel totally overwhelmed with just how much needs to be learnt. To learn and master every possible guitar scale out there would take many lifetimes. Because of this, many guitarists find it hard even knowing where to start!

In this article I?ll reveal three powerful tips to help you in your quest for guitar scale mastery. They are designed to help reduce any feelings of overwhelm that you may currently have. Let?s take a look at the tips now?

Tip #1: Develop a written plan for learning guitar scales.

This is really important. It is vital to introduce some structure into your scale learning process. Rather than aimlessly practicing guitar scales, you want to become laser-focused. This is achieved by writing down things such as?

-How much time each day you will devote to scale practice.
-What guitar scales you need to learn, in order to play the style of music that you love.
-What keys are the most common to the style of music that you play.
-What specific guitar scale exercises you will learn.
-What books, DVDs and other resources you will use to learn scales.
-The specific things that you don?t understand yet about guitar scales.

If you don?t know how to work out the stuff above, then I recommend booking some lessons with a professional guitar tutor. Make sure that they can play the style of music that you love. It?s not much point asking a classical guitar tutor what scales you need to learn for jazz guitar!

Tip #2: Learn one guitar scale at a time.

I can?t stress this tip enough. A major reason why many guitarists never master guitar scales is that they try to learn too many at once. This usually causes them to learn scales on a very superficial level. They may know lots of scales, but they definitely haven?t mastered any. This causes them to sound very unmusical when they improvise. They just sound like they are running up-and-down scales.

Tip #3: Don?t worry about trying to learn guitar scales in all 12 keys.

This advice goes against what a lot of guitar tutors and guitar books say. The reason why I say it is simple?

Trying to learn all scales in all 12 keys leads to a feeling of overwhelm for most guitarists! It can take months to learn a scale to mastery in one key. Especially if you want to know that scale over the entire fretboard AND be able to improvise fluently with it. For some guitarists, just thinking that they need to do this in all 12 keys is too much. They just give up! Here is a much better approach?

1. Find out what the most common keys are for the style of music that you play.
2. List the keys in order. You will put the most common key at the top, and the least common key at the bottom.
3. Master the key that is at the top of the list.
4. Master, (one at a time), the rest of the keys on your list.

There we have it! Implement these three tips and turbo-charge your ability to learn guitar scales!

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Difficulty With Learning Guitar

           

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I've always wanted to be a guitar player and I remember seeing a guitar in a shop window and falling in love with the thing at first sight, I went into the store the following morning and put down a small deposit, then paid down a little on it each week from the money I got from my paper round until I was able to take it out the store before Christmas, I got home and took it out of the case, I was fourteen at the time and didn't know one chord but I started strumming it for awhile and within minutes my fingers were extremely sore, for some weird reason I remember being teased coming home with the instrument by some school friends, I decided that no matter how long it took I would prove to them I would be able to play it.

I went into the music store in town and got myself a guitar tuition book, I made sure it was one of the easiest books I could get hold of with clear drawings of the chord and hand positions but even sitting down to try out some of the chords was like touture and painful, I began to feel that I was the only person on earth who owned a guitar and couldn't play it because everyone I knew that owned one had no problem playing it, as far as I was concerned anyone who could play three chords or more was a genius.

I really wanted to play the guitar, there were times when I felt like giving up, I just couldn't see any improvement, I would have given anything to get to a standard good enough to play with a band let alone do a gig, I realised that I would have to practice hard no matter how painful it would be and master holding chords from A to G then sharps and flats, there were even the tricky and fiddly major and minor keys as well that I always dreaded coming across but I went over them night after night until the pain slowly tolerable and my fingers became stronger, I listened to a lot of records and practiced various riffs from them, whenever I heard a chord I wasn't sure I picked it out and practiced it until I was familiar with defining chords by ear.

I started to listen to many different forms of musical styles and discovered various scales and patterns that widened my creativity in playing music, as I turned sixteen I gained enough confidence to play with bands, getting used to chord changes and practice lead guitar, the process for me wasn't easy, it involved shifting from rhythm playing to soloing and adjusting tone and volume levels within split seconds as well as keeping good timing throughout the whole ordeal. By the time I was seventeen I became professional, which involved recording, session work, performing live and touring, from my experience it was a dream I've always wanted to fulfill and with practice and patience it becomes easier every time I play the instrument and the fun thing is that every time you practice you will often hear new ideas.

Professional guitarist, songwriter and musical director residing in Kent, United Kingdom, currently writes for magazines and ezines between tours and music workshops, music styles include jazz, soul, rock, blues, funk, latin and pop.

Learn To Play a Guitar on Your Own with These Simple Tips

           

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So you want to learn to play a guitar? Whether you want to be a rock god like Dave Navarro or just want to be a decent player to whip up a song during family reunions, learning to play the guitars is an admirable skill to have. But remember that no guitar player, great or not, was born knowing how to play. They too, started somewhere. And so can you.

Where to find your teacher

You can pay someone to teach you personally or you can learn to play a guitar on your own. Simply buy an instructional book or video and learn to play a guitar from them. You can even take lessons from online sites, where there are hundreds of free or paid instructions. Whichever way you choose, all you'll need is a lot of interest and patience. Ready? Here's how to begin to play: Get your own guitar.

You can always borrow, but if you're serious about playing, might as well have your very own strings to practice on instead of sneaking in your brother's room and using his precious instrument. It doesn?t have to be the most expensive guitar ? as long as it's durable and playable; you can learn to play a guitar with it.

Now whether you should use an acoustic or an electric is really a matter of personal choice and budget. Most purists would probably recommend that you learn to play a guitar with an acoustic first and then progress to an electric guitar. Either way, make sure it's a six-string guitar that's well-tuned.

Know your guitar.

To learn to play a guitar you should know your guitar. The guitar has several different parts. They are:

the head ? which includes the tuning keys

fingerboard ? includes the frets, fret bars and position marks

the body ? includes the sound hole (with an acoustic), pick guard and bridge

So where are the strings? They start from the head tied tightly to the head and adjusted using the tuning keys. They run parallel to each other over the fingerboard and body where they are held in place by the bridge.

To learn how to play a guitar, you should also learn how all the parts work by themselves and together to create the guitar sounds. See how pressing on the strings and adjusting the string tension with the tuning keys change the sounds and effects. Fifteen to 30 minutes spent getting acquainted with your guitar will prove very useful later on when you learn how to play a guitar.

Get a chord book.

Buy a good chord book from your local music shop or bookstore. It will contain all the guitar chords you'll need to learn to play a guitar. You can even rip off a page from one of those music magazines that include a complete chord chart in their issues and use that instead. It will look strange to you at first, but as you learn to play a guitar, every little dot and letter you find there will slowly make sense.

Learn the numbers.

To learn to play a guitar you should also learn the numbers. The thumb is labeled 'T', forefinger is #1, middle finger is #2, ring finger is #3 and little finger is #4. The chord book uses these figures to indicate finger positioning on the guitar. A played string is called an open string and is usually indicated by 'O' while an unplayed string is called a dead string and is usually marked 'X'.

The six strings are numbered from 1 to 6 but they also have names ? the thickest and lowest in pitch is 'E'. The next ones are A, D, G, B and the thinnest one with the highest pitch is the higher E, usually indicated as a small letter 'e'. Once you know these, you can start learning from your book, video, online lesson or on your own.

Practice.

This isn?t the tricky part ? it's actually the fun part. To learn to play a guitar means practicing everyday or at least 5 days each week for at least 30 minutes. You'll grow calluses on your fingers, especially on the fret hand, but this is necessary to help you play effortlessly. Learn about changing hand positions, strumming and finger picking.

Build the muscles of your hands for flexibility and strength and learn to position your body properly for proper coordination. To learn to play a guitar is about teaching your hand and body muscles how to work with memory. Have fun and play beautiful music.

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Learning Blues Guitar - Common Scales Used In Blues Guitar- Part 2

           

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Learning blues guitar can be frustrating if you don?t know what guitar scales to use. Because of that, in this blues guitar lesson we?ll take a look at another really common scale used in blues soloing. Once you master this guitar scale, you?ll have another great weapon in your lead guitar arsenal! So, with that in mind, let?s take a look at it now?

Blues Guitar Scale #2: The Major Pentatonic Scale

This is one of my favorite sounding guitar scales! To my ears, it has a very bright, open and happy sound to it. Some of my students have commented that its sound reminds them of country guitar. (But let?s not hold that against it! You can also use it to great effect in blues guitar solos).

The major pentatonic scale is a five note guitar scale that has this formula?

1 2 3 5 6

This formula tells us what we need to do to the major scale in order to create the notes of this scale. As an example, we?ll work out the notes of C major pentatonic scale?

Step 1:

Write down the notes that the C major scale uses. Here are the notes we get by doing this?

C D E F G A B

Step 2:

Remove the fourth and seventh notes from the C major scale. We do this because the formula of the major pentatonic scale doesn?t contain a 4 or a 7. This gives us the following notes?

C D E G A

These are the notes of the C major pentatonic scale. Pretty easy huh?

You now know the theory behind the major pentatonic scale, so what?s the next step? Putting it into practice! I believe that learning theory without actually playing it on your guitar is an absolute waste of time. We all know guitarists who know a LOT of theory, but their playing still sucks! Because I don't want this to happen to you, here are a few suggestions to help you apply this scale to your guitar?

• Map the notes of the C major pentatonic scale onto a fretboard diagram.
  
• Make up some fingerings for it on your guitar. There are no real rules. As long as you stick to the notes C D E G and A, you are playing the C major pentatonic scale.
  
• Make up some licks that use the C major pentatonic scale.
  
• Practice soloing over some blues backing tracks using the scale.
  
• Work out the licks and solos of your favorite blues guitar players.
  

The possibilities are endless! The more ways you apply the major pentatonic scale to your guitar the better. Be creative, work hard, and most importantly...have fun!

If you are serious about learning blues guitar, (and would like to TOTALLY master the major pentatonic scale over the entire fretboard), then go to:http://www.GuitarScaleMastery.com

Learning Guitar Scales - 3 Tips To Accelerate Your Progress

           

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Learning guitar scales can be a very frustrating experience for many guitarists. It?s very easy to feel totally overwhelmed with just how much needs to be learnt. To learn and master every possible guitar scale out there would take many lifetimes. Because of this, many guitarists find it hard even knowing where to start!

In this article I?ll reveal three powerful tips to help you in your quest for guitar scale mastery. They are designed to help reduce any feelings of overwhelm that you may currently have. Let?s take a look at the tips now?

**Tip #1: Develop a written plan for learning guitar scales.**

This is really important. It is vital to introduce some structure into your scale learning process. Rather than aimlessly practicing guitar scales, you want to become laser focused. This is achieved by writing down things such as?

- How much time each day you will devote to scale practice.
- What guitar scales you need to learn, in order to play the style of music that you love.
- What keys are the most common to the style of music that you play.
- What specific guitar scale exercises you will learn.
- What books, DVDs and other resources you will use to learn scales.
- What specific things that you don?t understand yet.

If you don?t know how to work out the stuff above, then I recommend booking some lessons with a professional guitar tutor. Make sure that they can play the style of music that you love. It?s not much point asking a classical guitar tutor what scales you need to learn for jazz guitar!

**Tip #2: Learn one scale at a time.**

I can?t stress this tip enough. A major reason why many guitarists never master guitar scales is that they try to learn too many at once. This usually causes them to learn scales on a very superficial level. They may know lots of scales, but they definitely haven?t mastered any. This causes them to sound very unmusical when they improvise. They just sound like they are running up-and-down scales.

**Tip #3: Don?t worry about trying to learn guitar scales in all 12 keys.**

This advice goes against what a lot of guitar tutors and guitar books say. The reason why I say it is simple?

Trying to learn all scales in all 12 keys leads to a feeling of overwhelm for most guitarists! It can take months to learn a scale to mastery in one key. Especially if you want to know that scale over the entire fretboard AND be able to improvise fluently with it. For some guitarists, just thinking that they need to do this in all 12 keys is too much. They just give up! Here is a much better approach?

1. Find out what the most common keys are for the style of music that you play.

2. List the keys in order. You will put the most common key at the top, and the least common key at the bottom.

3. Master the key that is at the top of the list.

4. Master, (one at a time), the rest of the keys on your list.

There we have it! Implement these three tips and turbo-charge your ability to learn guitar scales!

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The Number One Mistake Guitarists Make When Learning Guitar Scales

           

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There is a really common mistake that many guitarists make when learning guitar scales. This one mistake slows down their rate of progress drastically. What do you think it is? It is simply this?

They try to learn every single scale there is!

I did this myself when I first started playing guitar. I bought one of those thick guitar scale books and set about trying to learn them all. I was spending hours and hours a day learning the scales in the book. I thought that to be a ?master of scales? I had to know them all! I soon realized that I was making a big mistake?

Now why on earth would this be a mistake? Surely the more guitar scales you know the better right? Well?if you had seventeen lifetimes to learn them all, then this would be true. But the fact is, our time on this planet is limited. There is just not enough time to learn every possible scale!

So why does trying to learn huge numbers of guitar scales potentially slow down your progress? Here are four big reasons?

1. You?ll feel overwhelmed.

Just thinking that you have to learn hundreds of scales puts you in a total state of overwhelm. You might not even know which scales to start with. This feeling of overwhelm can often lead to procrastination. You keep putting off your guitar scale practice in favor of things that are more fun.

2. You?ll learn unnecessary scales.

Trying to learn every single scale there is can lead to you learning unnecessary scales. These are guitar scales that are not needed in order to play the style of music that you want to play. For example: If you have a love of blues guitar then it would be a complete waste of time to learn some exotic scales that you will never use. Your time would be better spent mastering the scales common to blues guitar.

3. Your guitar practice routine becomes unbalanced.

If you try to learn way too many scales at once then there is a good chance that you spend too much time practicing scales. This can cause you to neglect practicing other really important things such as phrasing, ear training, chords, improvisation and learning songs.

4. You learn scales in a superficial way.

This is when you know lots of guitar scales, but you don?t know any on a very deep level. They have not ?become part of you? yet. This probably means that you find it hard to improvise in a musical way. You may sound like you are just running up-and-down scales when you solo.

Can you see how these four reasons can slow down your guitar learning progress? Are YOU making the mistake of trying to learn too many scales at once? What would be some specific things that you could do to avoid making this mistake? (This last question is worthy of some serious thought!).
Nearly 97% of guitarists don?t use a step-by-step blueprint for learning guitar scales. If you would like to be one of the few who do, then please go to: www.GuitarScaleMastery.com

To Learn The Guitar You Must First Learn Guitar Chords

           

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Learning an instrument ? and guitar specifically ? can be a wonderful experience that fills you with the joy of achievement. Whether you want to master the guitar or just learn a few songs well, the process of learning guitar requires practice, along with the mastering of several techniques. Included in these techniques is the requirement to learn guitar chords. Such chords are your bridge to music.

In order to learn guitar chords you must first know the sound that each vibration on each guitar string makes. At this point you must also understand how finger placement will change the vibration on each guitar string. To learn guitar chords in this manner, practice and repetition are key to success. You will soon understand how different guitar chords come together to form a song. If you know the chords, you?ll know the song ? it?s that simple.

When we reference guitar chords there are several different definitions depending on the type of music you wish to play. One such chord is the bar chord referring to those chords that are struck when the finger of one hand holds down all the strings on the fret of the guitar ? the part at the end of the neck ? while the other fingers cause vibration in one or two of the strings.

There are many ways in which to learn guitar chords. Aside from a guitar instructor who can show you proper technique and motivate you to practice, there are a variety of books, CDs, and DVDs that will allow you to teach yourself in the privacy of your own home.

Guitar tabs are especially helpful to learn guitar chords. Tabs ? or tablature ? refer to modified sheet music made for those who do not read notes. They are especially important, however, for beginners as they break down each song by showing visually the position your fingers must be in for each chord of the song. From this point, practice will help you learn the song without the use of guitar tabs.

If you do read notes, then the use of sheet music can be instrumental in your quest to learn guitar chords. Take advantage of all that is offered through modern technology in order to learn the best that you can. Before long, guitar chords will turn into full songs that you and those you love can enjoy for a lifetime.
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Learn To Play Guitar With Jamorama

           

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Ben Edward?s spellbound guitar learning system has taken keen guitar learners to new heights. This radical guitar learning method has the potential to produce really fast rewarding results. This revolutionary phenomenon in the guitar world is called jamorama and it has brought forward to the guitar players new and awesome materials.

The jamorama is loaded with 148 commanding video demonstrations with 26 broad Jam Tracts unavailable elsewhere. It is filled with 1000s of lines of tabs and simple training demonstrations of how to read guitar tabs and play by hearing. The brilliance of Jamorama enables to play practically any song upon hearing that was apparently impossible to you.

The 26 different jam tracks are an emulsification of rock; country, blues, jazz, hip-hop and dance serve you to jam along with the Jamorama Band and help you utilize the things that you have learned to put into practice. That way you will see your guitar skills boost to heights that it had never gone before. Jamorama will also help you master music notations, recognize chord structures and write out songs that you have heard on the CDs pr radio. This entire guitar learning method is fun and an adventure ride, just as many of its users have experienced earlier. If mastering the guitar is what you seek, its high time for you to take a look at the rocking Jamorama.

The creator of this amazing learning system, Ben Edwards, is a well-reputed guitar teacher. His music history dates back to the time when he used to be the lead guitarist for the popular band ?Degreesk?. He performed several international tours and had completed his bachelor degree before joining the band. Ben Edwards? inspiration to teach guitar led him to come up with the awe-inspiring guitar-learning tool ? Jamorama.

One of the key things that Jamorama emphasises on is your fluency. Jamorama also helps you to improvise on songs that you hear and play them without any difficulty. Each of the songs in Jamorama had been made in small parts, thus making it very easy for learners to practise and then put all the pieces together. Jamorama will help you save your valuable time, money and irritation. It allows you to practise fast, slow, any tempo you desire and thus help you reduce the mistakes that you make while practising your lessons.

The jamorama consists of two quality books that will guide you through all the way through your guitar-learning ladder. It contains 148 chronically arranged video lessons that have been professionally edited. It also contains two computer games ?GuitEarIt? and ?JaydeMusica?! It helps you train your amateur ears to recognise between different guitar chords. The game is not only fun to play but it also speeds up your guitar learning by training your ears. JaydeMusica is a professional game where you learn how to read the music notations. The other great features of Jamorama are its 26 unique Jam Tracks, a metronome, really cool guitar licks, and some additional materials.

If all these fascinating facts about Jamorama still don?t appeal you, then one have to say: you learn your lesson only when you?re through with it. All the top guitar websites contain the comments and reviews on Jamorama. If you can afford thousands of dollars to queue up to the guitar teaches and come up with nothing why not only spend a small amount of money online and see if Jamorama really works.

Wouter Van Dyck learned to play the guitar himself 3 years ago. Now his playing in two bands and has a group of his own. If you want to now more about learning to play guitar you can visit his website www.jamorama-review.info
Wouter Van Dyck learned to play the guitar himself 3 years ago. Now his playing in two bands and has a group of his own. If you want to now more about learning to play guitar you can visit his website Jamorama Review

Learning How To Play Guitar Songs Should Be Fun, Not Work

           

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It is a universally known fact that when people do not enjoy doing an activity they will do everything in their power to avoid it. Several of us have had experience with this concept when we were taught musical instruments as children. We have memories about playing boring scales and being forced to practice endless chord progressions. Being taught to perform on a musical instrument does not have to be dull. In fact, it should be fun rather than work.

The right education system will teach students not only that practicing is a vital part of learning a musical instrument, but also that practicing can be a very enjoyable activity. When you love your instrument and you love your education program, you will love to practice. That is why it is very important that when you learn how to play guitar you are also being taught the right practice strategies.

Sitting down to start practicing should be an activity that is actually thought of as sitting down to play. The musician should not view practicing as a chore, but rather a great pastime. In order to ensure that this course is good, you must make sure that the student is always engaged. An exciting how to play guitar course will keep the student?s interest and keep them wanting more.

The first thing that a great system will provide is the immediate opportunity for the student to start playing. This means that right from the first lesson the student should have their instrument out and be strumming along. By creating this atmosphere the program is demonstrating to the student that they will see instant results and quick improvements in their skill. By getting them playing as soon as possible, a program has students learn how to play guitar immediately.

The second thing that an engaging system will provide is better alternatives to tablature music. Musicality has made such great advancements that musicians no longer have to rely on difficult to read tabs. Instead, students should be taught methods such as quick reading music, sight reading, and even playing by ear. Being able to learn how to play guitar through these avenues is much more enjoyable and effective.

Finally, students will enjoy a musical education program so much more if they actually like the songs they are being taught. There is a tradition in music that seems to require that students be forced to learn old and out of date music. This music does not get the students excited. Instead, students should be able to learn how to play guitar by practicing on the songs they love. This way they will be excited to start strumming and show off to their friends.

A perfect musical education system that provides great incentive for students to practice is the Guitar Express system. This program is offered at http://www.guitarcoaching.com and it provides many other valuable features for musicians of any level. For example, the FAQ webpage found here provides professionally written answers to some of the most common questions in the industry.
http://www.guitarcoaching.com located in Queensland, Australia, Hayes is passionate about his work and dedicated to helping students how to play guitar.

Learn To Play Guitar As Though You Are Learning A New Sport

           

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Playing a musical instrument is a long held dream that many people nurse in their imaginations. They will attend concerts and live shows and dream of the day they can get on stage to perform themselves. These same people often do not believe that they have the ability to take on the challenge of music because they have the false impression that it is too difficult.

Learning a new instrument is no different than learning a new sport. With enough practice and the right instruction, anyone can master the skills that are required to perform really well. In fact, learning musical instruments is even easier than sports because they require less natural ability. This means that you can learn to play guitar even if you never believed it possible before.

In addition to those who have never tried to take lessons to play an instrument, there are also people who have tried learning, but have simply not progressed as far as they would have liked. Often this can result in a feeling of failure, or a desire to quit. But before you give into these negative thoughts, there may be a solution so that you can learn to play guitar like the pro that you dreamed of becoming.

With the right education program, anyone can master a skill so long as they are willing to put in the time and effort. The beauty is that with the right program, the time and effort will not even seem like a forced effort.

The difference between the amateur and the professional musician is not as much in their skill or ability, but rather the difference is in their hands. Every instrument requires that the musician have flexible, strong, and agile hands. This is why music and sports are actually very closely related. If you are looking to learn to play guitar or to improve your skills, then you need to work your hands.

We use our hands each and every day, but rarely do we pay much attention to them or how strong they are. People join gyms to work out and build muscles in their arms, legs, and stomach, but few trainers think to address the hands. When you are a musician, your hands are your greatest asset. If you want to learn to play guitar, then you need to start building up the strength of your hands.

There is a great music program available at http://www.guitarcoaching.com. Not only does Express Guitar cover all of the fundamental skills that a guitarist needs to master, it also comes with six exciting bonus books that take a student?s playing to the next level. In fact, one of these bonuses is a book designated entirely to finger exercises. The system was designed by a professional guitarist with over twenty years of teaching experience, meaning that it is tailored to the special needs of every student.

http://www.guitarcoaching.com located in Queensland, Australia, Hayes is passionate about his work and dedicated to helping students learn to play guitar.

To Learn Guitar, You Must Love To Practice

           

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There are few people in the world that can pick up a skill immediately and become a master without taking the time to practice. We generally consider these people to be geniuses or prodigies. For the rest of us, mastering a new skill takes a lot of time and a lot of effort. It also takes a lot of dedication because sometimes the time lag between starting and becoming proficient can seem entirely too long.

When it comes to learning how to play a musical instrument, practice is unbelievably vital. There is very little chance that the first time you pick up a cello or sit at a piano that you will be able to make a sound that even resembles music. But with a little time and effort, and the right instruction, you soon find that your practicing has paid off. This is true whether you play a classical instrument or want to learn guitar.

There is an old adage in the music community that you play the way that you practice. Essentially, this truism means that if you are lazy and sloppy when you practice then you will look lazy and sloppy when you perform. Regardless of what instrument you are trying to master, you need to practice effectively and actively. That is why practicing while you try to learn guitar is vital to your progress.

Of course there is much more to successful practicing than just sitting with your instrument and playing. In order to practice effectively you must sit down with a plan and have a structure to your session. Practicing should be goal oriented and lesson specific. Without a solid practice structure you will not be able to efficiently make progress. In fact, the benefits of practicing have nothing to do with the quantity of time and everything to do with the quality of planning.

Another key component to effective practicing is having the desire to play. If you are dreading your practice time, then it would be a good idea to re-evaluate your strategy. You will likely find that the program from which you are learning is not capturing your attention well enough, or that your practice strategy is lacking the excitement you need. Instead of allowing your motivation to lag, you should reevaluate and try to learn guitar through a new and more dynamic program.

If you are looking for more information on how to practice smarter rather than harder then check out the book The Art of Practicing. This instructional manual provides in-depth information and a step by step guide to the ultimate practice strategy. There is simply no better way to learn guitar. This learning system, as well as a selection of great essential tools, are available at http://www.guitarcoaching.com.
http://www.guitarcoaching.com located in Queensland, Australia, Hayes is passionate about his work and dedicated to helping students learn guitar.

Practice Helps You Learn Guitar By Ear

           

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For most of us, learning an instrument requires an enormous amount of dedication %u2013 understanding fundamental principles and techniques before embarking upon long practices. Practicing long hours will finally reward the student with a working knowledge of the instrument. And, if they are lucky, after many years of hard work they may even become quite a masterful player. The guitar, especially, is held up as one of the more popular instruments to which people dedicate themselves. With images of musical grandeur in their heads they apply themselves night and day to the practice of guitar in the hopes of someday becoming proficient. But there are a rare few of us who can actually learn guitar by ear %u2013 an inherent skill that graces only the lucky among us.

Ultimately, you never know until you try if you can learn guitar by ear. If you are interested in taking up guitar and have a few chosen songs that you would really like to learn to play %u2013 try it out. If you play the song on a CD, those who can play guitar by ear can mimic the notes they hear on their own instruments. For those who have a working knowledge of the guitar %u2013 the ways in which to hold it and the tone that each vibrating chord makes %u2013 the possibility to learn guitar by ear is far more probable. Until you really understand the sounds that each chord is capable of making, it will be difficult to replicate the sounds you hear in your music on the strings of your guitar.

In some cases it is possible to train yourself to learn guitar by ear. Begin by learning the sounds the strings make on your guitar; really process this and hear it in your head as well as your ears. Listen to how the sounds change as you change chords and begin to listen to the music on your CDs with an ear towards those chord changes. You will soon begin to hear chord changes in the songs that you have listened to over and over without ever previously recognizing those chords. It%u2019s amazing how your ear changes once you begin to learn guitar; suddenly you are able to make those necessary correlations between the sound that your guitar makes and the sound that the guitar makes in some of your favorite songs. Pick one part of the song and begin to try it out on your own guitar; keep trying until you are able to replicate the sound. Soon enough you%u2019ll be able to piece the song together; often sounds are just repetition of the same chords.

While playing music adeptly by ear is in inherent skill, you can still learn guitar by ear if you are dedicated and single-minded in your task.

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Finding The Best Way To Learn Guitar

           

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When it comes to learning to play an instrument, practice makes perfect. But if you don?t have the fundamentals on which to practice then there?s not much upon which to improve. Just as we take our lessons from school and incorporate them into studying so must we take the basics of playing an instrument and incorporate it into practice. Playing the guitar continues to be a popular desire of many a teenager and adult with rock and role dreams; but learning to play such an instrument requires more than hard work and natural ability. The best way to learn guitar is by seeking out the instruction of someone who is proficient in its use; the manner in which you do this can vary according to your financial and logistical needs.

For some people, the best way to learn guitar is through instructional videos that allow them to practice at times that are convenient for them. Because videos are also extremely affordable, this can be an inexpensive way to embark upon learning this instrument. The downside to the video instruction is that the material soon becomes dated. However, it may be a good way to start off your instruction.

There are books that are devoted to guitar lessons and for some this visual method is the best way to learn guitar. Just as some students learn better by the book then they do by the teacher, the same applies to learning an instrument.

But for most people, the best way to learn guitar is through a knowledgeable and experienced guitar teacher. This can mean private lessons or group instruction depending on your level of commitment and financial considerations. In either case, a person experienced in teaching guitar can observe your technique and give you hands-on instruction in order to improve your skills. For others, this commitment to another person increases their dedication to practice. If you know that you meet with your guitar teacher once a week then you may be more inclined to practice ahead of time.

Ultimately, the best way to learn guitar is to go with the method that works best for you and takes into consideration your availability, time for practice, and budget. Before long, you?ll be well on your to proficient guitar play.

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Learning Guitar Basics

           

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When you start with something new, you are usually so eager to jump into this new venture with both feet that you forget that every subject has its own basic information and way of doing things. When you start learning guitar playing, you want to be the new sensation on the hit charts within one day. Woa ? pull in the reigns. Learn the guitar basics first. Why? You will be a better guitar player later on. Even the masters of the guitar started off with the basics and progressed from there. There are many things that are included when you learn guitar basics: the chords, the scales, the fingering, but perhaps most importantly, you need to learn all of the different parts of the guitar.

How is a guitar constructed?

One of the basic reasons to learn guitar basics, is to know the different parts of a guitar. As you progress, you will meet different terms for the parts of a guitar and if you do not know those terms, you can find yourself struggling to learn the guitar. First of all, you should know what the body of the guitar is:

1. The guitar?s body is the large wooden part of the guitar.

2. The thin part of the guitar that is connected to the body of the guitar is called the neck.

3. The bridge is located on the body of the guitar near the hole.

4. The strings of the guitar begin at the bridge and end at the pegs, which is located on the head of the guitar.

5. The head of the guitar is on the end of the neck not connected to the body.

6. There are small metal pieces located at various intervals along the neck of the guitar. These metal pieces are called the frets. When the player presses the strings into the frets at various intervals, the strings vibrate and produce different pitches.

The way you hold the guitar differs for nearly every type of song you play on a guitar. If you are right handed, your right hand is your strumming hand. Thus, you hold your guitar so that your right hand rests on the strings of the guitar above the hole. This means that your left hand is your picking hand, and your left hand should rest on the neck of the guitar. If you are left handed, then you should use these directions as well, only reversed.

Take time to learn the guitar basics and you will be richly rewarded not only with money, but also with a life long relationship with a wonderful instrument.

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Learning The Guitar Is So Different Today

           

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Those who know how to play the instrument want to explore ways to improve their playing skills. When learning how to play the guitar you will here guitar jargon, these types of words were created so guitar people are able to communicate with each other in their own context.

The speed and confidence you have in making chord changes is key to mastering the guitar and successfully playing the instrument. You must make yourself comfortable with the position so that you will be able to execute correctly while playing the guitar. The pinkie is not used since it is the shortest finger and is not conducive to playing the guitar. Playing classical guitar is more inclined to figure work and plucking.

Whatever the reason you?ve got the guitar, learning to play online is a must. Let?s face it learning to play the guitar should be fun and not boring or frustrating.

Many people can not learn or find it boring to learn from a book, and many people find that private lessons are much to expensive, there is an alternative learn how to play buy DVD course or by learning online. When practicing playing the guitar each time your practice you will see how it the practicing paid off and maybe one day you will be a great guitar player.

When you first start out learning the guitar the positioning of your hands will feel strange and it will feel like you can?t move your hands correctly, to make this easier it is ok to look at where your fingers are positioned and as time goes on you will no longer need to do this. Learn how to play the guitar the correct way the first time and this will make it easier in the future, if you try to take shortcuts this will not help and actually make it harder for you to learn.

The remedy for this is of course to practice reading the sheet music without looking at the fret board. However, there are many learning processes going on at the same time when you practice on your instrument. A beginner should practice tuning the guitar so that he can become better and better at it. You will need to practice often, try to create a schedule by looking at a calendar and make a plan and stick to it. Most people like to make an appointment so it seems like you cannot miss it. Essentially, effective guitar practice consists of taking four elements of playing the guitar and incorporating them into your practice routine.

When you make preparation, timing, and warming up a part of your routine of how to practice the guitar effectively, you will see how quickly you improve your skills. Please, whatever you do, don?t take up the guitar if you are only going to practice the last hour before your lesson. But it does mean you need to set aside time to practice and commit to actually it.

When first learning the guitar the beginner should begin with the common chords, this will be the easiest way to begin. We've all been there soon after we get hold of our first guitar we know that to play anything people are actually going to listen to we need to "learn a few chords".

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An Introduction To Learning To Play The Guitar

           

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The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is played by plucking or strumming the strings, while the fingers hold down the strings in certain combinations, to play the notes. Most guitars have six strings that are tuned on the scale E A D G B E. There are two broad categories of guitars today, acoustic and electric.

Acoustic guitars have hollow bodies, called sound boxes, which produce the sound, and thus do not need amplification. However, some modern ones do come with the electronics so that it can be connected to an amplifier. On the other hand, the body of an electric guitar is solid on only semi-hollow and needs to be connected to an amplifier to be heard.

Thanks to the electronics you can produce all kinds of effects and sounds with an electric guitar that is very hard or impossible to reproduce on an acoustic guitar. Samples of the special effects that can be produced on an electric guitar are: distortion, wah, phasers, compression, vibrato, flanging and chorus effect. These effects cause the sound produced by the same note to be different. For example:

- Distortion effect. This will produce a distorted and very heavy sound, as often used in heavy metal and rock music.

- Wah effect. The frequency of the note goes up and down each time you hit the foot pedal.

- Flanging effect. This effect causes a pause in the signal, followed by a series of the note originally played, sounding like an echo.

The guitar is used to play almost any kind of music, and is usually a big part of the music played by a band. Learning to play a guitar can be exciting and is a great way to entertain yourself and your friend.

When you decide to learn to play the guitar you will also have to learn tablatures and sheet music. Guitar sheet music is useful to guide you when learning to play the guitar, as you just have to follow the notes and tablatures illustrated on the sheet music. It is a great tool to help you play your guitar. By practicing frequently and being dedicated to learning the notes, you will soon be playing like an expert.

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If You Lack The Time For Formal Lessons, You Can Learn To Play Guitar Online

           

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In the same way as you can take educational classes online, you can now learn to play the guitar online. And as with educational classes, it takes dedication and self-discipline to be successful. Lots of people have hopes and dreams to learn things outside of work, but with the modern demands from work and family, it is often very difficult to make time for extracurricular lessons. Now, thanks to the wonder of technology and the Internet, it is possible to get multimedia lessons to learn to play guitar online.

The are several companies that offer you the opportunity to learn to play guitar online, by offering the lessons through the Internet. You can download the songs you have to learn for the lessons, practice playing them, and then record yourself playing the songs and send that back to the instructor, who will review it and give you honest feedback and criticism. Anybody can learn to play the guitar, and now if you have the discipline, you can learn to play the guitar online.

Since there is no instructor to look over your shoulder and make you play the piece over and over until you get it, your success completely depends on yourself to give each lesson the attention and time it deserves and requires. It will only be your desire to learn to play guitar that can make you practice and complete the lessons.

A major difference between personal lessons and online lessons, is the amount of personal attention you will receive from the instructor. While a live instructor can challenge you to play more difficult pieces by playing for you and getting you to try it too, a virtual instructor cannot convey the same challenge and urgency. Once again, it is important to realize before you start this venture that you must have a burning desire to learn to play guitar online, and you must dedicate the time necessary to each lesson.

Online classes are usually self-paced, but there is usually also a time limit in which you have to complete the course. This means that if you fail to complete the class in the time available, you would have wasted the money you paid for tuition.

All in all, if you do not have the time to take formal lessons, want to learn at your own pace and avoid any possible embarrassment from struggling in front of other students, learning to play guitar online is a good alternative.

Evert DuToit is a writer and website publisher from Pittsburgh, PA. To get more information about guitar music and want to learn the guitar, please visit us.

I Finally Learned How To Play Guitar

           

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I sucked at playing guitar for a long time, even though I have always loved rock music since I was 5 years old. I have always wanted to learn how to play guitar from my love of the music. I admit, I, like many of you reading this, had your old standard acoustic guitar that you have noodled on every so often hoping you will figure out how to play something, ANYTHING to start getting the hang of playing.

The frustration of wanting to learn something but not knowing where to start can be very daunting and can cause anyone to just give up without the right guidance. I have tried everything to learn on my own without formal instruction because I have always felt that because I absolutely love rock music so much, that I would just intuitively be able to play. At the time I thought this would never happen. I then looked for some books on playing and bought a few and did learn some of the basics but none of them really were that helpful and I gave up on those.

I also joined a lot of forums on playing guitar and read about tips for new players and some of these were good but I still felt held back and lost. But one day while searching the web I came across a page for "Riff Master Pro". At first the name sounded totally ridiculous to me but I decided to click it and read down the whole page and watched the sample clip also. THIS is what really intrigued me, as it showed that any mp3 I have can be played through this program and it can be slowed down without losing tempo!

Now at this point I had learned some basics from a few books and tabs and I was getting my feet wet. So this program did seem to be pretty innovative. I then decided to buy it and DL it. The interface was very user-friendly and I was learning pretty quickly. The slow-down feature works WITHOUT losing the pitch too. You can also loop any riff over and over to learn at your own pace.

Now that I have been using Riff Master Pro I have become a much better guitar player and am starting to have the intuitive ability that I knew was deep down in me. Since using this program I have learned to play about 40 songs in their entirety on my guitar! If you want to learn how to play and have reached a "player's block" then I would recommend this program because it is great. Thanks for reading!

Kevin O' Brien is a lifelong fan of all kinds of Rock Music and has always wanted to learn guitar and now he has. A great contributor to this is Riff Master Pro

Learn to play the guitar online

           

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Learn To Play The Guitar Twice As Fast In Half the Time

           

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If you really want to learn to play guitar well you must do one simple thing before anything else. You must learn how learning takes place between your muscles and brain. If you understand the process that your brain must go through to train your muscles your practice sessions will produce predictably effective results.

You have probably heard the term muscle memory. This is the process of your brain learning and storing a set of precise instructions for each group of muscles needed for every small task you want your fingers to perform on the guitar. When muscle memory is solidly established it becomes a naturally effortless and an almost unconscious act to play the guitar well.

These tasks need to be practiced at speeds that are slow enough so that you can consistently perform them perfectly. If you practice the guitar at a tempo that produces lots of mistakes you end up teaching your muscles how to play the exercise with the mistakes included. Unfortunately muscles cannot distinguish between playing with mistakes and playing without them.

Here are 12 tips for having practice sessions that will support the development of good muscle memory:

1. Prepare your whole body for the practice session. Practice while relaxed. Just like an airplane pilot checks over the plane prior to take off you should check your body for any tension, stiffness, tightness, pain or any discomfort. Tight muscles can become tighter during practice which can seriously limit the full range of motion needed to master the guitar. Even tension in the shoulders can travel to the arms and then eventually to the fingers. Stretch and warm your entire body before playing in order to stay loose. Begin practicing with slow, easy exercises to prepare your hands for more demanding new material.

2. Practice in a quiet, comfortable place where you are unlikely to be disturbed.

3. Commit to a specific time each day for practice. Begin each day with a firm commitment to a practice plan that includes the specific details of when, where and what to play.

4. Keep your practice sessions short, frequent and very specific. It is more effective to practice 20 minutes everyday than to practice two or three hours once a week.

5. Always practice with a metronome. Let me repeat that. Always practice with a metronome. It is surprising how often even good guitarists break this rule. Training yourself to play at a consistent tempo will make your music sound professional. This is valuable whether you plan to play just for friends at a party or in a stadium full of screaming fans.

6. Tune the guitar before each practice.

7. Determine your optimum practice speeds. For each part of a scale, exercise or song find the fastest metronome speed that you can play without making mistakes. Practice it for a day at 25% to 30% of that maximum tempo. Follow this with a day at 50% of maximum then another day at 75%. On day four practice at your old maximum speed. You may be pleasantly surprised to find that you have a new, faster maximum speed. Be forewarned, however, that this routine might seem ridiculously slow but, hang in there because it really will pay off.

8. Do not try to learn too many different things at each practice session. Practice only small sections of an exercise or song at a time. Working on an entire new song, all in one setting, makes it more difficult for your brain to cement solid muscle memories. Just like a newborn baby can't handle an entire meal of solid food we need to practice only a few, small musical spoonfuls at a time.

9. Work on the problem parts not just what you already know. This may sound extremely obvious but there is a tendency for new guitarists to play the easy parts over and over while continuing to stumble over the problem spots.

10. Spend the first ten minutes warming up, then split the remaining time equally between new exercises and new songs.

11. Set aside some time to just goof around with the guitar. Make sure to inject a healthy dose of fun in each practice session. If you have been working on blues scales then why not put on some jam tracks or even your favorite blues CD and try to improvise a solo. Select a favorite song to work on at the end of each practice session.

12. If you plan to perform in front of people perfect your songs in private then practice playing in front of sympathetic friends and family members. Create a practice environment that is as close to the conditions of your upcoming performance as possible. If you will perform standing up then practice that way. Tell your friendly practice audiences to feel free to talk and laugh it up during your practice. This will help you learn to become comfortable in a distracting concert environment. Consider recording your practice sessions with a simple home video camera on a tripod.

Opening night jitters can throw off your game no matter how well you know the material. If you have repeatedly practiced playing in simulated concert environments then the real deal can be a breeze.

The bottom line: to play the guitar well it is essential to design practice sessions that support the natural development of solid muscle memories. John Mackinnon has been enjoying learning to play guitar for over 40 years. He is the father of three wonderful children and lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. John is the owner of the online guitar lessons website called www.CompareGuitarLessons.com which offers guitar related articles, online guitar lesson program reviews and a free newsletter.

John Mackinnon has been enjoying learning to play guitar for over 40 years. He is the father of three wonderful children and lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. John is the owner of the online guitar lessons website called www.CompareGuitarLessons.com which offers guitar related articles, online guitar lesson program reviews and a free newsletter.

Learn About How A Guitar Works And Makes Sound

           

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How Guitars Work

Many people, guitarists included, have probably wondered how exactly guitars work. However, they probably also are confused by all of the terms used to describe how a guitar produces the sound we hear. There is quite a bit of physics involved in it, and those who haven?t taken a day of physics in their life probably wouldn?t understand it. This is where this article comes in handy. In this article, we will describe how both Acoustic and Electric guitars work in terms that everyone will understand.

How the Acoustic Works:

To start with, when a string vibrates (when you play it), it produces vibration at a certain frequency. The frequency at which a string vibrates is determined by the weight, length, and tension of the string.

The body of the guitar takes in the vibration of the strings and then puts the sound out into the air. This is the sound that is heard when the guitar string is played.

On an Acoustic guitar, there is a soundhole. This soundhole serves to amplify the sound of the vibration produced by the strings. Without the soundhole, the sound would be practically inaudible, which is the case with a solid body Electric guitar.

To alter the length (and therefore change the sound that is heard) of the string, you?ll alter the tension of the string. You do this by pressing down on the string on any of the frets and then playing that string. Doing so changes the frequency of the vibration, which, in turn, alters the sound that is heard.

How the Electric guitar Works:

Electric guitars really aren?t that much different from Acoustic guitars. In fact, the main difference between the two is that one is made of solid wood (with no holes), while the other has a hollow-body (with a soundhole). How Electric guitars work is a bit different than how Acoustic guitars do.

Just like with the Acoustic guitar, when a string is played, it vibrates. That vibration produces the sound that we hear. The frequency of the vibration is, again, determined by the weight, length and tension of the string.

With no soundhole, the Electric guitar is unable to self-amplify the sound produced by the vibration of the strings. Thus, the sound heard from an un-amplified Electric guitar is minimal. This is why guitar pickups and amplifiers are necessary to produce the sound loud enough for people to hear.

Pickups basically take the vibration of the strings and convert it into a useable electrical current. This current is then fed into the amplifier by way of a cable which is then interpreted by the amplifier. The sound that results comes out of the amplifier speaker.

Amplifiers that have pre-built distortion (and practically all of them do now) can distort the electrical current (vibration) by clipping it. The sound that results from this clipping is what is called distortion.

Other types of guitar effects found on amps and pedals do pretty much the same thing?they alter the electrical current which is fed to them by the pickups of the guitar.

And there you have it. That is, in a nutshell, exactly how guitars work. No physics necessary.
Gray Rollins is a featured writer for GuitarsLand.com. If you're interested in learning in more detail how a guitar works or the parts of a guitar, then please visit us.

Should You Learn Guitar Chords In Each Key?

           

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When first starting to learn guitar chords, one of the most difficult tasks to master is to get your fingers to do what you want them to do. Independence does not come easily. This is why most beginning guitar players focus on and learn the most commonly used guitar chords and scales and proceed to use those handful of chords for the rest of their life.

Most guitarists do not experiment with different areas of the guitar or try adding or subtracting a note or two to the original chord so as to give some hint of originality or a personal style, that is why a lot of guitar music around today is so uninspiring and un-original.

Once guitar players get a few licks and tricks under their belt they become lazy. When you consider the combinations that are available from just one chord in one position on the neck, it is absolutely mind boggling, let alone the hundreds of other positions and variations available. Just by experimenting with one chord shape at a different starting place on the fretboard can take your mind and fingers to uncharted areas you could not have conceived of before.

Here are a few reasons why you might want to consider breaking out of old patterns and learning guitar chords in a new key.

1. Inspiration can come immediately from taking one of your most prized over used chords and moving it over one fret to a new key. You probably will have to re-arrange your fingers to accommodate the new shape, but persevere with it, this new chord is no harder than any chord you have learnt so far. Now try moving all of the chords to this new key. Now you have just doubled your fretboard knowledge.

2. Play through those chords and just listen to the sound those new ?shapes? are making in the new position. You are breathing new life into your tired, worn out, over used chords. Remember that discovering new, original ideas and sounds is part of why guitar playing can be so much fun in the first place.

3. If you have a song that you know quite well, transpose those chords to another key. What you will find is that the song can have a different feel and take on a whole new life of its own.

Learning new guitar chords doesn?t have to be a chore, if you decided to learn just one new chord per month, you will be in front of most of the guitar players on the planet. Most people who learn to play guitar, usually play for a lifetime. I have never met any guitar player that played for a year or two then declared they didn?t like playing the guitar and just stopped. It is an ongoing pursuit, a skill to be mastered over the course of a lifetime, something to be enjoyed.

I know that you enjoy the chords that you are already playing, but if you break out of the same old guitar chords and scales that you play all the time, I promise you, you can rediscover all the amazing feelings of why you started to play guitar all over again. So I ask you ? do you think it might be a good idea for you to learn guitar chords in each key?
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