After teaching and playing guitar for many years, I decided to put together this checklist of things every guitarist should know. Putting together this list was very subjective, though, so I decided to ask a Facebook group for their input as well. And it turns out… There are lots of things every guitarist should know, […]
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I was checking out a forum the other day, and someone asked “do you need a capo for guitar?” There are many situations where you need a capo for guitar. You especially need a capo for songs that are written originally with a capo. Do better understand this, let’s identify the purpose of a capo.
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Everyone wants to shred guitar. I mean, who wouldn’t want to after watching players like Joe Satriani, Guthrie Govan, and Tosin Abasi? The good news is shredding is a highly achievable technique, and it starts with some simple exercises and best practices. There are lots of shred guitar exercises on the web, but start by
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“Picking technique” is a term that gets thrown around a lot in the guitar community. It’s definitely something you need to understand if you want to improve your guitar picking accuracy and speed. As a general rule guitar picking technique explains what you can do with your picking hand to optimize for picking accuracy. You’ll
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Today you’re going to learn 10 easy jazz guitar chords. These guitar chords are commonly found in jazz standards and regularly used in other jazz compositions. After you’ve gone through this guitar lesson you’ll have a relatively diverse set of chords to use for your jazz guitar playing. Most of these chords are based around
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When you’re just getting started on guitar it’s good to develop some habitual exercises. These easy guitar exercises for beginners will help you progress quickly if you practice them daily. Check ’em out. Exercise 1: Warm-up Stretches Stretching your hands before playing will keep your hands healthy and in good shape. Doing warm-up exercises will
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Economy picking is an essential guitar technique. It dramatically improves picking speed and picking accuracy. Plus, it decreases the amount of energy used in both the picking and fretting hand. Learning these 5 best economy picking exercises for guitar is one of the best ways to get started with economy picking. What Is Economy Picking?
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Today you’ll learn 11 essential lead guitar techniques that will help you sound like a pro guitarist! Let’s dive right into it! Quick Note About Lead Guitar Techniques Okay, to make life easy for you, all of the examples are going to be in the A Minor Pentatonic Scale. Check out this post if you
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Do you want to understand how music works on the guitar, and why it works that way? If so, then this post is for you. In this post I’ll answer what is guitar theory, and how you can start applying it. Let’s dive in. What Is Music Theory To understand guitar theory, we first need
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Are you ready to play awesome solos, but don’t know where to start? Well look no further than these easy guitar licks! Guitar licks are comparable to building up your vocabulary. It’s hard to speak if you don’t have anything to say! So let’s check out 5 easy blues and rock guitar licks that will
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