Have you ever gone into a music store to try out a new guitar, and just felt nervous? Maybe you were trying out an amp, or some pedals, or just shopping aimlessly. Why is it, when we turn up that volume, we all (ok, well, some of us at least...) …
What Fingerboard Radius Is Best For Fingerpicking?
Let's take a quick look at what a "fingerboard radius" is, how it effects your playing, and which radius (if any) is the best fit for contemporary fingerstyle players. A quick public service announcement: Obviously, I cannot tell you the "best" …
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3 Star Wars Scenes Where John Williams Directly Copied Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”
This is a just a little nerd moment, but it's a fun one. I recently heard the "The Rite of Spring" performed 'live'. I haven't listened to this all the way through in a looong time, so I was surprised to directly hear three clear passages that John …
How Difficult Is Fingerstyle Guitar?
In order to answer the question: "How difficult is fingerstyle guitar?", you have to define a couple things. What do you mean by "fingerstyle guitar"? And what do you mean by "difficult"? I'd like to offer a few definitions which show that it can be …
What does CGP stand for in guitar?
C.G.P. stands for Certified Guitar Player. This is a designation that Chet Atkins assigned to guitar players who excelled far beyond the normal line of playing. He handed this title out only to four guitar players in his lifetime. …
Why Is The Guitar Tuned The Way It Is?
Why is there that odd gap between the G and B string on a guitar in standard tuning that breaks that pattern? Specifically, why are most of the strings tuned a fourth a part while G and B are a major third apart? While it seems like it would've made …
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5 Acoustic Guitar Fixes Using Super Glue
There are three or four different types of glue on your acoustic guitar right now, and one of them is super glue. While your acoustic guitar is a piece of woodworking mastery, and luthiers used refined techniques (and a host of tools!) to shape, …
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What is PIMA?
If you're learning fingerstyle guitar, you have probably run into the term "PIMA". Especially if you're using properly notated music to learn songs (whether classical or contemporary). So what is PIMA? What Is PIMA? Since fingerstyle guitar …
