Last week, Reverb.com put up a great video piece with Tommy Emmanuel, where he discusses how he changes strings on acoustic guitar. He also gets into a bit of a conspiracy theory about how the brand of strings you use influences your …
Getting Started with Blues Turnarounds
GUEST POST - In this lesson we will be talking about turnarounds. Turn arounds are a staple in jazz and blues playing. Today we’ll be focused on blues turnarounds and how you can use these to enhance your blues playing today! A turnaround is …
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Fender Play Demo (& Why It’s a Great Online Learning System for Beginners)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sep2sJobtc0&feature=youtu.be PLAY is Fender Guitar's new online platform for learning acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and ukelele. There are several things I love about Fender's new system: …
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Two Flamenco Techniques to Enhance Your Right Hand
Do you dream of being faster and more graceful with your right hand? There is a counterintuitive shortcut to gaining more speed and sensitivity in your playing. Before we dive in, this can be implemented along with challenges such as the sweep …
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5 Things I Learned Doing a 30 Day Sweep Picking Challenge
I love the idea of 30 Day Challenges! They're a great way to focus on a goal that is both a) short enough to be realistic, and b) long enough to see a big change. These types of challenges are popular in fitness, food, and other creative areas (for …
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Learn Guitar: Top 5 Beginner Guitar Lesson Courses
The truth is, you can begin to learn guitar quickly and painlessly. Guitar is an amazing instrument because you can begin playing songs within minutes (I'm looking at you, "Nothing Else Matters"), yet be exploring the limits for a lifetime (see Chet …
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Top 5 Places for Online Acoustic Blues Guitar Lessons
Acoustic blues guitar lessons are partially a study in history. That's because acoustic blues goes back as far as the early 1900's with players like Robert Johnson (the granddaddy of acoustic blues), Lead Belly, and Big Bill Broonzy. It …
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Phil Keaggy and His Craft
I first encountered Phil Keaggy when I was probably 3 or 4 years old. My dad was jamming out the chords to “Full Circle” on his acoustic guitar (my brother still plays that lick 30 years later). Since then, he’s floated in and out of my musical …
An Introduction To Gypsy Jazz Lead Guitar
Gypsy jazz guitar is a unique guitar style that was created through the playing of the late virtuoso Django Reinhardt. Django played guitar in such a novel way that he has since inspired musicians all around the world to take up this fun and …
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Top 10 Practice Tips for Guitarists
Guitarists of all levels talk of the same problems with making progress: Stuck in a rut, lack of improvement, slow progress, no time to practice, strains and injuries, lack of inspiration. It’s all too predictable. So, I’ve put together the Top 10 …
Fingerstyle (AKA Fundamentals) with Don Ross
I’ve been trying out the JamPlay video course, Fingerstyle With Don Ross, and I have to say, it’s really good. For a few reasons: Don is a really likable guy.He’s very clear in his teaching and easy to follow.The exercises build in a sensible and …
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Learn How To Play Guitar Online
A guitar is like, well... a hobbit. As Gandalf once said, “Hobbits really are amazing creatures. You can learn all that there is to know about their ways in a month, and yet after a hundred years they can still surprise you..." Same with guitar. …
The Guitar Style Guide: Find Guitar Lessons that Fit You
Learning guitar takes a lifetime. There's so much to learn that no one could ever master it all. There are so many players to learn from, genres and time periods to dig into, thousands upon thousands of songs to study - it's a …
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13 Great Country Acoustic Guitar Lessons on YouTube
As we all know, YouTube has a wealth of lessons and "how to play" tutorials for guitar. If you want insights into playing a particular song, riff, technique, or for exploring a new genre, it's the perfect place to search. A quick disclaimer: I …
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