While it’s certainly possible to tune your guitar by ear, most guitarists will find having an electronic tuner to be convenient and helpful. Compared to tuning by ear, using an electronic tuner is a much simpler process. It won’t do anything to develop your ear, so you should still learn to tune without one, but in … Read more
Hello and welcome to my Hal Leonard’s Acoustic Guitar Method review. Hal Leonard’s Acoustic Guitar Method is like a survey course for beginning acoustic guitar players. The book’s lessons not only cover the typical basics of strumming, chord changes, and single-note melody playing, they also provide an overview to a variety of musical styles and … Read more
Like most method books, the Hal Leonard Guitar Method book doesn’t use tablature. Students will have to learn how to read notes. And that’s a good thing. The lessons start at ground zero for an absolute beginner and progress from there. Book one grounds you in rudimentary chords and note playing at the basic, first … Read more
Hello and welcome to my “Kids Guitar 1” review. Kids Guitar 1 with Marcy Marxer is a ten-lesson guitar course for young kids. The DVD teaches kids guitar chords to these easy, sing-along songs: Down By The Riverside, Skip To My Lou, Buffalo Gals, 100 Bottles Of Pop On The Wall, Polly Wolly Doodle, It Ain’t … Read more
What is guitar tab?Guitar tab is a simple way of writing out music for the guitar. It differs from standard musical notation in that, instead of just showing you what notes to play, it shows you the strings and the frets on which to play them. Unlike regular musical notation, which will show you the … Read more
Here are a couple of online and downloadable guitar tuners. These utilities let you hear the notes you need to tune your guitar in standard tuning, and for some, in alternate guitar tunings, such as DADGAD. Free Online Guitar Tuners Here are some sites that offer online guitar tuners. Play the reference notes for tuning your guitar … Read more
Fender Presents Getting Started on Acoustic Guitar — A Guide for Beginners offers a good demonstration on the basics of playing acoustic guitar. While the DVD titled “Getting Started on Acoustic Guitar,” the material is not specific to acoustic guitar playing. In fact, most of Keith Wyatt’s demonstrations are shown with an electric guitar. This … Read more
When you’ve just started learning to play guitar, it can be easy to get to a point where you ask yourself “what song should I learn next?” Here are 10+ rock songs that sound great and aren’t that difficult to play. If you’re a rock player and you’re looking for something new to sink your teeth into, … Read more
Hello and welcome to my Jamorama review. The world of guitar instruction has changed a little since I was first started playing electric guitar as a teenager in the early 90s. Home internet was around back then, but it was very new, and downloading hours of video or audio content was certainly not something that ordinary people … Read more
Hello and welcome to my “Play It All Acoustic Guitar” review. Peavey Presents “Play It All Acoustic Guitar Beginner” is a DVD for the complete beginner who is just starting to play the guitar. John McCarthy is the instructor on This Rock House Method beginner program. Along with the 100-minute DVD, each Rock House product … Read more