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Mastering Spanish Guitar Scales: An In-Depth Guide
Discover the unique beauty of Spanish guitar scales, learn to play them, and understand their use in music. Ideal for beginners and advanced guitarists.
Learning Guitar without a teacher
In my earlier post on guitar instruction methods I talk about why it is best to get private lessons from a good teacher. I still think this is the ideal approach for learning guitar, for the same reasons that I listed before. That is to say, that having a teacher right there in front of you … Read more
Blues Rhythm Guitar: Master the Electric Blues
Hello and welcome to my “Blues Rhythm Guitar Master Class” review. Blues Rhythm Guitar Master Class by Keith Wyatt really delivers. It’s an excellent book that will have you well grounded in electric-guitar blues rhythm playing. It covers all of the classic styles: shuffles, boogies, jump, blues Rhumba, slow blues, turnarounds and more. The book … Read more
The C-A-G-E-D Guitar System In a Nutshell
What I want to discuss is the C-A-G-E-D guitar system, a method of learning the guitar for beginning students, based on five basic chord forms and scale shapes that teach students all of the note locations on the fingerboard. The fundamental concept is to first learn five basic guitar chords – chords that everyone inevitably ends … Read more
Great DADGAD Guitar Players – A Baker’s Dozen
DADGAD “the other standard tuning” is very popular among acoustic fingerstyle guitarists. The name “DADGAD” spells out the tunings of the guitar’s six strings. In normal tuning, the guitar is tuned, EADGBE. To get to DADGAD, both E strings are tuned down a whole step to D, and the B string is tuned down a … Read more
Understanding DADGAD for Fingerstyle Guitar: The Ultimate Tuning
DADGAD is becoming such a popular alternate tuning for acoustic guitarists that’s it’s called “the other standard tuning.” Mel Bay Presents Understanding DADGAD for Fingerstyle Guitar offers a clearly-explained introduction to playing fingerstyle DADGAD guitar. See the post, Guitar Players Who Have Tuned in DADGAD. The book starts out with the basics: how to get your guitar … Read more
Three Great Guitar Method Books for Beginning Guitarists
One of the best ways to get started playing guitar is with guitar method books. Most guitar method books come in a series and book one is written for complete beginners, new to the guitar. Originally guitar method books were written for students studying with a teacher. Now, they often come with CDs and/or DVDs … Read more
Understanding neck joints on an electric guitar
What is a neck joint?The neck joint is the point on a guitar where the neck meets the body. The neck and the body on a solidbody electric guitar can be joined in a number of different ways, each making for different tonal and playing characteristics.Set NeckThe first solid body electric guitars featured set necks. … Read more
Yes You Can Learn Guitar: Mel Bay’s Modern Guitar Method
Mel Bay’s Guitar Method is a long-standing and popular method for learning guitar. The entire Mel Bay guitar method series is seven volumes and aims to build the theoretical and technical foundation needed to play guitar in any style. All seven volumes (or grades) of this method are written in standard notation to encourage better … Read more