Procrastination is the biggest enemy of many beginner guitarists. Typically, after someone has bought their first guitar and had their first few lessons, they will lock themselves in their room for hours and practice until their fingertips are too sore to keep playing. But after a couple of months, once the initial excitement has worn … Read more
A Modern Method for Guitar by William Leavitt is the basic text for the Berklee College of Music guitar program. This method series has stood the test of time and earned a vast and loyal following of dedicated guitar students and instructors. Volume 1 comes with a DVD-ROM, and volume 2 comes with an audio … Read more
There’s nothing better than getting kids involved in music. Ideally, you’ll be able to find a teacher who has experience with children. But if that’s not possible, you can get your kids started with these method books. Kids under 10 may find traditional guitar method books a bit too challenging. These three methods are designed … Read more
Birthdays, anniversaries, christmas time – these are all times when you might need or want to buy a gift for someone. What better thing to get a guitarist than a guitar related gift? It’s a good idea, but there’s just so much out there you could choose from. Here are some ideas to get you … Read more
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
This long-awaited series covering purposeful guitar practice is here! Unless you’ve already hit the big time with your guitar, you probably want to improve your guitar playing. That means you need to spend some time practicing guitar. Guitar practice can be fun (well sort of), and it’s fulfilling to accomplish something new with your guitar … 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
If you’ve been following this Purposeful Practice Series from the beginning, then you’ve set some goals, and have been working toward them. Maybe your current goals are working through a method book, or learning blues guitar, or fingerpicking. But one of your bottom-line goals has to be — learning to play guitar songs, from start … Read more