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Blues Guitar Chords – Using 7th Chords
By Keith Dean You hear a song and instantly know it’s a blues tune. How do you know? It might be in the tempo or the rhythm pattern. Maybe it’s a fast shuffle, or the deliberate staccato of a slow 12/8 beat. It may be the familiar changes...
Flamenco Guitar Lessons
By Ricky Sharples Are Flamenco guitar lessons worth taking for somebody not raised in Andalucia? Many years ago you had to be a black American to have any credibility as a blues singer or guitar player. And if you were not Spanish you never got anywh...
Acoustic Slide Guitar Lessons
Looking for quality acoustic slide guitar lessons? The following post contains 10 awesome slide guitar lessons that were hand picked from Youtube and gathered here for your convenience. Learning how to play slide guitar is challenging in the begi...
Acoustic Blues Guitar Lessons
So you want to learn how to play the blues on your acoustic guitar? On this page you will find a collection of excellent acoustic blues guitar lessons that I gathered from YouTube from the folks over at Next Level Guitar. I can’t promise you...
Flamenco Guitar And Strings - Advice for Beginners
By Sal Bonavita Do you need a special type of guitar? The simple answer is No! For a beginner, any (nylon stringed) classical guitar will do the job. Having said that, there are 2 points of confusion that are worth mentioning. They may seem obvious t...
6 Essential Elements To Getting The Best Rock Guitar Tone
By Eric Stein Getting awesome rock guitar tone is not hard. I have heard professional players play through low-quality, out-of-tune, distorted equipment and it sounded great! This says 2 things; one - your tone is in your hands, two - distortion is a...
The Evolution of Jazz Guitar Part 1
By Richie Zellon The following series on the evolution of jazz guitar briefly describes each era in the development of this genre, however it omits the names of several important non- guitar musicians and likewise does not go into detail regarding se...
How to Play Country Lead Guitar
By Ricky Sharples In the late nineteen thirties a cowboy musician called Bob Willis introduced the electric guitar to his audiences. Nobody knows whether they noticed this historic innovation but ten years later a whole generation sat up and took not...
How to Play Bossa Nova Guitar Chords
By Cody John There are many different styles of guitar playing. They can be very distinctive and use special ways of playing. For example, flamenco guitar playing employs some very unusual finger strumming methods that are unique to flamenco guitar. ...
Bluegrass Guitar Lessons
By Andre Sanchez Typically, bluegrass lessons involve acoustic equipment: no electric at all, and no drums! Many people believe bluegrass guitar to be very complicated, but it can also be very simple. Bluegrass is what you make it. The origins of...
Bluegrass Guitar Scales
By Ricky Sharples Bluegrass music is an offshoot of the country and western musical genre. As with country music, bluegrass has its foundation in the music of Ireland, Scotland and England. If bluegrass is centered on one area of the USA, it is Appal...
How to Get Started Studying Jazz Guitar
By Tennyson Williams Jazz guitar is quite an awesome, endless, and ever rewarding style of music. It doesn’t matter what your style of preference is, because I think that all guitarists should familiarize themselves with a little Jazz work here...
Learn to Play Slide Guitar Like a Pro
By Jason C Diggs What is referred to as a “slide guitar” is actually a technique, not an instrument. slide guitar is played two ways: the player can hold the guitar normally or horizontally. If it is held normally then the player puts a c...
Flamenco Guitar Lessons
By Ricky Sharples Are flamenco guitar lessons worth taking for somebody not raised in Andalucia? Many years ago you had to be a black American to have any credibility as a blues singer or guitar player. And if you were not Spanish you never got anywh...
The Blues Guitar Scale and How to Master It
By Ricky Sharples If you are new guitar player who wants to make a career or a hobby out of playing blues guitar, then this essay will give you the basic points to get you on your way as a player and interpreter of the blues. Or maybe you have no int...
Gypsy Jazz Guitar - A One-Man Genre
By Ricky Sharples Gypsy jazz guitar is a genre based on the music of Django Reinhardt, a guitar player who overcame a severe disability to become a legend in jazz music. Most people have heard music by the Quintet du Hot Club de France or one of the ...
