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| Say It Then Play it! |
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| You can do alot with just a couple of notes. For example when people speak they say it different then you as everybody has there own way of saying things. Same with the guitar when playing solo's riffs etc... I put together a real simple approach to open your mind and help keep you out of those little ruts when playing leads... |
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| Big Bends Nut Sauce |
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| Your proberly thinking what the heck is Big Bends Nut Sauce right? Well it's not what you think rather it's a highly effective lube that every guitarist needs on his or her guitar. What can Nut Sauce do for you? It will reduce pitch drift, eliminate string breakage, increase sustain and harmonics by ending negative stresses behind nut/bridge/saddle. It also improves playability by increasing string response and stops wear and tear at nut/bridge/saddle. |
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| Changing Strings 3 Easy Steps |
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| Proper stringing of your guitar is critical to how well your instrument stays in tune and performs. Follow the simple steps below for electric, acoustic, and classical guitar to maximize string stability. |
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| The Tenor Guitar |
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| A tenor guitar is a fretted four stringed instrument, most commonly shaped like a guitar, sometimes smaller than a normal guitar, which usually has a scale length of 23 inches and which is tuned in fifths to CGDA. It has been around for 100 years or more, built by some of the most famous companies and played by several well-known musicians in a wide variety of musical styles. For those of you that would like learn the basic chords for the tenor guitar this file is for you. Read On.... |
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| Guitar Fretboard Care |
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| We get tons of questions about how to take care of your guitars fretboard. We will touch on how to properly clean your guitars fretboard and even how to polish your frets correctly. Read on.... |
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| Practice Tips Part 2 |
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| ricoboc writes "I hope some of the new players had a chance to glance over my last article. If you havent please take a look here... this is a continuation of the previous article... (Practice Tips) Read On....." |
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| Practice Tips |
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| ricoboc writes "Tom Hess is a friend of mine and a guitar virtuoso...he currently has two C.D's on the market Opus and OpusII... If you get a chance you can pick up copies at GUITAR NINE on the net...... The practice rituals im posting are TOM's, I put his ideas into my own words. I use these practice ideas religiously. Read On...." |
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| Learn the Notes on the Fretboard Quickly!! |
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Learning the notes on the fretboard is an extremely important aspect of playing guitar. Here are some drills for learning the notes quickly:
Memorize Natural Notes on Low E, A, and D strings. The 7 natural notes, or musical alphabet, is ABCDEFG. Each natural note is separated by 2 frets EXCEPT B-C and E-F, which are 1 fret apart. Read on....
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| PolyRhythms for Guitar |
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| Although the word polyrhythm technically means "many rhythms", it's most commonly used to describe the layering of multiple time signatures. For example, Steve Vai's The Attitude Song, in the main riff, has the guitars playing in 7/8 and the drums in 4/4 simultaneously. What happens is this: 4/4 is the same as 8/8. So, when one bar of 7/8 is complete, the bar of 4/4 still has one eighth note remaining, so the "1" beat of the second bar of the 7/8 rhythm falls on the last eighth note of the 4/4 rhythm. Read On..... |
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| Finding the Right Guitar Tone for You |
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| The quest for the ultimate tone is a constant struggle for guitarists. I've yet to meet a guitarist who is wholly satisfied with every aspect of their sound. Coaxing a great tone out of your guitar and amplifier is certainly a frustrating experience for most of us - even with great equipment, that perfect sound always seems to be just out of our grasp. We'll examine several ways of changing your guitar sound without shelling out loads of cash for a new axe or amp. |
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| Did You Know? |
The step pattern for a major scale is (w w h w w w h)
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| Archived Files |
| Sunday, October 30 | | · | Say It Then Play it! |
| Wednesday, August 17 | | · | Big Bends Nut Sauce |
| Wednesday, June 01 | | · | Changing Strings 3 Easy Steps |
| Tuesday, May 17 | | · | The Tenor Guitar |
| Thursday, April 28 | | · | Guitar Fretboard Care |
| Friday, June 18 | | · | Practice Tips Part 2 |
| Sunday, June 06 | | · | Practice Tips |
| Monday, May 03 | | · | Learn the Notes on the Fretboard Quickly!! |
| Friday, January 23 | | · | PolyRhythms for Guitar |
| Wednesday, November 26 | | · | Finding the Right Guitar Tone for You |
| Wednesday, October 01 | | · | Is your guitars tone in your hands? |
| Sunday, August 31 | | · | Ear Training Tips and Tricks |
| Thursday, July 03 | | · | Alternate Picking Excercise |
| Tuesday, June 03 | | · | Bending Strings |
| Monday, May 19 | | · | Choosing a guitar for your child |
| Sunday, February 09 | | · | Building and Maintaining Calluses |
| Thursday, December 19 | | · | Equal Temperament Tuning |
| Saturday, November 30 | | · | Meet your Picker |
| Sunday, November 24 | | · | How to read a chord diagram |
| Saturday, November 16 | | · | Strumming Patterns |
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