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| Is your guitars tone in your hands? |
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| I can remember when I first started playing guitar I had a friend that would play through my rig and he always got this awesome tone that I could never achieve. I started to think it wasn't that Marshall Amp or that Gibson Guitar. Read On...... |
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| Ear Training Tips and Tricks |
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| I could never overstate the importance of a musician?s need to develop his or her ear. Actually, I believe that developing a good inner ear-the art of being able to decipher musical components solely through listening-is the most important element in becoming a good musician. Possessing a healthy imagination is a necessary ingredient for creativity. But without the ability to bring those imagined sounds into the real world, one?s creative aspirations will remain crippled. Training one?s ears to understand and recognize musical sounds and concepts is one of the most vital ways to fortify the connection between the musical ideas in one?s mind and the musical sounds created on one?s instrument. |
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| Alternate Picking Excercise |
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| brian writes " While Browsing through our Guitar Forums we noticed a demand for picking lessons! We answered your call. Let's get geared up and tuned up.... Read on......... " |
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| Bending Strings |
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| When you use your fingers to push a string up or down, you raise or lower the pitch of a note. This is a common technique in almost all styles of music. How you bend your guitars strings is important since correct technique is crucial to getting a good sound and besides that incorrent string bending just sounds bad. |
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| Choosing a guitar for your child |
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How do I know what size guitar to order for my Child ?
A guitar should not be too long a reach as to strains a childs arms and wrist.
These guidelines are generalized and may overlap if your child is tall or short for his age. Consider these variables below. Please Email us for assistance!Were here to help 24/7.
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| Building and Maintaining Calluses |
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| Building Calluses - Calluses are the goal of most guitarists or any string player. They protect the fingertip from the action of guitar strings, and actually make it easier to fret notes. In case you don't know what a callus is, it is a thick, tough, dead layer of skin which covers and protects the layers underneath from repeated stress. Eric Clapton said that the best method he finds to build calluses is to swab rubbing alcohol on the fingertips two or three times a day until the skin dries out and the calluses are thick enough to protect the fingertips. After that, the treatment can be repeated periodically to maintain them. The other, harder way to build calluses is to simply keep playing, and eventually you will have nice thick calluses. |
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| Equal Temperament Tuning |
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The following is a reprint of THE GUILD OF AMERICAN LUTHIERS
Many guitarists are frustrated because of their attempts to tune the guitar to pure chords (free of beats). These particular players have very sensitive ears that prefer pure intervals and reject the mandatory equal temperament. They tune their guitar beautifully pure on one chord only to discover that the next chord form is unacceptable. In too many instances they assume that there must be a flaw in the workmanship on the fingerboard. Their problem is not in the construction of the guitar. It is one of pure tuning verses equal temperament. |
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| Meet your Picker |
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| Meet Your Picker - Learn to Appreciate Your Picking Hand. It's easy to underestimate the importance of the picking hand. Beginners usually have more trouble with fret hand skills than with strumming or simple picking. Most of their effort goes toward learning chords, rifs & songs. Over time, the picking/right hand may be neglected. |
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| How to read a chord diagram |
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| If your a beginner or have problems reading chord diagrams this Guitar Tip is for you! The Diagram below illustrates a typical guitar chord diagram. |
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| Strumming Patterns |
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Here's some strumming patterns that you can practice.
Use any chord(s) of your choice. I suggest using one
chord until you feel comfortable with the strumming
patterns then switch chords in a progression. |
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| Did You Know? |
The key of (A) has 3 sharps
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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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