Music Basics

Originally produced in the 1970s, the Fender Starcaster is said to be Fender's attempt at competing in the semi-hollow body market. Although commercially unsuccessful, the guitar has been used by...

Esteban has brought music to millions of people all over the world, and he has also made buying a guitar affordable. One of the nice things about the Esteban guitar is that you can apply...

If you've ever seen Andres Segovia play the guitar, you would know how important it is to practice Segovian Scales. Watching as his fingers fly up and down the fret, using both his fingertips and...

Greetings, class. Today’s topic is: How to write an effective ad for music instruction. I’ll start out with this cheerful note. One way in which the current economic conditions has particularly...

Here is an article on how to get better at palying the guitar. The guitar is a fun instrument for all ages. Everyone is unique and has different learning curves. Just be patient and stick with it....

Tuning a guitar is one of the most important skills to develop if you want to become a serious musician. It can be learned in minutes, days, weeks, or months depending on your ability to...

Few instruments can match the expressiveness of the guitar. Natural harmonics, a type of note that is meant to sound bell-like, add color easily to your playing. Any guitarist can add harmonics...

Guitar strings are held in place by the bridge, crossing over the body and ending at the tuning pegs in the neck. With use and over time, a guitar may need to be fitted with new strings,...

Musical instruments, especially string instruments like the guitar, require tuning to keep all of the strings at the right pitch. A tuned electric or acoustic guitar is necessary for a good,...

I learned how to perform this guitar technique years ago, and it is always nice to be able to do these on the fly when jamming with friends. If you have learned just one scale, then this...

Playing the guitar for hours can be painful, especially to your neck and back. Because of the way the guitar is held, the result is often a painful muscle imbalance, according to Guitar...

Many great guitarists have used the whammy bar, including Jimi Hendrix, Kirk Hammett and Stevie Ray Vaughn, just to name a few. Also called a tremolo bar, a whammy creates incredibly complex...

Here's a common scenario: You play "Guitar Hero" or "Rock Band," and get pretty good at it. You decide to take things to the next level by purchasing an actual electric guitar. You pick up an...

There is a difference between playing the guitar for vocal backup and playing lead guitar, which I my cover in a future article. When you wish to provide the background musical rhythm from a...

If you're learning how to play the guitar, but don't know how to read sheet music, tabs can be a great resource to you. They provide a way to learn how to play your favorite songs even if you have...

One of the most fundamental chords in guitar-playing is the E Minor Chord. Also referred to as one of the "open" chords, it is used in everything from rock music to blues guitar. The...

If you are new to guitar or just never learned how to read guitar tablature you are in for a treat. It's SO easy! After I show you some easy examples of guitar tablature and clearly explain how...

Flamenco is a genre of Spanish guitar music. It is known for its fast, intricate passages, and dance rhythms. Flamenco players usually use classical guitars. The style is somewhat similar to...

Teaching kids to play the guitar is rewarding but time-consuming, and while there are basics that must be taught, the teaching sequence and the time spent on each element varies with the child's...

The acoustic guitar is oftentimes seen as the boring predecessor to the electric guitar. If taken full advantage of, the acoustic offers an entirely different and fulfilling musical experience. ...

Guitar tablature is a system that uses numbers and synbols placed on lines to teach you how to play guitar, as well as to play songs. I will show what those numbers mean and explain some of the...

Different tunings can give a different feel to your song. For instance, blues artists tend to use Open A tuning and Open E tuning frequently. Kurt Cobain almost always had his guitar tuned down...

The cool thing about guitars is that the scales are the same, no matter where you are on the guitar. Guitar scales use octaves on the strings preceding each other to keep the shapes the same and...

Whether you are a professional songwriter or a budding novice, you can make professional-sounding tracks using your computer. By constructing or downloading the required parts to make your music,...

Writing a new song can be a very rewarding experience for a band or artist. A song can be used to express many feelings, from sadness to joy, and can be very simple or complicated rhythmically, as...

Guitar tabs are a great way to learn to play the guitar. They're not as good as sheet music, because they can't show rhythm. As long as you've heard the song you're trying to learn, you should be...

With enough practice, anyone can get good at anything. But before you can become a pro, you have to learn how your instrument works, how to use it, and what to expect. Knowing these things will...

Some of the greatest guitarists of all time have played left-handed, including Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and Paul McCartney. And they all began the same way that right-handed players do: by...

Aural skills should be started early on but it's never to late to start. You will learn how to implement this more non physical technique of study so that you can: 1. Develop a sense of relative...

Anyone can learn to stay in time. It's only a matter of practice and finding the method that works best for you. Lead guitar players will sometimes have a more difficult time, because they're...

Tablature, often referred to as tab, is a system of music notation used primarily for stringed instruments. Tablature uses a graph similar to a traditional music staff, except that each of the...

Oh No! you broke a string on your new guitar and nobody showed you how to change or replace your strings. You'll learn the quick and easy way to change your strings the right way on your acoustic...

You can count to 12 and say the ABCs at least through G, right? Well, then my friend, you've got what it takes to comprehend the universe of the 12 note western scale! Everything in all western...

You will learn that this practice concept will isolate weaknesses and make them stronger. This will enable you to improve the quality of your practice time so that you can: 1. Learn faster. 2....

You do not want to spend your money on a guitar teacher that will not teach you anything. Many students who had previous teachers confessed to me they learned more in three weeks with me than in...

Individuals who first pick up the guitar often struggle the most at first with the left hand and its association with the fret board. The frets on the guitar will really stretch and push your...

Converting music to tab can be done manually, if you learn how to read both sheet music and tablature, or it can be done using conversion software. Both methods are useful for guitar players,...

By reading the article and seeing the "how to" video tutorial, you will learn how to tune your electric guitar through a built in amplifier tuner. Note: You can tune an acoustic guitar...

Ever since the Sex Pistols plugged in their guitars for their first show back in 1975, people have been fascinated and excited by punk rock music. It's simple, fun and easy to learn, which makes...

If you've never used guitar barre chords before, you may be wondering “What are they, and why would I want to use them?" A barre chord is an extremely versatile type of guitar chord where...

There are hundreds of sites designed to help you learn guitar on the Internet, but the key is finding a few good ones that meet your individual learning style. In addition, guitar sites with video...

Learning to read music isn't that hard to understand. There are 7 notes to learn and basically it's the notes that build upon each other to form chords. The notes are A, B, C, D, E, F, and G....

Having a hard time learning chords, well this is a video, which comes in two parts, in which you will learn how to play the most important chords. Step by step instructions on the finger...

The time it takes to learn and master guitar varies according to several factors. There is a process involved and a lot of practice. Professional guitarists will tell you it is always a learning...

When you strike any object, it vibrates, at least a little bit. The vibration, if it is audible to human ears (between 12 hertz and 20 kilohertz), is sound. Pluck a single human hair, and it...

So you want to learn how to play guitar and want to find someone who will teach you how. Importantly, you want to find a guitar teacher that will not only teach you, but teach you how to teach...

Is guitar going to be your first instrument that you are trying to learn quickly and in short amount of time? Or maybe you are a musician and want to learn another instrument. Well, here are...

This article is a beginners guide to play metal guitar. If you want to bypass the boring stuff beginner guitarists are subjected to, like learning to play "Mary Had a Little Lamb," and...

You don't need to be a genius to learn how to play the guitar, and you may even be able to teach yourself. Take some advice from one who knows, though: Don't teach yourself.

Even a prodigy can't just pick up a guitar for the first time and start playing a song without some initial training. If you want to play a song on the guitar, it stands to reason that you must...