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The most basic skills for playing guitar. Learn tips for stringing and tuning a guitar in this free guitar lesson from a professional music instructor and performer.
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Which gauge of guitar string do you need for your playing style? Learn more about the thickness of guitar strings in this free guitar lesson from a professional music instructor and performer.
Thicker guitar strings produce lower notes. Learn more about the tones made by different gauges of guitar strings in this free guitar lesson from a professional music instructor and performer.
Oxidized guitar strings produce dull tones and should be replaced. Learn when to replace your guitar strings in this free guitar lesson from a professional music instructor and performer.
Wrap up guitar strings after removing them. Learn how to change guitar strings in this free guitar lesson from a professional music instructor and performer.
When stringing guitar, make sure holes in tuning posts are horizontal to the ground. Learn other tips for tuning a guitar in this free guitar lesson from a professional music instructor and performer.
Pull guitar strings through tuning posts enough to leave three inches of extra string. Learn more tips for stringing a guitar in this free guitar lesson from a professional music instructor and performer.
Great for tuning a guitar for a live gig. Learn how to tune a guitar with an electronic tuner in this free guitar lesson from a professional music instructor and performer.
A hand-held guitar tuner registers the frequency of your guitar strings. Learn more tips for tuning a guitar in this free guitar lesson from a professional music instructor and performer.
Listen for oscillation when tuning guitar with harmonics. Learn different methods for tuning a guitar in this free guitar lesson from a professional music instructor and performer.
Tuning forks are designed to vibrate at specific frequency. Learn how to tune your guitar with a tuning fork in this free guitar lesson from a professional music instructor and performer.
For the Hollow-Body guitar, the strings will go through back of bottom bridge plate. Learn how to string a hollow-body guitar in this free guitar lesson from a professional music instructor and performer.
Pegs on bridge of an acoustic guitar hold the strings in place. Learn how to string an acoustic guitar in this free guitar lesson from a professional music instructor and performer.
Compare sound of guitar strings to one another to tune at the fifth fret. Learn more about alternate ways to tune a guitar in this free guitar lesson from a professional music instructor and performer.
Acoustic guitars such as flamenco guitars use nylon strings. Learn more about restringing a nylon-string guitar in this free guitar lesson from a professional music instructor and performer.
These guitars have a ball at either end of the strings. Learn how to string a double gall guitar in this free guitar lesson from a professional music instructor and performer.
Guitars with a tremolo bar are harder to tune. Learn tips for restringing a guitar with a tremolo bar in this free guitar lesson from a professional music instructor and performer.
Remove the tuning lock to string a guitar with a tremolo bar. Learn more about special considerations for tuning a guitar with a tremolo bar in this free guitar lesson from a professional music instructor and performer.
Learning to play the guitar for the first time can be one of those difficult but rewarding experiences you look back on and appreciate in hindsight. Despite the raw, sore fingertips and the drudgery of daily practice exercises, playing the guitar—or any musical instrument for that matter—allows you to express yourself in ways that words fail to do. This ability develops with a measure of patience, instruction, natural talent, and a commitment to excellence. If you want to get good, you have to play through the pain. And you have to know how to string your own guitar.
Learn how to string a variety of guitars, such as acoustic, electric and nylon string guitars. Also learn how to string guitars with special needs, such as Floyd Rose tremolo guitars and double ball string guitars. You will also learn how to tune guitars in a number of different ways, using harmonics, a tunic fork and an electronic tuner.
Pete Pidgeon Pete Pidgeon has taught guitar to beginners, experts and even at the college level since 1995. He's given private instruction since 1986. Pete received his Bachelors Degree in jazz studies on guitar from SUNY New Paltz and has taught over 3,500 private lessons. He bases his curriculum on individual student needs and desires. He does not cater to a "one size fits all" mentality. Pete started Pete Pidgeon Music School in 2005, which is now one of the most successful providers of in-home lessons in the Northeast. Pete's toured the United States with many musical groups of varying styles. Levon Helm, the drummer from The Band, helped record Pete's debut album by the Arcoda's entitled "...At First Sight." His newest release, "Doubt Is For Losers," has received radio play across North America and in the international press. Listen to samples and buy the music at www.arcoda.com and www.myspace.com/arcoda.dkdk
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