Am I too old to learn guitar? For many people, learning the guitar is something that they just didn’t get around too. The interest was there but other things just kept getting in the way. Now that they have less on their plate, it seems like it could be a perfect time to […]
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How To Read Guitar Tab and Why It’s Useful (and Why it’s Not!)
How to read guitar tab and why it’s useful (and why it’s not!) Guitar tab (formally known as guitar tablature) is a common and extremely popular way for guitar music to be written. It’s different to traditional music notation (manuscript). Guitar tab tends to have much less information in it […]
How to practice guitar with limited time – and still get better
How to practice guitar with limited time – and still get better. Tips and techniques to make your guitar practices more effective and to create time even with a busy schedule With everything else we need to get done in a day – our jobs, classes, driving around doing 101 errands – it […]
Drop D Tuning for Guitar – What is it?
When I first started playing guitar I was taught that you tuned the guitar a certain way – Standard Tuning. This is the most common tuning for guitars. But as I started to play more rock and heavier styles of music, Drop D tuning seemed to come up just as often as standard […]
What Guitar Pick Should I Use?
What Guitar Pick Should I Use? So you’ve heard that you should be using a guitar pick (also known as a plectrum). So you walk into the guitar shop, ask the guy for a guitar pick and he directs you to a display box filled with different colours, shapes, sizes and thicknesses and […]
Should My First Guitar Be An Acoustic Or An Electric?
Should My First Guitar Be An Acoustic Or An Electric? You may have some assumptions about what your first guitar should be. The most common assumption is that everybody starts learning on an acoustic guitar.The second is that electric guitars are noisy and when people are learning, an acoustic guitar is easier on everyone else in […]