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Articles accessible to beginning guitarists
The Right Notes: Your Step-by-Step Guide on How to Read Guitar Tablature
Here’s your step-by-step guide on how to read guitar tablature! While there are some real advantages to learning musical notation, tablature is the widely-used alternative for many guitarists. Tablature is basically a map for a given song that shows which frets to play on which strings. In its most basic form guitar tablature is six…
Cracking the Chord Code: Decoding the Magic of 1, 4, 5 Chords in Music
A little useful music theory for jamming guitarists!
3 Tips to Win at Guitar
I have to acknowledge that there’s some competitive spirit in all of us. So with that in mind, here are my tips for “winning” at guitar: tip 1: have fun! You’ve arrived at the recurring theme for all my teaching and playing. For goodness sake, playing music is supposed to be fun. If you’re not…
Your Guide to Nailing Your First Guitar Jam
For the new guitarist, some tips and information that will help you out at your first jam session
Welcome to your First Chord: Em (and how to read a chord chart)
For the absolute beginner, here’s everything you need to know to play your first guitar chord, E minor. Once you’re through this article you’ll also be able to teach yourself new chords! Grab your guitar and put it in playing position. I’m going to assume you’ve tuned it up, but if not, now’s the time….
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