Here’s the “A to G of the Musical Alphabet!” I was going to have a “tl;dr” section at the top of this piece, but this article turned out to be pretty to-the-point. It’s just this one idea: the musical alphabet starts at A and goes through G then starts over again, pretty much forever. Although…
Blues Shuffle 101: Your First Guitarist’s Guide to Groovy Rhythms
The guitar is a minimalist instrument: it is six wires attached to a piece of wood. Yet despite its simplicity I’m consistently amazed at the emotion those wires can evoke. One thing I love about the blues shuffle is that all you need to make this driving groove happen is two strings and a desire to rock.
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…