Welcome to the fantastic world of classical guitar! Maybe you have wanted to learn guitar and not sure where to start or have played for a while but want to try something different. I imagine you already have a nylon-string classical guitar or are thinking of buying...
Ok, I hope you picked up a few facts and tips from How to Play Classical Guitar in Lesson One. This lesson will introduce more advanced techniques and interpretive skills to take you to the next level of classical guitar. Here’s an audio track from the...
In today’s cigar box guitar lesson, we will learn Wicked Game by Chris Isaak. This is an approachable tune that would be a good challenge for a relative beginner player. You will need to understand how to read cigar box guitar tablature to play along with the video...
DADF#AD tuning or “Open D” is a fantastic tuning that many guitarists and resonator players use instead of standard guitar tuning. You can produce big lush sounding chords that give your guitar style a pleasant change. Open D is a very convenient tuning...
As complex as music theory may seem, always keep in mind, “theory is a means to an end” and not an end in itself. In other words, theory can only take you so far. Eventually, to play music, try to lock into the song’s particular feeling and play from...
How to Make a 2-Bar Loop on Your Guitar Looper Pedal If you are new to making guitar loops on your looper pedal, fear not! Here is a simple step-by-step approach about how to create a multi-layered guitar loop. No need to buy the latest looper pedal with all the...
The Shortcut for Learning Beginner Violin-Fiddle Tunes Tablature or “tab” is a fun way to get a quick start on the violin. Fiddle tab is a straightforward shorthand system of showing what notes to play. Once you learn how to read tab, you will be amazed at how fast...
In today’s cigar box guitar lesson, we will tackle Jimi Hendrix’s Purple Haze on the 4-string tuned to GDGB (see YouTube tablature video below). One of the greatest guitarists of all time, James Marshall Hendrix, was born in Seattle Washington on November 27, 1942,...
Here’s a lovely three-part arrangement of Silent Night (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) for all you guitar looper players to wrap your fingers around! Any simple record/overdub looper pedal will work fine for this little arrangement. As mentioned, the arrangement...
Here are a few Christmas arrangements to wrap your fingers around in Open D (DADF#AD) guitar tuning from the Open D Guitar Christmas Songbook. Both songs, “O Come, All Ye Faithful” and “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” arranged with notation,...
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