This is finally going to be your year, isn’t it? You’ve decided. You are going improve your guitar playing this year. No more excuses. You just want to play better guitar.
The catch of course is time.
How can you become the guitarist you want to be, when getting time for guitar is a challenge? Is it even realistic?
Well, the good news is you can improve your guitar playing this year. How fast you will do it, and how big of an improvement will be comes down to three key factors.
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Translating guitar chord symbols onto the guitar fretboard can often be frustrating and confusing.
Today we will demystify some of the most common ways that guitar chords are symbolized, so you’ll probably want to bookmark this page for future reference.
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When you improvise a melody over a chord progression, certain notes will seem to sound better than others. In fact, some notes that should work will sometimes sound outright wrong.
So what gives?
In today’s tutorial we will look at a fun and challenging J. S. Bach piece that will help kick your lead guitar playing up a notch or two.
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Want to play better lead guitar? One of the keys to playing better lead guitar is having good solid technique. The better your guitar playing skills are, the wider your improvisational possibilities become. And of course, the better your playing is, the faster you’ll learn your favourite songs note-for-note. In today’s tutorial we will look at a guitar arrangement for a violin piece written by Nicolo Paganini (1782-1840) called Perpetual Motion (Moto Perpetuo, Perpetuum Mobile).
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Want to improve your string skipping and stretching abilities on guitar? Want to learn a fun song too? Then you’ve come to the right place. Ostinelli’s Reel is an old-time country fiddle tune that sounds great on guitar. This short … Continue reading
Looking for a fun electric or acoustic guitar song, that will improve your alternate picking and string skipping technique? Then you’ve come to the right place. In today’s tutorial we will look at a pick-style guitar arrangement for J.S. Bach’s … Continue reading