To wrap up this 3-part series, we will look at three additional tips that will help you to learn the guitar on your own.
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In part 1 of this series, we looked at three important tips to get you learning to play the guitar quickly. Now let’s continue with some additional and equally important tips.
Continue readingYou’ve decided it’s time to learn to play guitar. You’ve put it off for long enough.
Now that you are ready, the big question you have is: “what’s the best way to learn guitar on your own?”
The good news is there are many effective ways to learn guitar on your own. The bad news is there are many, many ways that you can waste your valuable time.
Continue readingNow that you know how major chords are built, we will look at how to apply the formulas to actual chord fingerings on the guitar.
Major chords are built by taking the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes from the major scale.
A triad is a chord that contains three different notes.
To understand how chords are built, we return to the major scale.
Take the first, third and fifth notes from the C major scale and you will have a C major chord.
Continue readingHave you ever wondered how a guitarist can play the melody and chords for a song simultaneously? Want to be able to do it on your own guitar?
The guitar is an incredibly versatile instrument, and when you know how to do it, you can create great sounding chord melodies for many songs.
What is a Chord-Melody Arrangement for Guitar?
In chord-melody technique, or chord-melody style, a song is specifically arranged so that the melody line is simultaneously played with suitable accompanying chords on the guitar.
Continue readingSo whether you are trying to learn a new chord, scale or even some guitar theory; today we will look at something you can start using right now to improve your guitar memory and learn guitar faster.
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