http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog How to Get the Best Results from Your Practice Time Sun, 19 Jul 2015 19:46:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.27 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/guitar-chords/getting-started-with-guitar-barre-chords-part-1/ http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/guitar-chords/getting-started-with-guitar-barre-chords-part-1/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2015 20:04:53 +0000 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/?p=3575 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/guitar-chords/getting-started-with-guitar-barre-chords-part-1/feed/ 0 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-understanding-triplets-part-3/ http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-understanding-triplets-part-3/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2014 21:33:45 +0000 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/?p=2962 triplets. We will use a popular chord progression that you have probably heard in many early rock songs. The chord progression is known as a I-VI-IV-V chord progression.]]> http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-understanding-triplets-part-3/feed/ 0 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-understanding-triplets-part-1/ http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-understanding-triplets-part-1/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2014 23:08:30 +0000 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/?p=2909 whole notes, half notes, quarter notes and eighth notes. In this tutorial we begin our look at triplets.]]> http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-understanding-triplets-part-1/feed/ 1 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-11-counting-rhythms-revisited/ http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-11-counting-rhythms-revisited/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2014 20:58:17 +0000 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/?p=2842 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-11-counting-rhythms-revisited/feed/ 0 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-10-understanding-eighth-note-rests/ http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-10-understanding-eighth-note-rests/#comments Tue, 20 May 2014 19:49:07 +0000 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/?p=2829 eighth note rests.]]> http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-10-understanding-eighth-note-rests/feed/ 1 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-9-strumming-eighth-note-chord-progressions/ http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-9-strumming-eighth-note-chord-progressions/#comments Sun, 04 May 2014 00:04:53 +0000 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/?p=2806 basics of counting, strumming and tapping your foot in time with eighth notes, we can turn our attention to some fun chord progressions that use eighth notes.]]> http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-9-strumming-eighth-note-chord-progressions/feed/ 0 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-8-how-to-strum-eighth-note-patterns/ http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-8-how-to-strum-eighth-note-patterns/#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2014 00:50:20 +0000 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/?p=2787 How to Strum Eighth Note Patterns For whole notes, half notes and quarter notes, the down-stroke is usually used. To play eighth notes, we will use a combination of down-strokes and up-strokes.]]> http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-8-how-to-strum-eighth-note-patterns/feed/ 2 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-7-understanding-eighth-notes/ http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-7-understanding-eighth-notes/#comments Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:38:28 +0000 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/?p=2765 play rhythm guitar, some of the most common rhythms you will encounter use eighth notes. In this tutorial we begin our look at the basics of eighth notes.]]> http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-7-understanding-eighth-notes/feed/ 0 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-6-muting-and-understanding-rests/ http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-6-muting-and-understanding-rests/#comments Mon, 03 Feb 2014 21:04:03 +0000 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/?p=2681 whole note, half note and quarter note rests are notated. Now it’s time to apply your new knowledge to chord progressions.  We are also going to cover how to mute strings so you get a nice clean sound. For this example, we are going to use A, D and E major chords.]]> http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-6-muting-and-understanding-rests/feed/ 0 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-5-understanding-rests/ http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-5-understanding-rests/#comments Fri, 17 Jan 2014 22:22:40 +0000 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/?p=2657 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-5-understanding-rests/feed/ 1