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  • Playing The Blues Guitar Shuffle Rhythm
    So you have understood the 12-bar blues or at least the concept of it and you would like to push your blues playing to higher grounds.
  • Learning Guitar Scale Degrees The Easy Way
    In this article we will define Scale Degrees, their names and explain them and their relevance in our theory studies. As you have learned in Nathan's excellent lesson on the Major Scale, each note of the scale is different. This trait is inherent to building a scale as no note in a scale may be repeated. In an effort to better understand the differences between the notes, we will explore Scale Degrees.
  • 3 Ways To Master The Blues Guitar Like Buddy Guy
    Nearly all blues guitarists start out as rock or country guitarists, only developing their interests in blues at a later date. Thus, there are many blues guitar players who don't have all of the necessary education and background requisite to play traditional blues who rely on altered rock licks and scales to sort of "fake" a blues sound.
  • Blues Guitar Improvisation Simplified
    The only way to be able to invent as you go is to really know the layout of your fretboard and to be able to access the music anywhere on the neck at any time. There are a few ways to do this, but some are more effective than others, in my opinion.
  • The Major Scale and Intervals For Guitar Playing
    The major scale (or Ionian mode) is a scale that was derived from the C note on a piano, it is all the white keys across the octave from C to C, these being C, D, E, F, G,A ,B , C. This scale is said to be natural, as it contains no sharps or flats.
  • For Guitarists - The 12 Tone Western Music System
    This lesson will cover the names of intervals that we use in our 12 tone Western music system. Also, I will include musical examples as ear training exercises to help you recognize these intervals. Before we proceed, lets review a few musical terms and their definitions.
  • Learning How To Tune Your Guitar Easily
    This lesson will outline how to tune your guitar to a standard E A D G B E tuning. As a general rule, tightening a string creates more tension. This gives the string a higher pitch and goes higher in tune. Likewise with loosening your strings, the pitch goes down.
  • Learning The Important Guitar Scales and Arpeggios In 5 Patterns
    It is crucial to learn this scale in all 5 patterns, thereby bringing about the ability to play the scale in all areas of the guitar neck rather than just one. The first scale is master is the G Minor Pentatonic. After discovering the five patterns of this scale in G Minor Pentatonic , it becomes conceivable then to improvise lead anyplace on the neck over any rock tunes in the key of G Minor (such as the famous riff from "Smoke On The Water" by Deep Purple). The Minor Pentatonic scale is the 1st and most critical scale to learn, especially for blues and rock n' roll. This scale is indeed utilised by blues guitar players as well, though far less often compared to rock and jazz players.
  • The Importance of Music Theory For Blues Guitarists
    This ultimately is the secret that unlocks outstanding lead guitar playing, great songwriting, and great musicianship in general. I have cited techniques used by rock and blues guitarists Kirk Hammett, Zakk Wylde, Eric Clapton and BB King, but a point I wanted to arrive at in that context is that each and every great guitarists (and great musicians, for that matter) understand music theory; guitarists who can play at that level understand what they're doing, in other words. Now, a few folks might say, "Well, yeah, but guys like Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen and Alex Lifeson are self-taught players and have never had a conventional guitar lesson or formal guitar instructor". That would be accurate, but rest assured, these guys unquestionably know and understand their music theory; it would be inconceivable for them to play the way they play if they did not.
  • Learning How To Read Guitar Tabs And Play Songs
    Tablature is a way of indicating the positioning of notes and fingering on the guitar fretboard. There are 6 tab lines representing 6 strings on the guitar. (The 1st string is the thinnest, and the 6th string is the thickest) They are as follows:
  • Learning The Blues Guitar Like Eric Clapton
    It is not that easy to pull out a definition of blues. You can tell that Robert Jhonsons' Rambling on My Mind or B.B. King's Everyday I Have the Blues is definitely blues, but what about van Halen, Al Di Meola or Pavarotti's songs?
  • Learning The 5 Rock and Blues Guitar Patterns
    Here is how to discover the 5 approach patterns in the keys of A and E, the keys most utilized by rock and blues guitarists:
  • The Way To Learn Blues Guitar - Video or Private Lessons
    What inspires you to learn how to play guitar? Do you want to Impress your acquaintances with your music accomplishments? Would you just like to play sing-along songs at a campfire? Are you starting a rock band where you would be the lead guitarist? Playing the rock or blues guitar and being in the spotlight really energizes some people. There are various reasons why you might want to learn how to play the guitar, whatever your reason you have to find a way to express it. Playing the guitar is a great way of socializing and becoming the center of attention. All this sounds fun and motivating, but the true personal satisfaction come from the discipline and love for the instrument.
  • History of Robert Johnson - The Delta Blues Guitar Legend
    Robert Johnson was born in Hazelhurst, Mississippi on May 8, 1911 and passed away in Greenwood, Mississippi on August 16, 1938. During those twenty-seven years he recorded twenty-nine songs that influenced modern blues and paved the way for the future of blues-based rock.
  • Guitar Lesson For Rock and Blues Guitar Improvisation
    Have you ever wanted to go to a music store and get a book that had the best information on how to play guitar, explained in ways that were easy to understand and made sense, and not know which book to buy? Ever go out and get that book, only to discover that it had a bunch of information that you didn't need and didn't make a good deal of sense after all? Ever wonder whether the "get chops quick" guitar methods so prevalent on the Internet today are really ripoffs? Well, no need for further frustration, help is here.
  • What Is the Best Way to Learn Guitar?
    Over the last few decades blues music has increased in its popularity, learning to play guitar has become exciting for many people. While there are many teenagers out there who dream of becoming pop superstars or rock legends, there are also many people that want to learn how to play the guitar just for their own simple enjoyment. Unfortunately too many people don't find the best way to learn guitar and after a few unsuccessful attempts, they actually give up on what so excited them in the beginning.
  • How To Choose The Perfect Guitar
    When it comes to choosing the right guitar for you, the most important point to keep in mind is what kind of music are you looking at playing?
  • 5 Greatest Quotes For Becoming A Better Guitar Musician
    1) "Don't Just Copy The Licks, Use The Concept." -Roger Mckinley
  • Learn How To Play Difficult Guitar Chords
    Many of the 7 chords and their extensions, 9,11,13 etc are seemingly very difficult to create with your fret hand. However, there are a few tricks that can help you create these beautiful chords without growing two more fingers.
  • 5 Greatest Guitar Playing Tips of All Time
    Here are the 5 greatest tips of all times made by famous people and how they can apply to guitar playing. I've heard and read these tips over the years and they have earned their weight in gold :
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