How To Play The C Chord On Guitar
Place your index finger on the 1st fret of the B string (2nd from the floor), your middle finger on the 2nd fret of the D string (4th from the floor) and your ring finger on the 3rd fret of the A string (5th from the floor). If you want to make your chord changes […]
The (honestly) Best Way To Learn To Play Guitar
Straight off the bat, I tell you right away: The best way to learn to play guitar is with an actually REALLY qualified teacher. The better the teacher is, the faster you will get results. Generally you want to make sure that your teacher has a PLAN. If you prefer to be self taught (some […]
The Number 1 Best Guitar Chord Player For Your Musicality
There are certainly numours programs to play guitar chords for you but the absolute best and most versatile is guitar chord player is: Guitar Pro 8. I wrote an extensive article about Why you should use Guitar Pro 8 here, but I will show you how you can use it to play guitar chords here. […]
Top 3 Hidden Beginning Chord Traps
Reduced chords make great beginning chords for guitarists. However there are some things I want to make you aware of so that you don’t fall into typical beginner traps when learning guitar that can easily be avoided and give you a much smoother and faster start. 1. Don’t just learn ONE thing: focusing on one […]
How To Find The Right Guitar Chord Strings In 3 Simple Approaches.
There are typically 3 ways find guitar chord strings and chords with open strings. If you want to learn how to build chords in general, read this first. There are sheer infinite ways to build chords on the guitar with all the options on the guitar strings. You don’t need to know all of them […]
How To Play Awesome Guitar Solos With Arpeggios
Arpeggios are a great way to make your guitar solos sound super melodic and less like a guitar scale. But the challenge when trying to play guitar solos with arpeggios here are the chord changes of the background music because now have to hit with three notes almost at the same time, As opposed to […]
4 Ways To Make Your Sweep Picking Arpeggios More Interesting – That Even Marty Friedman Would Approve Of
If you want to read about the technicals of sweep picking arpeggios, read here. I will go into how the creative aspect now and how to make arpeggios sound more musical instead of sounding like (to say it with the words of Marty Friedman in one of his infamous arpeggio lessons) “bu-du-lup bu-du-lup bu-du-lup” all […]
2 Sure Fire Ways to play guitar faster
The question that plagued guitarists for almost a century now 🙂 “How do I play guitar faster?” A plague it is because there is so much “common sense” advice out there that has worked for a selected few who intuitively figured out the right way to practice (aka. “Natural talent”). But for mere mortals like […]
The ultimate electric guitar technique set up guide – Part 4
What is the right guitar technique? Part 4: Phrasing Alright here we are in part four of the ultimate electric guitar technique setup guide In this video I will talk about how to apply all the phrasing elements and how to perform them properly. In the previous posts and articles I talked about how to […]
The ultimate electric guitar technique set up guide – Part 3
What is the right guitar technique? Part 3: Arpeggios and Sweep Picking The holy grail guitar technique for many guitarists: Sweep Picking There is almost a mystical aura around this whole subject that says that only the most virtuous and dedicated beings may attempt to even TRY to learn this technique. But it’s really not […]