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Picking notes individually is great for basic melodies and ferocious, hard-hitting solos, but if you want to start to sound really cool and add some musicality into your playing legato techniques are a must.
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Lee's played with numerous bands; blasting out covers and composing high-octane punk, toe-tapping rock and head-banging metal. He's retreated into the acoustic guitar, developing a love of fingerstyle playing.
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Learning Fingerstyle Guitar
August 8, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Fingerstyle is an essential technique for acoustic guitarists, because it’s used heavily in genres like folk, classical, pop, country and some blues.
Mastering Common Guitar Chords
July 25, 2012 by · 3 Comments
Chords are the backbone of most guitar music. As a beginner, mastering the most common chords allows you to play along to popular songs and even start writing your own.
Guitar Muting Styles
July 18, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Muting the sound of your playing turns the guitar into a more percussive, hard-hitting instrument. Palm muting creates a chugging sound, which is used heavily in genres such as metal, and “dead” strums produce a “thkk” sound, which you can use to build percussive effects into your playing.
Strumming Patterns
July 16, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Strumming patterns breathe life into your chord progressions. You can write a great song from a tonal perspective, blending majors and minors with moments of tension and release.
Improving Your Picking Speed
July 16, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
When you start to play solos, picking speed becomes a massive issue. It’s largely because virtuoso guitarists like Yngwie Malmsteen and Paul Gilbert often play at electrifying speed…
JamPlay Review – Best Online Guitar Lessons
July 13, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Subscription-based video streaming websites are quickly taking over as the preferred method of learning the instrument, and Jamplay.com has earned a reputation as one of the best courses around.
Guitar Tricks Review – Easiest Course to Navigate
July 13, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
uitar Tricks is one of the longest running and most well-established guitar instruction websites on the internet. After over a decade in the business, the website is held in high esteem by many guitarists.
Gibson’s Learn and Master Guitar Review – Best DVD Guitar Course
July 12, 2012 by · 1 Comment
There was a time when guitar lessons were conducted in a teacher’s house, and students were charged by the hour to run through “Greensleeves” while their every move was scrutinized. Not anymore…
Jamorama.com Review – Perfect For Complete Beginners
July 3, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Jamorama is unusual in that videos are essentially supplemental to the downloadable ebook. The book is over 250 pages, and there are only 148 video lessons.
