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Enhance Your Practice Habits

By: Frank Macri

Posted in: Guitar Basics

Improving your playing involves a combination of practice, technique, theory and creativity. Here are some tips to help you enhance your skills.   Read Article

The Process Of Transcribing Songs And Solos For Guitar

By: Frank Macri

Posted in: Guitar Basics

Highlights notes and photos from our latest guitar clinic on transcribing songs and solos for guitar:   The Process of Transcribing We're going to start by looking at single notes because most people find them easier to start of... Read Article

Country Guitar Primer Pt. 2

By: Scott Gilliam

Posted in: Guitar Basics

Welcome to the second installment of our country guitar lesson. The first lesson covered basic open pos chords, basic scale choices and some common country patterns to get you going. This time around, we will explore some more specific licks, an... Read Article

Country Guitar Primer Pt. 1

By: Scott Gilliam

Posted in: Guitar Basics

What constitutes country music these days certainly warrants a discussion. What isn't up for debate, is the fact that country music of all eras features some of the best guitar playing one could ever hope to hear. From the fingerpicking mastery o... Read Article

Fingerstyle Guitar Technique

By: Frank Macri

Posted in: Guitar Basics

Playing fingerstyle is a right hand technique that allows the fingers of the right hand to pluck the strings individually, opposed to strumming them with a pick. Using fingerpicking techniques will allow guitarists to combine melody, bass lines, and ... Read Article

Strumming Patterns For Guitar

Posted in: Guitar Basics

Strumming is prevalent in almost every style of guitar playing. In this lesson, we will cover some basic strumming patterns that are used in countless songs in all genres. Strumming with a pick is most commonly used on steel-string ... Read Article

Using A Capo On Guitar

By: Frank Macri

Posted in: Guitar Basics

A capo is a clamp-like device you attach at a single fret on the neck of your guitar. It covers all six strings and raises the pitch of your guitar one half-step for each fret. For example, if you place the capo on the 2nd fret, the open E string now... Read Article

How To Learn The Fretboard

By: Scott Gilliam

Posted in: Guitar Basics

One of the main concerns for players of varying levels is knowledge of the fretboard. Specifically, being able to identify any pitch everywhere on the neck. There are a variety of ways to learn this but it seems that many guitarists don’t have ... Read Article