Guitar Basics
Improving your playing involves a combination of practice, technique, theory and creativity. Here are some tips to help you enhance your skills.
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 off with than chords 1. Listening The first thing to realize is that transcribing is all [...]
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, and many of them will focus on bending. One of the great aspects of [...]
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 of Chet Atkins, to the chicken pickin of Albert Lee, to the [...]
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 harmony to create a complete sound. Center the palm of your picking hand over [...]
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 acoustic or electric guitars. The sound will be “firmer” and will project more easily than strumming with [...]
