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Benefits of Learning Guitar Online
What are the benefits of learning guitar online? You practice when and where it suits you, at your own pace, with a huge choice…
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Online Communities for Guitarists
Online communities for guitarists are forums, Facebook groups, subreddits and Discord servers where guitarists ask questions, share recordings and give each other feedback. As…
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Tips for Learning Guitar at Elementary School Age
Learning guitar at elementary school age works best with a guitar that fits, short practice sessions and songs your child actually likes. From around…
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How to Use an Audio Interface with Your Guitar
Short answer: An audio interface is an external sound card that converts the signal from your guitar or microphone into digital audio for your…
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Learning Arabic Scales on Guitar
An Arabic scale (maqam, plural maqamat) is a series of usually seven notes with its own intervals, sometimes including quarter tones. The easiest way…
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Playful Guitar Exercises for Kids
Playful exercises for teaching kids guitar work best when every part feels like a game: short challenges, colors, stories and songs they already know.…
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Easy Songs to Sing and Play on Guitar
Easy songs to sing and play on guitar have few chords, a relaxed tempo and a melody you already know. With a handful of…
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How to Make Your Own Ringtone With Guitar
How do you make your own ringtone with guitar? Play a short, recognizable melody of a few bars, record it with your smartphone or…
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Improvising with the Pentatonic Scale
How do you improvise with the pentatonic scale? Choose the pentatonic scale in the key of the song, get to know one fingering pattern…
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Simple Recognizable Intros on Guitar
Which simple, recognizable intros can you learn on guitar? Start with riffs like “Smoke on the Water” and “Seven Nation Army”, or with the…
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How to Play Double Stops on Guitar
Learning to play double stops on guitar starts with two notes on adjacent strings that you strike at the same time, such as thirds…
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Practicing Fast Solos With a Metronome
You practice fast solos with a metronome by dividing the solo into short sections, playing each section slowly and error-free first, and then raising…
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Combining Slides and Legato in Guitar Solos
To combine slides and legato in solos, pick one note and make the following notes with your fretting hand: hammer-ons and pull-offs for small…
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How to Write a Campfire Song on Guitar
How do you write a campfire song on guitar? Choose three or four simple chords, a theme that fits the mood around the fire…
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How to Combine Singing and Guitar Playing
How do you combine singing and guitar playing? First make sure you can play a song’s chords and strumming rhythm without thinking, and only…
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How to Make a Catchy Riff on Guitar
How do you make a catchy riff on guitar? Start with a catchy rhythm, choose a few notes from one scale, such as the…
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Learning Fingerstyle Like Tommy Emmanuel
Learning fingerstyle like Tommy Emmanuel starts with a steady, alternating bass line played with your thumb, with the melody played over it by your…
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Learn to Play Guitar Like Slash
Want to learn to play guitar like Slash? Focus on three things: the minor pentatonic and blues scales, expressive bends with vibrato, and a…
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How to Practice Guitar Quietly Without Disturbing Your Neighbors
How do you practice guitar quietly without disturbing your neighbors? Play an electric guitar through headphones, mute an acoustic guitar with a string dampener…
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How to Make an Effective Guitar Practice Schedule
How do you make an effective guitar practice schedule? First decide what you want to achieve, pick a fixed practice time and divide every…
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Semi-Acoustic Guitar: The Perfect Mix
A semi-acoustic guitar is an electric guitar with a hollow or partly hollow body, such as the Gibson ES-335. It has magnetic pickups and…
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Everything You Need to Know About Electric Guitars
There are three types of electric guitars by construction: solid body, semi-hollow and hollow body. Within those, you can recognize five well-known shapes: the…
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How to Use a Capo on Guitar
Short answer: Playing guitar with a capo is simple: a capo, short for capodastro, is a clamp that you put on the neck just…
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Buying an Acoustic Guitar: Handy Tips
If you are going to buy an acoustic guitar, pay attention to five things above all: the size and shape, a solid or laminated…