Do your fingers hurt when you play guitar? Are your fingertips sore? Read this before you make the situation worse, or give up on guitar. For beginner guitar players, building guitar callus on the tip of their fingers is a major issue, especially since it implies “pain”. As well as having less time to practice …
How to build guitar callus on your fingers without decreasing practice time. Read More »
How to get better at songwriting when you’re a guitarist The aim of these songwriting tips is not to get you to write a hit in the coming week but to get you started on the right track on learning the craft of songwriting. A really pleasant and never-ending journey. I will show you what …
There are different ways you can go about composing a guitar solo. What I’ll show you in this lesson is just one simple method you can use to compose your first planned guitar solo. What do I mean by planning? Starting to improvise on guitar is not hard. If you don’t have a clue how …
Improve your guitar technique by learning new riffs There are tons of easy guitar riffs one can learn, and there is a reason for this. Unlike a guitar solo, when it’s your time to shine and show your musical and technical skills, the main role of a guitar riff is usually to provide harmony for …
When I was writing the lesson on creating and using guitar licks, I had a problem deciding whether, as examples, I should use easy guitar licks, intermediate ones, or more advanced ones. After sharing the post on Reddit, some people suggested that the guitar lick examples should be easier, while others suggested that they should …
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Guitar techniques involve everything related to the execution of notes on your guitar. Every instrument has its own set of techniques that make playing it special, different from any other instrument. The electric guitar is no exception. The following guitar techniques are essential if you want to make the notes you play stand out on …
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Lead guitar players in Rock and Blues music are not playing whole solos all the time. Most of the time they’re playing short musical phrases, which are commonly referred to as guitar licks. While a guitar solo is in reality a number of guitar licks played in different forms and variations, licks are also commonly …
Guitar licks: Learn them. Create them. Use them. Read More »
When a teacher presented me with a book showing the diagrams for all guitar scales, or rather, the most popular guitar scales, I was like “Holy crap, do I need to memorize all this to become a good guitar player” Not to mention that there were all the guitar chords that needed to be learned, …
One thing that used to confuse me when I started learning guitar was the relationship between the notes on the neck. Looking at guitar notes on the neck, they seemed like a bunch of notes thrown there together with no relationship with each other. I used to think, that good guitar players could pick notes …
Beginner’s guide to guitar notes, intervals, scales, and chords Read More »
Learning guitar scales can either be the most tedious aspect of your musical journey, or a fun aspect you can never get enough of. This all depends on how you learn guitar scales, when you learn them, and whether you use them to create music. Before I show you how to learn scales, I’ll explain …
