If there is one thing guitar students of this era have in abundance, it is guitar exercises. There are millions of exercises on the Internet, some pretty generic, some aimed to teach you a specific topic. Needless to say, this is amazing. In my days we had to scrape the little money we had to […]
In this lesson I gave you a general approach you should use when learning guitar scales as well as some examples on the major and minor pentatonic scale. In today’s lesson we’ll go into more depth in learning and using major guitar scales. A bit of theory first A scale is a linear pattern of […]
If you’re asking whether you can learn the guitar or not, I have good news for you. If you can read this article, you definitely have enough mental abilities to learn the guitar. Yes, some people do have “natural talent” that is, the ability to learn (either everything in life, or a specific thing, such […]
Improving your guitar picking technique will improve the overall quality of your guitar playing When I was starting out on the guitar I used to get frustrated that when I finished learning a song it didn’t quite sound like the original. I was playing the right notes, and at the right time. Yet, the guitarist […]
In this lesson I show you how to optimize your guitar practice time so that you get more value out of each hour you put in. In today’s lesson we’ll explore a way to have even more time available for practice by practicing the guitar in your head when a guitar is not available. The […]
Different people have different goals when starting out on the guitar. The guitar tips for beginners in this article will help you achieve the two goals that are shared among basically every guitar student: Being able to play in the shortest time possible. Enjoying the process of learning. If you’re a beginner guitar student and […]
I can show you how to memorize the notes on the guitar fretboard but unless you also know why you should dedicate the process an amount of your practice time, it’s likely that you won’t do it. In this article I will give you 10 reasons why learning the notes on the guitar fretboard is […]
Is timing on the guitar everything? In a way, yes. Of course, there are many other elements that make a good guitar player, including technique, the ability to apply music theory for the guitar, and developing a good ear, among others. But timing is an element that will make you sound amateurish if you get […]
If you don’t know the theory behind guitar triads yet, I suggest that you go through this lesson first. And through this lesson if you don’t yet know the name of the notes on the guitar fretboard. In today’s lesson, we’re going to explore all the guitar triads in the major scale and progress from […]
If I told you that there is no correct answer to the question “How long does it take to learn the guitar?” and left you with that, you will surely be disappointed. Instead, in this lesson I’m going to explore what the main variables that determine how long it will take you to learn the […]