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Guitar Shapes and Sizes. The Shape Of Things: Aesthetics, comfort, voice, ergonomics; These are a few words that describe the importance of a guitar’s body shape to the player. For the beginner guitarist, there is no point of reference, and so most people shopping for their first guitar don’t have a strong opinion about the […]
The guitar is arguably one of the coolest inventions to ever have graced the Earth, coming through the hands of Man. Why? Let us try and speculate. First, you have to agree to go on appearances and admit that whoever carries it automatically becomes a hundred times more appealing. If they play it and well, […]
Issue 1 Of Guitar Coach Magazine is now available for both iPad and PC download. Includes great articles, news and reviews, plus detailed video tuition. Learn great tips from Nils Lofgren. Play songs by the Eagles, cool Riffs from Eric Clapton and great techniques with Dire Straits. Guitar Coach magazine is totally free, so grab […]
String Bending. Dire Straits Riff
String Bending. Dire Straits Riff If you want to play and sound like your rock guitarist heroes, then you will need to learn the art of String Bending. It’s a technique all the top players use to add colour and emotion to their solos in the genres of blues, rock, jazz, country and pop music. String Bending is achieved by moving a held down string with […]
Beginners Strumming: The Beatles I Should Have Known Better
The Beatles, I Should Have Known Better; This is a beginner level strumming session with just 2 chords, the G Major and D Major. Introduction Practice
Sugar Mama. Introduction Teach Who recorded it? Nine Below Zero are an English Blues band who were at their height in popularity in the early 1980s but continue gigging to this day, having built up a cult following throughout Europe. Sugar Mama is a departure from their normally hi-energy style, but is an introductory riff that the majority […]
Robert Cray Phone Booth. Introduction Teach Backing Now this isn’t a riff, it is the beginning of Robert Cray’s beautifully played solo from his hit Phone Booth Why Choose This? Andy really wanted to bring you something different and, in just a couple of bars, you can make out the distinct Robert Cray soloing style. This particular solo is […]
E Minor Pentatonic improvisation
E Minor Pentatonic improvisation. Introduction Practice Riff 1 Riff 2 Riff 3 What Have We Achieved So Far? The first improvisation session covered the E minor pentatonic scale in the open position and gave you an idea of what you can achieve as you learn the magic of improvisation. We are now going to start progressing further by giving […]
Best Beginner Electric Guitars
Best Beginner Electric Guitars Video review of the best beginner electric guitars. We look at the top brands for beginners to see what they offer and how they differ.
Nick Benjamin. Acoustic Guitar Maker
Nick Benjamin, acoustic guitar maker talks about how he got into making guitars and also the process of creating these beautiful instruments.
Hotel California Lead Licks. Introduction Lick 1 Lick 2 Lick 3 Lick 4 Everyone talks about, and in fact teaches or learns, the intro or the lead solo to Hotel California, which is why we’ve decided to bring you something different. The lesser taught, but equally memorable, run-ins and licks that make up the 2 Hotel California choruses. Don Felder originally […]
Horse With No Name. Easy guitar lesson.
Horse With No Name. Easy guitar lesson. Have you ever wanted to play a classic song that has some unusual chords that are easy to play? Well try Horse With No Name by America. Apart from Em, the 4 chords used in this great song are not only unusual, but are very easy to master. No more than 2 fingers […]
Harrison Marsh Acoustic Fingerstyle. Hands At My Back
Harrison Marsh acoustic fingerstyle. Harrison plays Hands At My Back
ZZ Top Guitar Riffs We had such an overwhelming response to our David Bowie riff videos (playing three patterns, one after the other) in the last issue, that we have decided to do the same again with some classic ZZ Top guitar riffs; but this time we’re upping the ante and including a kick drum backing track so you can execute […]
The Eagles Lyin Eyes. Melody Line
The Eagles Lyin Eyes Following on from the rhythm intro lessons to Lyin’ Eyes by The Eagles in issue 4, we have now put together tuition videos for the lead guitar intro so you can start to experience playing all aspects of the song. Teaching Video As is typical with The Eagles, this intro is not as simple as it […]
