You’re learning to play guitar for the first time. You say to the instructor, ‘Teach me something easy.’ Your instructor says, ‘Sure, just put this finger on this fret, that [...]
There’s a secret that heavy bands don’t want you to know: many of their best riffs are actually the easiest to play…Drop Guitar Tuning. If you understand how drop guitar [...]
For beginning guitarists, alternate tunings are an impregnable enigma. An impregnable wha…? you ask. Exactly. That’s my point. Beginners don’t understand alternate tunings, much less how they work or why [...]
Building Zen Habits – Having a Clear Mind Use your practice time with the guitar to strengthen your Zen muscles. Every time you touch the guitar, you are developing behaviours [...]
The great thing about the guitar is how visual an instrument it is. Patterns and shapes repeat themselves, making it easier to learn and play. In this article we will [...]
Welcome back to Beginning Metal Guitar. I hope that the techniques shown last month have helped you write better riffs. As we’ve been concentrating so much on rhythm guitar during [...]
Having been a professional guitar player and teacher for over 30 years now, I have seen many techniques, courses and tips from a variety of teachers and schools. Many of [...]
So you’ve been spending the past month building up your palm muting and writing your own riffs, but palm muting isn’t enough to please the metal gods! That’s why this [...]
You finally splashed out the cash on a flying V and have been practicing your best Metallica impressions, but where do you get started to becoming a metal god? Through [...]
Tablature. I loathe it. As far as I am aware, the guitar is the only instrument that offers the system. As a professional guitar teacher and performer I tell my [...]
After 25 years playing guitar, I should be agnostic on this. I should tell you they are both very valuable, and both will contribute to your technique and development. I [...]
Hello! I’m Amanda. I’m 25, and live in Columbia, SC. I wanted to share with you my thoughts and also some tips for beginner players. I’ve recently celebrated my 3rd year [...]
A simple strumming pattern (with a couple of accentuations), open chords, a typically formulaic song structure, open chords and a great song. It doesn’t really get much better than this [...]
Smooth Operator – The Legato Technique Legato is a term that you will hear a lot once you start getting into lead guitar playing, but what exactly does it mean? [...]