Left handed? Start here. 10% of us our left handed. That makes about 32 million of us in America. When I started out wanting to learn guitar, I asked folks [...]
What is ear training, and how can it help you improve musically? Well, for many centuries now, musicians have been fascinated with this wonderful aspect of the human ear and [...]
If you’re a fan of David Brent AKA Ricky Gervais, then you might be surprised to know he’s also into playing guitar and actually has some videos entitled ‘Learn Guitar [...]
Rock Star Guitars From Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Jack White and Many More Featured in Exquisite New Art Book 108 Rock Star Guitars. By Photographer/Author Lisa [...]
Now that you have a grasp of the fundamentals of the acoustic guitar, you can begin to indulge and treat yourself! So, let’s look at a few key factors, such [...]
Writing guitar solos can be a daunting task, in this lesson I will try to simplify the process of guitar soloing. In a lot of ways writing music is no [...]
Rikky Rooksby talks about the opportunities a little re-tuning can offer songwriters. Think of songs such as Led Zeppelin ‘Kashmir’, The Rolling Stones ‘Honky Tonk Women’, Joni Mitchell ‘Big Yellow [...]
For this month’s Blues edition of Guitar Coach Magazine we decided to take a look at some of the famous locations and cities that birthed the Blues, and what music [...]
A THREE-STAGE ROCKET TO WRITING LYRICS by Robin Fredericks When NASA wants to blast a rocket into orbit, they do it in stages: There’s the big lift-off, then one or [...]
Welcome to our first Chord of the Month. This regular feature is all about looking at the more unusual chords (not standard majors and minors) explaining the fingering, their qualities [...]
Born: November 27th 1942 Died: September 18th 1970 Choice of Guitar: Fender Stratocaster The Facts Jimi Hendrix was named Johnny Allen Hendrix when he was born and was [...]
