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What I learned from Guitar Player magazine this month -September issue 2007-07-31 20:44:02 I just finished reading the September
’07 issue
of guitar player magazine and I wanted to share a few of the things I learned in this month’s issue.
I always learn a lot from Guitar
Player magazine, and this issue was no different. As usual, I learned something great just from reading one of the [...]
Learning chord inversions on guitar 2007-07-29 12:20:17 Chord inversions are one of those things that often seem a lot more complex then they really are. A lot of guitar players push off learning how to play chord inversions on guitar because they think it is too complicated for them. In this lesson I will try and break down what chord inversions [...] Read more:Learning
Great guitar video - Steve Vai, For the Love of God 2007-07-25 21:30:55 I am not crazy about most shredders. There are only a few who I really like. I just think the whole speed and tapping bit gets a little tired and tasteless from time to time. But there are some shredders that I do like. And Steve
Vai is one of them. I think his [...] Read more:Great
, video
, Steve Vai
A great post on thumb placement for guitarists 2007-07-23 16:28:10 I just read a great post on a new blog I found today. The blog is called “A Guitar Teacher’s Lesson Notebook” and the post was titled “A Memo From the Department of Thumb Placement Correction”
Many guitar players have a hard time figuring out where to put their thumb when they play. This [...] Read more:guitarists
What’s your favorite guitar accessory - reader poll 2007-07-22 00:29:28 I am curious to know what guitar accessories people love most. It can be anything that you use in your playing, not including your actual guitar, amp, or cable. It can be your favorite pedal, your slide, maybe a capo. Really anything. Also let us know why you love that accessory so much.
Please post [...]
Measuring your progress on guitar 2007-07-20 14:11:43 Many guitar players get in a rut after they have been playing for some time. It usually happens at around 1-2 years. It happened to me. I’m sure it happened to you. For one reason or another we just get discouraged. Mostly because we feel we stopped making real progress
. So what should we [...] Read more:Measuring
Hybrid picking on guitar 2007-07-19 21:44:16 Hybrid picking is a great way of adding another dimension to your sound. Players in many different styles such as blues, bluegrass, country, rock and jazz use hybrid picking when they play guitar. One of my favorite guitar players, Stevie Ray Vaughan, uses hybrid picking for his solo in the song “Lenny.”
What is hybrid [...] Read more:Hybrid
Playing the eight bar blues 2007-07-15 10:16:56 Now that you have an understanding of the basic 12-bar blues, let’s talk a little bit about the 8-bar blues format. Unlike the 12-bar blues format, the 8-bar blues is much less defined. And that’s part of the fun of playing an 8 bar blues-you can experiment with the chord changes.
Typically in 8 bar [...]
Washburn Guitars Celebrates 125 Years of History and Innovation 2007-07-13 09:10:46 From Delta Blues to Modern Rock, Washburn Stringed Instruments Roll With the Times
(Chicago, IL. July 10, 2007) Washburn Guitars
, a division of US Music Corporation is celebrating 125 years of stringed instrument innovations. From the 1880’s to today, Washburn has been producing stringed instruments for amateur and professional musicians combining design, innovation and technology [...] Read more:Years
, History
, Innovation
The Great Pick Decision 2007-07-12 22:36:25 Stuck on which pick to use for guitar? Here is a great post on chosing a guitar pick submitted by Giles Dickerson. If you want to submit a post to The Guitar Resource please contact me.
I figured I’d cover picks (or the plectrum, which is so strange to me I still can’t say it [...] Read more:Great
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