Practically any song can be played on the guitar, to more or less effective results. This is certainly more true for an electric than an acoustic guitar, the latter of which boasts unparalleled freedom of experimentation with sound. In fact, I would … [Continue reading]
Learning new guitar chords is always a good thing. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced guitarist, adding new chords to your repertoire can improve your improvisation and songwriting alike. Today, we'll take a look at the memorable A sharp … [Continue reading]
The D sharp minor chord has an air of melancholy about it, and it works quite well in many progressions in a minor key. Today, we'll take you through how to play the D sharp minor guitar chord -- it's easier than you think! What's the D Sharp … [Continue reading]
Learning new chords is a great way to add some excitement to your practice routine. Today we'll be looking at one of the less frequently used guitar chords out there: G sharp major. The G sharp guitar chord takes the popular G major chord and raises … [Continue reading]
Impatience is a key theme in the trajectory of many a guitarist, blotting their respective paths to mastery and artistic wellbeing. Very often it's hard to motivate ourselves to put the hours in, to instil what can initially seem confusing and … [Continue reading]
Placing best and sad beside each other in a sentence seems awfully antithetical, no? How can there be best sad guitar songs? Aren’t they all equally as sad, or best? Not as far I am concerned! Some songs are sadder than others, and the quality of … [Continue reading]
Michael Buble's song Home is an emotive tale of someone who begins to miss a loved one and is finally coming home. And while the Home guitar chords Michael Buble wrote may be a little more challenging than some, they're well worth learning. We'll … [Continue reading]
If you're looking to learn to play blues, starting with some of the genre's main rhythms is a great way to start. Today, we'll be looking at the blues shuffle, one of the most frequently used rhythms in blues music. We'll be focusing on blues shuffle … [Continue reading]
So, you have had enough of simple old strumming and want to expand the fretboard, taking your harmonic knowledge to new heights? Or perhaps you simply better want to accompany your self or a companion while they serenade you or another? Whichever … [Continue reading]
The epic, all encompassing, omnipotent jazz standard. Each and every one, simply by having been covered and performed so many times by so many different artists, occupies some special relevance in one's mind, seems to operate beyond its bounds and … [Continue reading]
There is something in music that imbues even the most simple things with a special power. Often, our favorite music feels so out of reach, imbued as it is with this special something, so often instilled by our own selves, our love and adoration for … [Continue reading]
The guitar can often feel like an unwieldy beast, with a wrath and a mind all of its own, feeling more like a pre-human creature than an instrument for your own enjoyment. However, there is plenty to grip onto with guitar song with 4 chords, too: for … [Continue reading]
We may all be unique in our own way, in the face that we show the world, in the personality that accompanies it, and especially, we like to think, in the way we play the guitar and think about music. However, it is doubtless that at some point or … [Continue reading]
If you've been playing guitar, piano, or any other instrument for any length of time, you might have heard of musical modes (sometimes called "Greek modes" or "church modes"). A mode refers to a variant of a musical scale that creates a different … [Continue reading]
Delving in any way deeper into the heart of music theory, one is never very far from the hulking form of mathematics, bearing it's breath down on all unsuspecting visitors. Numbers are inherently valuable throughout music, enabling us to communicate … [Continue reading]
Western music theory is littered with jargon and turns of terminology that can often be confounding and confusing, which itself is spurred on a great deal by the ambiguities inherent in Western languages, English in particular. Take ‘Minor Key … [Continue reading]
Modes confuse plenty of guitar and piano players. But ultimately, Mixolydian mode and other modes just offer new and exciting ways to use the notes of the major scale. Today, we'll be taking a closer look at E Mixolydian mode. What's E … [Continue reading]
Do you notice that using minor scales and major scales to solo over a major key starts to get boring? Do you wish you could find new ways to use notes and scales you already know? If so, learning to play in various modes just might be what you need. … [Continue reading]
So, the essential building blocks of Western music. Doesn’t exactly sound like the easiest topic to be tackling. But the very strength of this topic lies in its reputation, on what it has founded. However, at its heart it’s no more difficult than … [Continue reading]
When we are out busy shredding it out in the field in our various ways, we could be forgiven for not thinking enough of guitar hygiene. Unless you are so inclined, cleaning is not often what we consider fun, especially when it gets in the way of … [Continue reading]