If you were gifted by birth with small hands or short fingers, then it is obviously vital that you learn how to play guitar with small hands, filtering all of your learning through this very important lens. When doing so, filtering this learning … [Continue reading]
There are scarcely more ubiquitous festive tunes out there, especially songs that straddle the line between the older meaning of Christmas as belonging to religion and the newer, more commercial meanings instilled by capitalism throughout the past … [Continue reading]
From a very early stage in one's guitar development, any aspiring guitarist is likely to have been taught not to have long nails when learning, or otherwise admonished for having long nails, never really stopping to teach those who are so inclined … [Continue reading]
There is no limit to the number of scenarios that can require you to learn how to play guitar quietly, and no matter how hard you might try to avoid it or deny it, it will eventually come around. Regular practise, diligently and intelligently, is … [Continue reading]
There will come a time when even the most staunchly analogue music listener, performer, and consumer will want to broach and shrink the divide between them and their recording ambitions. And, unless they are loaded with the money to deck themselves … [Continue reading]
The general public isn't too familiar with the most famous songs in the classical guitar world. But when most people hear Romanza, they'll recognize its distinctive rhythm. Not much is known about the history of this song (even its composer is … [Continue reading]
Ah, the almighty riff. The bread and butter of any rock and roll guitarists arsenal of musical tools. In an age where the staying power of the average rock song with regards to the popular music charts isn't exactly pulling its weight, easy guitar … [Continue reading]
What with Valentine's Day fast approaching, any one would be forgiven for wanting to quickly brush up on their guitar skills, picking up one of many easy guitar love songs along the way. If only to role play common and out dated ideas of chivalry and … [Continue reading]
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]