How many times do we have to learn a song before we’re able to play it the way we want to? This is a question that haunts guitarists to their very cores. What happens when your songs become “in the zone”? The answer is: no. The only way to learn to play something is to […]
You may be surprised, but learning fingerstyle guitar takes about as long as learning a regular chord progression in a major key. Just like every other musical skill in our lives, learning the fundamentals is an art and we all have to practice a lot. Here’s the basic guide for the basics of fretting, picking, […]
The most affordable guitar under 5000 in the USA, according to The Guitar Center Top 10 Best-Selling Electric Bass Guitars A big part of your enjoyment of music is your relationship with the instrument itself. Most people buy a bass bass to use as their first or second bass. It’s a great starting bass. But […]
When learning one song, a good rule of thumb is to begin by learning one chord first. Learn all the chords. Go back to the beginning. Once you’re learning all four of those chords, start learning the other chords. Repeat this until you’re playing the chords all the time. For example, if you played your […]
Here’s how I learned the 3 chords: The first chord is the root of a chord. Think of it as ‘root’ in a musical sense, the root of a chord is the note (i.e. a pitch) that the string is touching. (Note that this first chord does not contain the root note anymore, as you’ll […]
The answer is yes. In fact, many students and adults can’t play enough to play their guitar. There are reasons for these numbers and, if they persist, what I believe will have to change. For starters, as many people as is safe and comfortable. But there’s more. While we continue to believe that children will […]
It depends on your personal style. There’s no point in getting a guitar education in the 50s, 60s and 70s until you’ve acquired a great degree of technique and have solid chops. It took me until my mid 50s for me to truly master the instrument. This leads me to my final point, the guitar […]
The instrument that I think is the hardest to learn is the banjo. I think if you were to start learning the fretboard then it might not be very difficult. But, in the real world, when you put the banjo on, it takes a little while to learn the basic shape of the banjo. The […]
Well I won’t tell you! A lot of people are going to say ‘it’s the most important thing’, and I’m like … Well that makes sense, but that hasn’t happened. I have done this whole guitar journey, which is kind of a journey but more of an adventure than a career. You did it in […]
Well, if we look at the year 2004, the most sold guitar in the market was the Gibson Les Paul Custom, and it was sold more than 11,000,000 units. That is a lot of guitars. So, most popular guitar was still the Les Paul. The price of guitars went down so much, that the price […]