Three-note chords are commonly used by jazz guitar players but anyone can benefit from learning the technique and listening to the resulting chords. Playing three-note chords can be a little difficult when you first try it but after a little practice you’ll easily get the hang of damping the strings between the ones you want to play. e———-0————| B——–2————–| G——0———R... Read Full Story

Here is a news flash for many people learning how to play guitar: your bed is not the best place to practice. It may be familiar and comfortable but sitting on your bed does not make for the best guitar-supporting posture. You need to learn how to hold your guitar. To play the guitar with minimal stress on your body, you should be sitting in a chair without arms. A stool without a back would be good. If you sit on a stool and shift your upper body forward and back you should be able to find t... Read Full Story

Delay is another word for echo. It happens when a sound bounces off a wall or a mountain, you hear a reflection of the sound a fraction of a second after the original sound was made. Many vocals and guitar solos of the nineteen fifties were characterised by the “echo chamber” effect. Here is a video guitar lesson on delay . . . There are two ways of producing the delay effect by electronics: digital or analog. A digital unit will encode the signal and keep it until it is needed a... Read Full Story

Delay is another word for echo. It happens when a sound bounces off a wall or a mountain, you hear a reflection of the sound a fraction of a second after the original sound was made. Many vocals and guitar solos of the nineteen fifties were characterised by the “echo chamber” effect. Here is a video guitar lesson on delay . . . There are two ways of producing the delay effect by electronics: digital or analog. A digital unit will encode the signal and keep it until it is needed a... Read Full Story

How to change guitar chords is an area of guitar playing that you will be returning to again and again. It’s an area that needs a lot of experimenting, learning from your mistakes and allowing muscle memory to learn the chords in its own time. One approach you could try is to learn a new chord by using it as a central point to go to from all the other chords you know. So if you want to learn the B major chord, get your fingers into the chord position and strum the chord for a while. The... Read Full Story

How to change guitar chords is an area of guitar playing that you will be returning to again and again. It’s an area that needs a lot of experimenting, learning from your mistakes and allowing muscle memory to learn the chords in its own time. One approach you could try is to learn a new chord by using it as a central point to go to from all the other chords you know. So if you want to learn the B major chord, get your fingers into the chord position and strum the chord for a while. The... Read Full Story

When you start learning guitar chords you will probably have some chord charts or guitar tabs to show you where to put your fingers. Having a written guide to guitar chords is not enough and you need not limit yourself to charts and tabs when there are plenty of people showing you how to play guitar chords on video sites like YouTube. Listening to someone play the chord and hearing them explain how they go about making the chord shape with their fingers makes a world of difference to how fast... Read Full Story

When you start learning guitar chords you will probably have some chord charts or guitar tabs to show you where to put your fingers. Having a written guide to guitar chords is not enough and you need not limit yourself to charts and tabs when there are plenty of people showing you how to play guitar chords on video sites like YouTube. Listening to someone play the chord and hearing them explain how they go about making the chord shape with their fingers makes a world of difference to how fast... Read Full Story

One way to get a grip on playing bluegrass music on acoustic guitar is to think of yourself as a bass player who also plays chords. Or as a single note player who throws in chords to add some interest. Those two ideas will help you to understand what you are listening to when you are choosing some bluegrass playing to emulate. As your picking technique progresses you should be able to add in some hammer-ons and pull-offs when you see opportunities for them come up naturally. If you are not go... Read Full Story

One way to get a grip on playing bluegrass music on acoustic guitar is to think of yourself as a bass player who also plays chords. Or as a single note player who throws in chords to add some interest. Those two ideas will help you to understand what you are listening to when you are choosing some bluegrass playing to emulate. As your picking technique progresses you should be able to add in some hammer-ons and pull-offs when you see opportunities for them come up naturally. If you are not go... Read Full Story