How to Tips

Be Comfortable With Your Learning Be Comfortable With Your Learning

The significant question for a lot of novice guitarists is a difficult one to answer.... 

Going Deaf For A Living? Going Deaf For A Living?

Quite a lot of the greatest talented musicians on the planet have in common a distinct... 

Playing Your First Gig Playing Your First Gig

When you are studying to play almost any instrument, and especially the guitar, it... 

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Learn To Play Guitar

The Guitar In Different Genres The Guitar In Different Genres

Many of the world’s best guitarists are virtually unknown outside the music... 

Guitar Side-Effects Guitar Side-Effects

As you start out as a beginner and as any long time guitarist would tell you some... 

You Discover You’re A Talented Guitarist You Discover You’re A Talented Guitarist

Some people find that they are gifted at certain things without having to really... 

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Advanced Guitar For You!

If At First You Don’t Succeed… If At First You Don’t Succeed…

The first time you try to play the guitar will probably be very frustrating. You may not get beyond strumming the strings a couple of times and  wondering how that is ever going to sound like music. Remember this and this is true for anything that any human being has ever tried to do, everyone starts off at the same place. It was the same for every... [Read more of this article]

Finding A Guitar Teacher Finding A Guitar Teacher

So what inspired you to want to learn the guitar? If you are like most people it is the desire to be able to play the music and recreate the sounds you’ve heard from your favourite musicians Unfortunately a lot of people give up pretty early on, convinced that like astro physics or fine art, that playing the guitar is something you can either... [Read more of this article]

Can You Learn Guitar From A Book? Can You Learn Guitar From A Book?

One of the most common ways to get started with learning to play guitar is buy a beginners book. There are many advantages to starting out this way. There is no pressure. We can sometimes feel a little vulnerable, say with a teacher, that we are going to look like a complete dunce! Not a rational feeling but it is a human one. With your book you can... [Read more of this article]

You Won’t Be Able To Play Guitar Like That To Start With You Won’t Be Able To Play Guitar Like That To Start With

It goes without saying that some guitarists are so gifted that listening to them makes the hairs on your neck stand up and you tingle all over. Sometimes the riffs are so amazing that they truly inspire you to dance around, almost jump out of your skin and some songs, which without an incredible guitar intro would be just plain ordinary become anthems... [Read more of this article]

Do You Want Be Famous Or Good? Do You Want Be Famous Or Good?

There is an old fable that applies to humility and is along the following lines. A student guitarist is visited by a powerful genie who states he can offer him a choice between 2 wishes. He is able to make him unbelievably talented at playing his guitar yet unsuccessful commercially, or exceptionally successful not having any kind of talent. The guitarist... [Read more of this article]

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