February 2010

Learn to Play Guitar – a Beginner’s Guide

This article is devoted to learning how to play guitar (and even those just thinking about learning to play or giving the gift of music to a loved one) and how to approach gaining some kind of proficiency on the instrument. Now, we’ve all seen people playing the guitar at various times, sometimes on TV, [...]

Best Acoustic Guitar Learn to Play Lessons

People enjoy listening to guitar music. In fact, when questioned about which type of musical instrument people most like to listen to, the guitar oftentimes ends up heading such a listing. With that in mind, if you want to entertain and even impress your friends, you might want to consider taking up the acoustic guitar [...]

Is Bass or Guitar Harder to Play?

The question of whether bass or guitar is harder to play often comes up in the minds of guitar beginners. Some even think that the bass must be easier to play because it has less strings than the guitar. Right at the beginning of guitar playing, instead of just trying to learn a chord or [...]

Beginning Steps To Learning And Practicing To Be A Pianist

Anyone that’s learning to play the piano knows that you only become proficient at a new skill with plenty of practice. A roll up piano is something that you might find useful in helping you master the art of playing the piano. Many people that take piano lessons don’t have a piano at home due [...]

Learn Guitar Tab – Does it Help You Teach yourself Guitar?

TAB, which is short for tablature, is a good way for many people to learn to play the guitar. When learning to play the flute, piano, saxophone, violin, and other types of music, a person uses written music. However, the guitar is different in that chord diagrams are used instead. Now, some people have the [...]

Guitar Lesson: Congratulations, But What Happened To Your Guitar Playing?

Let’s say you practice five hours a day on your guitar. What happens when you become a father with children around your feet. Can you still be a guitarist and practice? As a father and a guitarist I have some advice. The story on how a mother can continue playing guitar has to be written [...]