Posted March 29, 2011 at 5:25 pm | No comments
Through this article I’ll explain the basics about major scale. It is a fundamental and rudimentary scale in music because everything relates to it. Sooner or later, you will realize that you can’t progress as a guitarist without knowing about this scale.
Posted in: Beginning Lessons, Guitar Lessons
Posted February 18, 2011 at 9:09 am | No comments
The term arpeggio describes a pattern of movements executed by the right hand fingers and thumb when playing a chord. The number of possible combinations may be endless, and the study of many of these patterns is an integral part of every serious classical guitar student’s daily practice routine.
Posted in: Beginning Lessons, Classical, Guitar Lessons
Posted February 13, 2011 at 10:00 am | No comments
In this lesson, I’m going to talk about triad arpeggios and show you a few practical uses that will help you incorporate them into your solos in an easy and efficient way. First, let’s define a triad arpeggio.
Posted in: Guitar Lessons, Rock Guitar Lessons
Posted February 8, 2011 at 1:00 pm | No comments
In this lesson we’ll be working on alternate picking. The lesson is very simple, we’ll take a lick from Paul Gilbert, vary it a little bit, and then increase the tempo to get a really great workout from this one idea.
Posted in: Guitar Lessons, Rock Guitar Lessons
Posted February 7, 2011 at 2:00 pm | No comments
Creating music with other musicians is such a touchy subject for some people, because everyone has a different drive to make music. For some it is ego, for some it is money, for some it’s the pleasure of making music they like and perhaps the message it carries, and for some it’s a joy to share that experience with other musicians and the audience. Now, I don’t think that any of those reasons are right or wrong. You can even have all of them. It all depends how you deal with them and what your ultimate musical goal is.
Posted in: Beginning Lessons, Guitar Lessons
Posted January 19, 2011 at 9:00 am | 3 comments
For our purposes though, we need to figure out how to contend with and, ultimately, vanquish the demons that rise up in our process of learning to play the guitar.
Posted in: Beginning Lessons, Guitar Lessons
Posted January 18, 2011 at 8:11 pm | 2 comments
Australian guitarist Michael Dolce is a player to keep your eyes and hears tuned to in the coming months and years. Already turning heads across the internet with his unique approach to modern fusion guitar playing, Dolce really turned up the heat on his latest record Everything ‘Till Now. His playing is a mixture of jazz and rock, fused together in a way that is entertaining for the non-guitarist, and mind-blowing for the players in the audience.
Posted in: Guitar Lessons, Prog Rock, Rock Guitar Lessons
Posted December 10, 2010 at 10:00 am | No comments
The University of Southern California’s guitar program has long been recognized as one of the top destinations for up and coming guitarists who are looking for a formal, university education.
Posted in: Book Reviews, Guitar Lessons, Reviews
Posted October 30, 2010 at 11:00 am | 5 comments
Learning guitar is mostly a matter of practice. And, when we’re honest with ourselves, most of us really need to be practicing more. Even those of us who practice regularly will go through periods when our electric guitar just sits in the corner for days or maybe even weeks at a time.
Posted in: Beginning Lessons, Guitar Lessons
Posted October 29, 2010 at 4:00 pm | 2 comments
By: Levi Clay Intro Hey all out there in guitarland! It’s good to have you back and even better to be back; after a very busy period I can finally return to Guitar International and devote some real time to you guys. In this lesson we’ll take what we have learned from our previous lessons […]
Posted in: Guitar Lessons, Rock Guitar Lessons