YouTube has brought a new realm to music lessons. While it is easy to access and plentiful, it will never replace private lessons with an in-person teacher. Why? While social media does have an interactive aspect, leaving comments and questions on a YouTube video will not necessarily make it fully interactive. When I was growing […]
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Ever wanted to start learning guitar? Here’s some tips I’ve picked up since I started out almost 30 years ago. Don’t make the same mistakes I did! You need a goal or inspiration Anyone can start learning guitar today, but to make any progress whatsoever you need a strong motivation.  For me, it came from two
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Most expression pedals are set for one task at a time. The usual settings are volume pedal and wah control. Others include a gain increase, delay increase, and other modifications to individual effects. So few processors deliver the power to automate nearly countless parameters in an assortment of ways. The Line 6 Helix has an incredible
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Ever tried explaining a tricky chord shape over the phone? It’s a nightmare. Teaching guitar has always been about being there, watching someone’s fingers, correcting their posture, and feeling the moment when something clicks. But the world’s changed. We’ve swapped in-person jams for screen-time sessions, and somehow, we’re still finding ways to pass on
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Guitar Geordie is my YouTube channel which I put together to focus on the Guitar and music production side of the blog and to enrich my articles with video reviews, lessons and tips. This year, I’ve been working hard on improving the content for the channel and now have almost 150 videos and 1000 subscribers.
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Learning the guitar requires both excitement and a lot of hard work. Your success in music depends heavily on using proper learning materials when you start your musical journey or when you want to improve existing skills. Players at all stages benefit from complete educational resources, which are easy to access for their musical development.
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We’ve all witnessed our heroes bending strings in big guitar solos but when you first try to perform this technique, you might run into some issues. There are a few aspects to mastering string bending: To ensure you have the best technique when bending, as a rule, I’d usually suggest bending with your third finger.
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The use of chord families to play jazz is a great tool to understand and use. Just the understanding of chord families in a jazz context can really help us improve our playing, particularly our comping and improvising. There is a reason why the same chords keep showing up together in many different songs. Most
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By Shawn Leonhard for Guitar Tricks and 30 Day Singer While self-improvement has always been a part of life, ever since society was upended a few years ago there has been a greater push to make ourselves better. Which is one of the more optimistic and positive aspects of all these recent struggles! And since
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