Since mid-2021, Guitar Tricks™; a hugely popular online guitar lesson company, has been kindly contributing some fantastic guitar lesson articles on these very pages. How good is that?! Well, it’s too good to pass you by, so I’ve gathered all the articles together where they belong, in a brand new Guitar Tricks™ category, for easy […]
Exciting New Guitar Tricks™ Collaboration! Read Post »
Learn these 8 chords, and you can play 8,000 songs! by Steven Kendzorski for Guitar Tricks and 30 Day Singer Learning how to play guitar is an exciting and unique adventure for every beginner guitar player, and there are thousands of videos, articles, and YouTube channels that share different approaches to the craft. While there
The First Chords Everyone Should Learn On Guitar Read Post »
The guitar is such a versatile, accessible instrument, with an incredibly low barrier to entry. But what are the possibilities? What are the steps to guitar mastery? Spoiler alert! The beauty of learning guitar is that it’s never been about levels, it’s never been a competition. The truth is, the guitar can take you wherever
The 10 Levels of Guitar Mastery Read Post »
Review of the Zoom G6 Guitar Multi-Effects processor….. … or rather a demonstration of how bad the UI experience is. Enough for me to send it back. I’ve always loved Zoom products, from way back to the 505 through to the G3. The OD/Distortion and amp modeling beat anything by Line 6 in my book,
Zoom G6 Review: They RUINED it! Read Post »
By Shawn Leonhardt for Guitar Tricks and 30 Day Singer If you have never played guitar before, we will walk you through some basic steps to get you started on your first lesson. It is not an easy thing to do, and has a learning curve to overcome, but if you persist it won’t take
A Beginner Guitarist’s Very First Guitar Lesson Read Post »
The guitar is a chordophone instrument, which means we will often be plucking multiple strings at once. If one of those strings is slightly off-tune the chord, riff, or even solo you are playing will sound terrible. From the first time you pick up a guitar, and even before your first beginner guitar lessons, it
How To Tune A Guitar Read Post »
The Guitar tone bug. Why guitar tone has once again become my number one priority instead of reliability, cost, and convenience. Not so long ago, the vast majority of my guitar-playing time was spent either gigging or rehearsing for gigs, and my priorities were reliability, cost, and convenience, definitely NOT guitar tone. Reliability? Because I’d
The Guitar Tone Bug. Read Post »
When you first learn a musical scale in your beginner guitar lessons, you play one note at a time ascending and then descending. This quickly gets boring and repetitive, so it is important to find other ways that stimulate the mind and the muscles. Whether you are trying to apply guitar scales to a solo
How to Creatively Apply Guitar Scales to Solos and Riffs Read Post »
Many guitarists (particularly experienced players) have gathered enough knowledge and tools to negate the need for a guitar luthier/tech’s assistance. Why do you need one? 1. A Guitar Luthier will save your guitar. How many times have you given up on a guitar because of an issue with it you couldn’t solve on your own?
5 compelling reasons why you need a Guitar Luthier. Read Post »
