By Shawn Leonhardt for Guitar Tricks and 30 Day Singer Derek Trucks is a virtuoso slide guitarist who has been playing with famous rock groups like the Allman Brothers Band since he was a teen. While slide blues guitarists may have been his early inspiration, he has since added Latin and Indian scales to his […]
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How to Tackle Barre Chords By Shawn Leonhardt for Guitar Tricks and 30 Day Singer Barre chords are an absolute pain in the fingers! When you are learning how to play guitar, barre can seem like an insurmountable challenge. However, if you approach them correctly and practice them often they will become easier. Here are
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If you would like to learn how to play guitar there are many online courses to choose from, in fact, there are so many it’s hard to know where to begin! However, Guitar Tricks has been providing online guitar lessons since 1998 so it’s safe to say they are a good place to get started.
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As guitarists, we’re learning all the time through lessons, practising, playing, or even just listening. But when is it time to stop? When will you be good enough? The Lightbulb moment. This came just the other day. One of the main reasons I purchased my Fender Player Stratocaster was to have the perfect tool to
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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
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By Gary Heimbauer for Guitar Tricks and 30 Day Singer Power chords are at the heart of rock and roll! Bands as diverse as The Ramones, AC/DC, and Nirvana all used them constantly to create many great songs. So what is a power guitar chord? In this beginner guitar lesson, we will find out! A
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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
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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
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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
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