Understanding time signatures are essential to reading music but can be confusing to learn for beginners. This easy to follow guide will teach you what time signatures are and how to read them so you can start playing your favorite songs. Let’s get started! What is a time signature? A time signature is a music … Read more
Music theory is the foundation of music, and it can help you improve your playing, songwriting, and overall understanding of music. If you’ve been trying to wrap your head around trying to understand music theory but the process seems complicated or you don’t know where to start, this guide will give you an overview on … Read more
Learning to play with your fingers on guitar is a very useful skill that will help you go a long way on your instrument. Finger picking, also know as finger style playing, provides a warm and rich sound from the sound of the guitar when playing melodies, chords and other rhythms elements. Using your fingers … Read more
Power chords are a simple but powerful guitar technique that is used in a wide range of musical genres, from rock to pop. With this easy-to-follow guide, you’ll learn how to play power chords in minutes, even if you’re a complete beginner. To get started, here are some key points to know about power chords: … Read more
Whether you are just starting to learn to play guitar or you have been playing for several years, there will eventually come a point where you need to learn all of the notes on the fretboard if you really want to further your understanding of the instrument and music in general. There can be several … Read more
If there’s one song you should learn on guitar, it’s probably Happy Birthday. Even if you don’t play your guitar as often as you’d like, this is one must know song you can learn to celebrate the people in your life. We’ll first cover the guitar chords to Happy Birthday and melody with tabs in … Read more
Learning scales are a fundamental part of music because we use them to play melodies, riffs, or solos. There are many scales worth learning but the Major scale is one of the most essential scales you need to know on guitar. Although this scale can be played in one position of the guitar, the same … Read more
Fingerpicking or finger-style playing is a method of playing guitar strings using your fingers as opposed to using a pick that you grip between your fingers. The fingerpicking technique is a beautiful style of playing which opens up many sound possibilities on the guitar. This style ranges from being able to play single note melodies … Read more
Want to learn guitar but not sure where to begin? By focusing on just a few basic chords, you’ll be surprised at how many songs you can start playing. In this guide, you’ll learn the essential guitar chords to kickstart your playing! In short, the first chords I recommend learning on guitar are E minor, … Read more
Perhaps you are in the initial stages of learning to play guitar and have been wondering if using tabs are a good way to learn. I recommend learning tabs when first starting out but eventually it would be good to learn how to standard music notation as well. In this lesson, we’ll cover what guitar … Read more
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