I just read a cool article talking about how science has finally proven that the bass player is the most important member of the band. Ha, go figure eh? Being both a bass player and a guitar player, I’m okay with that news 🙂 Anyhoo, reasons why, being: Our brains recognize and adjust to changes […]
Hey CONGRATULATIONS! You’ve made it all the way through our Level 1 series of guitar lessons. Regardless of your own thoughts on that, I think it’s worth celebrating. Sometimes when we’re in the middle of the grind, making tiny bits of progress each day, we lose sight of the fact that we’ve actually made significant […]
Well, here we are on a guitar-oriented site, and I’m giving you a piano player to watch! What’s up with that? The thing is, as musicians, there’s an awful lot we can learn from other musicians, even ones who play different instruments than we do – if we’re looking for it! Sure, there are guitar […]
I came across this guitar lesson from Joe Bonamassa recently, and as I was watching, I realized that a lot of the movements he really loves are based on thirds and inverted thirds! He doesn’t call them inverted thirds, but he should, I guess! An inverted third is simple a normal third turned upside down. […]
A lot of guitar players treat strumming and picking as separate skills, and rarely allow the two to meet… which is a shame, because they ARE separate skills, but once combined, they allow access to so much more than either skill could access individually. In today’s guitar lesson, we’re going to look at one of […]
If you want to make your rhythm guitar playing really sound interesting, let’s face it: sooner or later you’re going to have to begin using single note lines. Strumming can take you a long ways, if you’re clever, but it can only take you so far. Single note lines need not be complicated either – […]
Two free video lessons on hybrid picking, the picking approach that turns static rhythm into something with melody and bass motion inside it. The first one is built for beginners. The second one's a pattern most rhythm guitarists never quite stumble into on their own.