It’s probably due to the incessant commercializing of Christmas, but over the years I’ve developed a slightly involuntary cringe whenever I hear a Christmas carol. Nothing against Christmas – nothing at all – but seriously, do the stores have to all buy the same CD, and play only that one CD endlessly for 2 solid […]
A lot of you beginners have mentioned to me that you’re at the stage where you’re working on chords, so I thought that today I would bring you a handy little video which very simply focuses on open chords, how you play them and what they sound like. I’ve included a chord chart beside each […]
The A minor diatonic scale is one of the most useful scales for guitar players—especially if you already know your pentatonic patterns. It’s built by adding just two notes (B and F) to the A minor pentatonic scale you probably already play. These “color notes” give you more melodic options and open up the full […]
Guitar buying is always fun, and some of you have told me that you don’t yet have a guitar, so I thought I would do a little video on buying a used guitar. These tips will also apply to new guitars by the way, but I’ve always loved buying used guitars because you can so […]
Overview Learn and Master Guitar is billed as “the world’s most complete video instruction course for guitar.” Steve Krenz, the author, has a degree in music, along with a ton of practical experience playing for quite a few big name bands, in multiple musical styles. Any course making such an impressive claim ought to be […]
If you ever find yourself without a guitar tuner and you’re itching to play, I’ve got some quick and dirty tricks to help you tune your guitar by ear. Of course, using a tuner is always the best practice, but sometimes we’re caught in situations where we don’t have one, like when it dies on […]
Three free videos. The fretboard isn't twenty separate positions, it's one system that keeps repeating. Once you see that, the chord shapes you already know stop being mystery moves and start being the where of something bigger. I'll show you in about fifteen minutes total.