Accelerate Your Guitar Playing

By Mike Hayes

First, define your objectives and determine your approach. These objectives may change as you progress, but a goal is important before starting to play the guitar.

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Spanish Guitar Songs, Chords and Scales

By Ricky Sharples

When you take up the acoustic guitar you want to play songs, right? Maybe to sing some songs around the campfire. Lots of pop songs and folk songs sound good accompanied by the acoustic guitar but a sudden wish to play often takes hold of you. If you can play Spanish guitar songs or Spanish sounding instrumentals it is a mark of your progress as a guitar player. This is a wish that many guitarists have but not too many know how to go about finding suitable Spanish flavored music to play.

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7 Things to Do to Get the Most Out of Your Guitar Chords

By Mike P Hayes

People respond to the three basic elements of music in this order: rhythm, melody then harmony. Firstly, rhythm – if we don’t like the rhythm of a piece of music our interest in that music stops there.

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Learn Guitar Online – Practice Traps & How to Escape Them

By Mike P Hayes

Over practicing for your next performance can be a trap because it can lead to information overload, physical burnout and decreased performance. Practice makes perfect right? We’ve all heard that phrase before from music teachers, parents etc., with so many people telling us it’s got to be correct.

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