Year: 2009

A capo is an inexpensive yet very useful tool. You clamp the capo onto the frets of the fingerboard of your guitar and it allows you to instantly change the pitch of your guitar strings to a higher pitch. How high you make the pitch of your guitar depends on the fret you clamp the...

A difficult hurdle to overcome as a beginner guitar player is mastering your chord changes. You must be able to change from one chord to another quickly and without error. You are likely to get frustrated in the beginning as your fingers won’t do what you want them to do.  This is normal and it...

Familiarizing yourself with the notes on the guitar is an important part of guitar playing.  I know it isn’t the most exciting part, but if you take time during your practice routines to learn them, you will be a better musician because of it. Instead of just popping up a chart with all of the...

The exercises in the videos below are going to take your playing to the next level.  It is fitting therefore, that the videos below are from the folks over at NextLevelGuitar.Com.   These folks produce excellent training videos for guitarists that are very educational, entertaining and easy to follow.  After watching the videos below, click the...

Learn how to play the B Major Chord with this free lesson. The B Major Guitar Chord is found in the B Major Scale: B C# D# E F# G# A# B. It is made up of the 1, 3 and 5 of this scale.  What this means is you need to find the 1st, 3rd...

The C7 Chord (also known as the Dominant C 7th Chord) is often referred to as a Blues chord. Once you learn to play it, you will understand why. It just has a real bluesy sound to it. It is definitely one of the easiest beginner chords to learn how to play. There are several...

The D7 Chord (also known as the Dominant D 7th Chord) is often referred to as a Blues chord. Once you learn to play it, you will understand why. It just has a real bluesy sound to it. It is definitely one of the easiest beginner chords to learn how to play. There are several...

The A7 Guitar Chord (also known as a Dominant A 7th Chord) is often referred to as a Blues chord. Once you learn to play it, you will understand why. It just has a real bluesy sound to it. It is definitely one of the easiest beginner chords to learn how to play. There are...

The E7 Chord (also known as a Dominant E 7th Chord) is often referred to as a Blues chord. Once you learn to play it, you will understand why. It just has a real bluesy sound to it. It is definitely one of the easiest beginner chords to learn how to play. There are a...

Want to learn how to play classical acoustic guitar? Not sure what or how to learn how to play this beautiful style of guitar playing? Classical guitar can be quite challenging and one of the best methods for learning how to play is to watch video demonstrations and lessons. One of the best places online...