Guitar Lessons for Active Adults

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Learning Guitar - Credit Card Vs Savings Account

For many, learning guitar is like a credit card. All too often, people use a credit card as a substitute for cash. Blindly swiping it to purchase things they can't truly afford, and quickly accumulating a houseful of stuff that often winds up forgotten in a closet, collecting dust.

The analogy can be applied to learning guitar in that many guitar students make a mad dash to acquire a plethora of new information as fast as possible - but in the end, wind up with a lot of time invested into un-remembered concepts, and un-mastered licks, at the bottom of a nearly empty shopping cart.

Guitar Players Checklist For Outdoor Gigs

At some point in your guitar playing journey, you will probably get bitten by the bug to join a band. Don't let the fact that you will be infected with an incurable, life long disease scare you. There are many of us sharing the same infirmary, and just as sure as there are legions of starry eyed teenagers picking up the guitar every day, there are sure to be a steady supply of new admissions.

The common vision is that of strutting across a par light splashed stage to a room full of loyal, screaming fans. Nirvana!

Guitar Lessons - How to Figure Out "Over" Chords

Have you ever heard a guitar chord played on a recording that sounded "almost" like a standard chord - but had some little twist to it that you couldn't quite figure out?

It could be that you are hearing a 7th chord, or major 7th chord, instead of the major chord. Or a minor 7th instead of a minor chord. Many times you will encounter an "over" chord.

An "over" chord is simply a chord with the addition of an extra bass note that is unrelated to the root note.

Playing Guitar in a Band - Always Wear Your Happy Face

A tirade by Kanye West during an MTV awards show, as the "Best Video" trophy was being presented to Taylor Swift, served as a stark reminder that the age of civility and courteousness may very well have gone the route of dinosaurs and cavemen.

Well...maybe not "cavemen", because it seems that many of today's generation of celebrities have adopted the mindset that displays of Neanderthal-like rants and tantrums are the norm.

Playing Guitar - Learn This Cool Blues Riff Today

Today we will take a look at how to play a common blues riff that you can incorporate into your playing right away. The cool thing about blues licks and riffs is that you are not limited to just using them when playing blues style music.

Blues guitar, which has its origins in the honky tonks, shotgun houses, and weathered front porches of the Mississippi Delta, went on to have a profound impact on many other styles of music.