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Blues Guitar Lessons - 10 Tips to Get Started

If you're a guitar player who has always wanted to learn the blues, or a beginning guitarist that wants to focus on playing blues guitar - there are some things you can do to prepare for your journey.

By laying out the groundwork for a course of study in advance - rather than bouncing around grabbing bits and pieces of information here and there - you will find that your progress toward becoming a blues guitarist proceeds much more quickly.

With that in mind, here are some ideas to get you going. Some of these are specific to guitar techniques - while others relate more to conceptual approaches.

Adult Guitar Lessons

Turn on the TV on any given night and pay attention to the commercials.

One thing you will notice is the disproportionate number of ads that target a younger audience. The fact is that many advertising budgets are focused on separating the 35 year old and under demographic from their wallets.

As we get older - past 40, 50 or 60 - it is sometimes hard to admit that we are no longer part of the "cool" generation that these advertisers are forking out big bucks to appeal to.

5 New Year's Resolutions for the Beginning Guitar Player

It's time to make those New Year's Resolutions!

It's inevitable this time of year to think of things we would like to improve in our lives in the upcoming year. Many resolve to make improvements in health, diet and exercise, while others set out to become more successful, increase their income, or improve personal relationships.

For those of us in the music world, our New Year's resolutions may very well have to do with playing guitar. If you are a beginning guitar player here are some "guitar" resolutions to consider for the New Year.

Do Your Guitar Strings Suck?

I had a question from a student recently who wanted to know if any particular string brands were more subject to causing fret buzzing and unwanted string vibration than others. He was concerned that he wasn't using the right strings on his guitar.

With the plethora of guitar string models, materials and gauges available on the market, choosing the right guitar string for the beginning guitarist can sometimes be an overwhelming proposition.

Learn Guitar Music Today!

Once you begin to move beyond the basics of learning how to play guitar - open chords, major and minor chords, barre chords, strumming techniques, scales, etc. - you will most certainly want to learn guitar music and play songs on the guitar.

The question most often asked is, "where do I get started"?

The good news is that there are a lot sources to learn guitar music. If you want to learn how to play songs on the guitar here are some good ways to get going.