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One of the first things you need to learn before mastering the instrument is the names of different parts of the guitar. We’ll go over parts that are common to all guitars.
A review of the best instructional books for beginner or advanced guitarists. These are the Guitar Books I've used the most in 25 years of Guitar instruction.
Once you recognize the strings, it's time to focus on guitar chords. Become a true musician after learning these important guitar chords for beginners.
Fingerpicking Magic: Play fingerstyle guitar with ease and grace with these simple step-by-step instructions
If You Wanna Make A Leap In Your Guitar Playing Then The Amazing Spider Exercise IS FOR YOU. It Works Like Magic! YOU NEED To Try This!
This product was created as a supplement to my Beginning Guitar Unit but would work with any middle or high school guitar or music class. This mini-unit covers the basics of fingerpicking on the guitar and includes illustrations, tips, and sample songs. To use this product, simply lead your students through the exercises in the PowerPoint presentation. Once they become familiar with the concept of fingerpicking, you can assess them with the provided rubrics. For the entire Beginning Guitar curriculum, check out my BEGINNING GUITAR BUNDLE! What your students need to know: ♦️ How to play beginning chords on the guitar ♦️ The basics of reading tablature Concepts covered in this unit: ♦️ What is fingerpicking? ♦️ Specific fingers used for picking and their names ♦️ Common picking patterns ♦️ Performing picking patterns on familiar chords Classroom materials you will need to provide: ♦️ Guitars ♦️ Projector for presentation Materials Provided in this unit: ♦️ A 16-slide, sequential PPT presentation ♦️ PDFs: Common Picking Patterns Assessment: Fingerpicking performance Check out these other Beginning Guitar Units: BEGINNING GUITAR for Middle and High School Music Classes STRUMMING PATTERNS for Beginning Guitar Classes GUITAR TUNING for beginning guitar classes READING TABLATURE for Beginning Guitar Classes Feedback is always appreciated. Thank you for visiting my store!
The CAGED system is a way of organizing the guitar fretboard in a meaningful way to allow you to play up and down the fretboard with ease.
There’s plenty of information out there on shell voicings for the guitar so this post is really just an aide-memoire for me covering the basics. Maybe you will find it useful too. What is a shell voicing? A shell voicing is a minimal chord voicing that contains as few notes as possible but which still conveys the overall harmonic character of a chord. This usually boils down to 3 notes: The root which identifies what the chord is. The 3rd which conveys the major or minor character of the chord. The 7th for flavour. You could drop the root – leaving only the 3rd and the 7th – and you would still be able to hear the general harmonic character of the chord. Later in this post there are some basic shapes for shell voicings. The examples all contain the root in the bass – so no inversions – which is common when dealing with shell voicings. By keeping the root in the bass we end up with 2 options for the order of notes in the shell voicing: Root, then 7th, then 3rd (1-7-3) Root, then 3rd, then 7th (1-3-7) By combining 1-7-3 and 1-3-7 forms you can efficiently […]
Guitar Practice can be daunting at best, tedious at worst. Check out this fun Guitar Practice Routine for Guitarists of all levels.
YouTube is the perfect place to learn the guitar. There is a wide range of videos and many great channels for beginner players. It can…
Guitar modes can be a confusing topic. In this lesson we'll look at the major scale modes and attempt to bring some clarity to the concept.
These are the first songs I teach all of my beginning guitar students. They use easy chords and can help anyone learn to play the guitar!
Guitar exercises for speed and accuracy can help you become a better player. Try these out to increase your fingers' strength, speed, accuracy, and dexterity.
Today, we’re here to guide you through the process of how to read guitar chord charts so you can up your playing like a boss. Read more here!
This lesson with diagrams and charts explains what are drop 2-4 voicings, how they are built and how to play them on guitar using root positions and inversions.
