Amazing Grace Fingerstyle Guitar arrangement featured in the video on this page was created with minimum bar chords. You could say that the level of difficulty of this fingerstyle arrangement is “easyish.” If you are not an experienced player, your difficulty may be in playing some of the chord stretches and some unavoidable bar chords. […]
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Berklee Online Course Tips
Below is a transcript of the video about Berklee Online Course Tips. Watch to get practical advice on how to get the best long term benefits for your investment in Berkelee and other college level courses. Check out Berklee College Courses with this link. In this video I am going to give you some tips […]
Learn how to play Romanza, aka Romance or Spanish Romance, in the following video. Although at first it may seem easy to play, you’ll quickly run into some bar chords that present some challenges. Watch the video below for a tutorial on how to finger the bar chord shapes that you will need to master […]
One of the most effective techniques for a fingerstyle player to develop is the use of accents. Accented notes are played stronger to make them stand out from the other notes. Accented notes can bring out a melody, or they can create a particular rhythmic feel. The video on this page illustrates both of these […]
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What is a Diatonic Scale?
While explaining music theory, the term “diatonic scale” is often used. Certainly when I first heard this term I was a little confused. So what is a diatonic scale? The easiest way to find out is to watch the video because it has some diagrams that will help you to understand. The video featured on […]
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Ultimate Guitar Bar Chord Exercise
Play through the Ultimate Guitar Bar Chord Exercise song on this page to develop: Ability to recognize and change chords quickly Skill and control to change chords efficiently Muscles in the hand and arm that you need to play good sounding chords Get the Chord Charts & TAB The Chord Chart and TAB will be […]
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Gospel Guitar Chords
What does, “Gospel Guitar Chords” mean? Before answering that, let’s try and find out about the term Gospel music. According to this Wikipedia article, Gospel music is a genre of Christian music. The same article goes on to say that, the most famous variant is “black gospel.” Black gospel music often has very rich harmonies. […]
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Guitar Finishing Sander
What is a guitar finishing sander? Actually I am referring to a neat little hand held sander that takes the grunt work out of sanding. It isn’t made exclusively for guitar, but one of the first uses that I had for it was for working on guitars. Watch the video below where I sand down […]
Knowing how to play guitar scales around chords gives you a certain amount of freedom to improvise and compose. Start with the basic major chord shapes and learn the scales around those chords. Watch the video below to see a lesson from “Guitar Fretboard Secrets,” a course available on Udemy, and now with Part 1 […]
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Guitar Fretboard Secrets
You don’t need to know these Guitar Fretboard Secrets if you have a photographic memory. For those who don’t, keep reading! First, some background. I was fortunate to have had classical guitar lessons from 8 years old. In the beginning I learned to read comfortably playing in a few keys in open position. Later as […]