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 […]
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How to Pull Frets
This article and video shows how to pull frets from a guitar or other fretted instrument without causing damage to the instrument. With the correct tools this is not as difficult as you might think. In the video that follows, watch how I did this for the first time without much difficulty. Since this was […]
Using Melodyne in Mixcraft works similar to the way it does in other DAW software applications. Melodyne is typically used for vocals to correct pitch and timing. However, in the video below I show how to use it for guitar and bass. If you have Mixcraft Pro, you will also have an integrated license of […]
How to Learn the Guitar Fretboard – try these suggestions. . . Guitar Chord Inversions
Did you know that you can Create TAB in Mixcraft Pro? Well, at least you can make a file that to import into Noteflight that allows you to print out TAB and Standard Notation from there. Noteflight is an online Music Notation program that you can access from your PC, phone or tablet. Setup a […]
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Budget Ukulele Shootout
In the Budget Ukulele Review we compare models with street price of around $100. Some well meaning advice: Avoid buying the absolute cheapest instrument when starting to play an instrument. When shopping for any instrument, it’s always a personal judgement. I chose one of these to keep. Based on the video, it’s likely that you […]
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Ukulele Review – Kala vs Cordoba
Cordoba 15TM vs. Kala KA-15T In this Ukulele Review – Kala vs Cordoba we take a look at the Cordoba 15TM vs. Kala-15T. Both instruments are priced at around $100 and represent reasonably priced models that are good enough to play – perhaps as a first instrument. What to Look for in a Ukulele Whenever […]
Download the Sheet Music/TAB for O Come O Come Emmanuel – Guitar arrangement below. It has two parts. One is an easy single line melody and the other is an accompaniment. You can watch it being played in the video below. The melody part on the sheet is quite easy to play. However, you may […]
GuitarBasement YouTube Channel features O Holy Night Guitar Instrumental. This instrumental arrangement is based on the chords and melody in the FREE pdf leadsheet below. Here is the lead sheet with notation/TAB and chords: O Holy Night Lead Sheet In this arrangement of O Holy Night Guitar Instrumental there are two parts. The accompaniment is […]