The wide spread observance of Halloween’s more social, festive and commercial aspects appears to be growing every year. American pop culture’s influence on an ever increasing worldwide audience is probably the biggest reason for the rise in popularity of the celebration amongst a new generation. In New Zealand it is fairly rare to see any […]
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Tech Tip: Learn the parts of the guitar
Question. Often when I am reading about guitars on the internet I hear about different parts of the guitar, can you give a brief description of the different parts of a guitar? Answer. Here is a brief description of some of the more commonly misunderstood parts of the guitar. Headstock The headstock is the part […]
LEARNING TO DEVELOP YOUR OWN SOUND ON THE GUITAR
When you first begin learning any instrument it is important to develop a clear picture of what you want to sound like. In other words, having an idea in your head of what style you want to be playing. You can save yourself a lot of time if your playing has a clearly focused goal. […]
GENERAL TIPS FOR BUYING A GUITAR
One of the most important things you’ll ever do in your music career is buy a guitar. We are often asked to give people advice about how to find a good guitar. The fact is that there is a LOT that goes into buying a guitar, way too much to put in one Newsletter, but […]
Tech Tip: Changing Between Chords
Question. I find it hard to change between chords and when I do it sounds bad. Because of this I can’t make my guitar sound good. What can I do? Answer. This is the most common problem for beginner guitarists. Don’t worry, nearly every professional guitarist has had your problem! The best way to […]
Discipline in Practicing
In this article we look at how you can develop good guitar practice habits and we look at the common problems that many people have when learning how to change between chords smoothly. Let’s get started! There are two main factors when it comes to discipline in practice. They are practicing regularly, and practicing well. […]
Help us make Jamorama better.
The Jamorama team is totally dedicated to your guitar playing education. In fact it’s our purpose for being so we tend to take it rather seriously. We know we are not perfect so won’t get it right all the time. But we also know that with your help, we can become the best guitar lessons […]
Wii put the Jam in the Jamorama Christmas Party
The Rockstar Recipes Christmas Party 09 was a complete success. The lads decided on a daytime shindig and Dave fully catered the event, living up to his rapidly growing reputation for being a culinary fiend and turning on perhaps one of the most extravagant spreads to date. The bath tub was beautifully and appropriately decorated […]
The G Chord
Well it’s a rainy day here in Christchurch, New Zealand and lunchtime seamed the opportune moment to pick up the guitars and have a bit of a jam. Something we’ve been exploring lately is the “One Chord” jam. Quite simply we just pick a chord and hold it for the entire jam. This promotes all […]
Learning to play the guitar with Jamorama in 2010
2010 is here and the Jamorama Team are very excited about what 2010 has in store. It’s always awesome to hear about progress that has been made and read the feedback regarding your learning and playing. During the Christmas and New Year period we really got the impression that many new guitarists out there are […]