In my opinion, the Internet is one of the best things we have seen in our era. Information is just one click away and your guitar learning can definitely improve from stuff you find on the web. That is why you are here…AND it’s the reason why we’re here too. We’ve been providing guitar learning […]
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How to find time to practice?
We all are busy people here; we are either students, parents, full time workers, boyfriends or girlfriends but we are also wanting to learn to play guitar. Finding time to practice is probably one of the biggest challenges in our life, unless we are a full time muso which not many of us are lucky […]
Your personal map to the fretboard
If you don’t see yourself attending an institute for higher education to formally learn all the theoretical aspects of the guitar anywhere in the near future but you do want to have some fun learning the guitar and gain skills enough to pick it up and play something musical then you are definitely on the […]
How to play yourself out?
Guitarists and other musicians understand that it can be very easy for your playing to plateau. Often it is more of an emotional plateau than an actual physical halt in progress but everybody who plays experiences this sooner or later. For beginners it usually occurs shortly after they have managed to string their initial chords […]
Finding a guitar tutor
If you think you have reached a point in your guitar playing and you’re stuck with it, finding a tutor can be a good idea, but finding the right one is not an easy task. Getting a guitar tutor can really advance your playing, but getting the wrong instructor can be costly and even destructive […]
How to have fun with your guitar practice?
The other day while having a chat with a good drummer friend of mine, he asked me “What are you practicing at the moment on the drum kit? And I said, “Well, first of all, I am not practicing on my drum kit; just using my practice pad, sticks and a metronome working on stick […]
20 tips to improve your playing II
So we have started a series of tips to help you improve your playing within the last few weeks. Here is the second part of the series: 20 MORE tips to improve your playing! Learn to play with a pick as well as your fingers. Watch guitar players you know are good and the ones […]
Getting ready for recording
The time has come! You have a band, you have been practicing hard for the last few months and have all your songs sounding perfect, what’s next? Besides getting gigs, a recording would be ideal. Recording either a demo, an EP or going for a LP! The recording process is really cool. Well, for first […]
Getting the grip
We’ve been teaching aspiring guitarist to play the guitar online for about 7 years or so, and one of the questions we often receive is about how to stay relaxed when playing the guitar. A lot of users have mentioned that they don’t feel comfortable or they don’t seem to be able to relax when […]
20 tips to improve your playing
I wanted to make this blog post very simple but very helpful. If you are new to guitar or your playing has taken a bit of a dip, here are some tips that might help. 20 tips that can help your current guitar playing situation. Always learn new things: There are hundreds of different techniques […]