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   <title>Beginner Guitar Blog</title>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:56:29 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Nov 23, Guitar Giveaway Contest ... Guitar Contests Directory</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/Ux0Pgm5gMKs/guitar-giveaway.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7lCVU4DrLPmQy7tcHQtfUgq-NAI/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7lCVU4DrLPmQy7tcHQtfUgq-NAI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7lCVU4DrLPmQy7tcHQtfUgq-NAI/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7lCVU4DrLPmQy7tcHQtfUgq-NAI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Use this updated guitar giveaway directory to enter guitar contests ... with luck you could win a guitar or other musical instrument prize ... rss feed available&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/Ux0Pgm5gMKs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:56:29 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 8, Free Video Guitar Lessons</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/d3GNLuAXFlI/free-video-guitar-lessons.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Lk7oY7Z5EEWb_ofihgpX5qcm_ms/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Lk7oY7Z5EEWb_ofihgpX5qcm_ms/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Lk7oY7Z5EEWb_ofihgpX5qcm_ms/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Lk7oY7Z5EEWb_ofihgpX5qcm_ms/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Top quality free video guitar lessons ... complete songs ... beginner guitar lessons ... include written resources, tabs, notation ... learn fast ... note for note&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/d3GNLuAXFlI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 6, Guitar Tuning Instructions and Free Online Guitar Tuners</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/tkkacfzjy0I/guitar-tuning.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IXFxERSe21t1y9dXzRcLP_hlkWM/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IXFxERSe21t1y9dXzRcLP_hlkWM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IXFxERSe21t1y9dXzRcLP_hlkWM/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IXFxERSe21t1y9dXzRcLP_hlkWM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Everything you need for Guitar Tuning. How to tune a guitar. Three different methods and various free tuners. Solve tuning problems.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/tkkacfzjy0I" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:47:13 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>May 6, Free Guitar Theory Sites and Programs</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/sRPVuPFsOL4/free-guitar-theory.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UnIM9rcVgKsAUqwGpryIrVglYh0/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UnIM9rcVgKsAUqwGpryIrVglYh0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UnIM9rcVgKsAUqwGpryIrVglYh0/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UnIM9rcVgKsAUqwGpryIrVglYh0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;from beginner music theory, to advanced guitar scale theory, the free guitar theory directory page features links and descriptions of guitar theory sites and programs&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/sRPVuPFsOL4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 16:02:42 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Apr 25, Free Drum Machine Software ... Pattern Sequencers</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/wfPHmxeGqEc/free-drum-machine.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WVTiFIycfsn-FpMw7aIwfOrMmAs/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WVTiFIycfsn-FpMw7aIwfOrMmAs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WVTiFIycfsn-FpMw7aIwfOrMmAs/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WVTiFIycfsn-FpMw7aIwfOrMmAs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Free Music Software ... Free drum machine software programs, all fully functional, several choices, simple or complex, online or downloadable drum loop machines, drum pattern sequencers ...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/wfPHmxeGqEc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:35:14 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Feb 25, New Contests Added</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/-OO_5W4_FiM/beginner-guitar-lessons-blog.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WvG-as5rRyl-PzmHSgKN6JLnzRo/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WvG-as5rRyl-PzmHSgKN6JLnzRo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WvG-as5rRyl-PzmHSgKN6JLnzRo/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WvG-as5rRyl-PzmHSgKN6JLnzRo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;It's been a while since I've updated the contests (I had to start a new job, and the hours are long), but there have been quite a few new contests listed, including new contests for Canada and International as well as the US. There are some excellent prizes too. Check it out!&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/-OO_5W4_FiM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:43:29 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Feb 3, Contest Updates and Secrets to Playing Guitar</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/740HqiyeXGI/secrets-to-playing-guitar.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pZUZcyywnCd9cIcr6u3dIxhty4I/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pZUZcyywnCd9cIcr6u3dIxhty4I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pZUZcyywnCd9cIcr6u3dIxhty4I/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pZUZcyywnCd9cIcr6u3dIxhty4I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I've written an article which can be accessed by clicking the link below. If you're feeling frustrated how some people are born guitarists and you have to struggle, it may answer a few questions.

I also want to let you know that I've posted several new guitar giveaway contests at: (copy and paste the address in your address bar) http://www.guitar-giveaway.com/guitar-giveaways.html&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/740HqiyeXGI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:33:21 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jan 27, Metronome Freeware ... Downloadable Software</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/Hmuq1jteklk/metronome-freeware.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FkfK3j0mlng3r5NxqJ4pDYDb7xk/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FkfK3j0mlng3r5NxqJ4pDYDb7xk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FkfK3j0mlng3r5NxqJ4pDYDb7xk/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FkfK3j0mlng3r5NxqJ4pDYDb7xk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Choose from several different metronome freeware downloads ... online metronomes, free virtual metronome software   that sounds like wooden metronomes, drum machines and more ... how to use a metronom&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/Hmuq1jteklk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jan 27, Free Guitar Software ... Tools, Accessories, Games, Contests ...</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/OMC1z5Txau0/free-guitar.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OLoYgXu3Du7NWmt7gqYtJMnXxJE/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OLoYgXu3Du7NWmt7gqYtJMnXxJE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OLoYgXu3Du7NWmt7gqYtJMnXxJE/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OLoYgXu3Du7NWmt7gqYtJMnXxJE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Grab some free guitar stuff ... plenty of free music software, tuners, metronomes, contests, games,   widgets, lessons ... nice beginner to advanced guitar and music tools for you!&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/OMC1z5Txau0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:42:01 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jan 27, Inside Acoustic Guitar Diagram ... Parts and Functions</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/6m3i8kUYtik/inside-acoustic-guitar-diagram.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Cy2wFd_Csx8cq7BcbmRJWEZpHZQ/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Cy2wFd_Csx8cq7BcbmRJWEZpHZQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Cy2wFd_Csx8cq7BcbmRJWEZpHZQ/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Cy2wFd_Csx8cq7BcbmRJWEZpHZQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;The parts inside acoustic guitar diagram ... labled and explained ... guitar bracing explained ... how bracing affects sound, quality and strength&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/6m3i8kUYtik" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:27:27 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jan 11, Plenty of Great Guitar Giveaways Added!</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/jOlZrDsuQIg/beginner-guitar-lessons-blog.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vyuwqafFXrvkuu9K97GvE6skENo/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vyuwqafFXrvkuu9K97GvE6skENo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vyuwqafFXrvkuu9K97GvE6skENo/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vyuwqafFXrvkuu9K97GvE6skENo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I've managed to find several more, excellent guitar giveaway sweepstakes. These are eligible for the United States as well as several good contests for Canada, UK, and international.

I've also added another line to the sweepstakes listings which will help you decide faster if you'd like to enter. The line is "Entry requirements". This will let you know what you are required to do to enter, it may be a Facebook sweepstake, newsletter signup, detailed entry form, etc.

Once again Good Luck and have fun. Don't forget that if you live in the US you can enter the Musician's Friend massive giveaway every day.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/jOlZrDsuQIg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:57:43 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jan 3, A New Year and New Contests</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/c_ouvSre0Jk/beginner-guitar-lessons-blog.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3ojFxgtMSIWnlGMGeyuSLYsBfnU/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3ojFxgtMSIWnlGMGeyuSLYsBfnU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3ojFxgtMSIWnlGMGeyuSLYsBfnU/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3ojFxgtMSIWnlGMGeyuSLYsBfnU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I hope you all enjoyed the holidays. I had good times with family, and I'm looking forward to a great year.

There have been plenty of new contest listings added to my giveaway site since my last post. 

Tons of cool guitars and other music related prizes. There are new listings in all the categories, including limited time US giveaways, and International, UK and Canadian giveaways. 

Click the link to view them all. Have a prosperous New Year and as always:  GOOD LUCK!&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/c_ouvSre0Jk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:30:32 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Nov 18, I've added lots of guitar giveaways!</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/y7Mfiqiu-34/beginner-guitar-lessons-blog.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KGZM8FhhhFj-zRgeITapWpEoFgQ/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KGZM8FhhhFj-zRgeITapWpEoFgQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KGZM8FhhhFj-zRgeITapWpEoFgQ/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KGZM8FhhhFj-zRgeITapWpEoFgQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I decided to build a whole new website to center around freebies for guitarists and guitar give away contests! It's online now! I've added a bunch of new giveaways in the "limited time guitar giveaway" section of my new site too.

Check it out, you just may like it. ;)&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/y7Mfiqiu-34" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:30:58 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Nov 10, Incredible Contest for US</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/Ux0Pgm5gMKs/guitar-giveaway.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9fEXYX7IoVPnA8AV7OoVgKtM6Iw/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9fEXYX7IoVPnA8AV7OoVgKtM6Iw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9fEXYX7IoVPnA8AV7OoVgKtM6Iw/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9fEXYX7IoVPnA8AV7OoVgKtM6Iw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;WOW
Here's a nice contest. You can enter once a day for a chance to win a guitar package worth more than $10,000.00!

Only for the United States though. More info on the guitar giveaway page.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/Ux0Pgm5gMKs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:02:51 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oct 25, More Guitar Sweepstakes</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/Ux0Pgm5gMKs/guitar-giveaway.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vUuETA_JX7JtgBjsI7CtY6DXz6o/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vUuETA_JX7JtgBjsI7CtY6DXz6o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vUuETA_JX7JtgBjsI7CtY6DXz6o/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vUuETA_JX7JtgBjsI7CtY6DXz6o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Wow. I found some more great contests!
Not only can you win autographed guitars from Joe Satriani and Bon Jovi, there are also some great drummer prizes too.

Good Luck!!!!&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/Ux0Pgm5gMKs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:55:53 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oct 16, More Giveaways</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/Ux0Pgm5gMKs/guitar-giveaway.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/F7nen-3fUfAN15_3GyYerT0mJAk/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/F7nen-3fUfAN15_3GyYerT0mJAk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/F7nen-3fUfAN15_3GyYerT0mJAk/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/F7nen-3fUfAN15_3GyYerT0mJAk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I found more contests to enter. Several actually. Most are open to the U.S.

I've added an "updated on" header at the top of each sweepstake. It's easier for you to figure out which contests you've entered. 

All the updates are in chronological order, starting with the most recent.

GOOD LUCK!&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/Ux0Pgm5gMKs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:35:59 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oct 3, WOW! More guitar giveaway contests.</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/Ux0Pgm5gMKs/guitar-giveaway.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JpWQBfhm7o8LDBXv5GMV55NK4TU/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JpWQBfhm7o8LDBXv5GMV55NK4TU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JpWQBfhm7o8LDBXv5GMV55NK4TU/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JpWQBfhm7o8LDBXv5GMV55NK4TU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I've been working on breaking up my free guitar page because it's getting too big.

Well I just started a new page called "Guitar Giveaways".

It's loaded with new contests. I've managed to find 14 new contests. One ends tomorrow(Oct.4th)though, so hurry if you want to enter. GOOD LUCK!&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/Ux0Pgm5gMKs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 16:58:53 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 28, New Contest: Win Your Whole Wishlist!</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/OMC1z5Txau0/free-guitar.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k9rJQXP2JNXUa7upI8cHwqCXx9w/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k9rJQXP2JNXUa7upI8cHwqCXx9w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k9rJQXP2JNXUa7upI8cHwqCXx9w/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k9rJQXP2JNXUa7upI8cHwqCXx9w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;You can win everything on your wishlist.

You must make out your list soon because it all ends at 11:59:59 a.m. PT on October 29th, 2010.

Click on the permalink below and scroll all the way towards the bottom of the page to the "contests" section for more info and to enter.

Lower 48 U.S. states only.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/OMC1z5Txau0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:39:48 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 23, I've added a new page, more freebies</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/-B1r2ZSMHtg/free-guitar-chord-charts.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hAHtDqK0QHQAIrVcX-yLGYut25A/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hAHtDqK0QHQAIrVcX-yLGYut25A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hAHtDqK0QHQAIrVcX-yLGYut25A/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hAHtDqK0QHQAIrVcX-yLGYut25A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Well I broke down my free guoitar goodies page because it's just getting too long.

Check it out, there's a 2600 guitar chord added to the section as well&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/-B1r2ZSMHtg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:39:15 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 15, Win an Acoustic Guitar Amplifier</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/RMvfANARXxU/beginner-guitar-lessons-blog.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zOlxQF9fkDCZbSl4ZnfbC0lNemk/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zOlxQF9fkDCZbSl4ZnfbC0lNemk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zOlxQF9fkDCZbSl4ZnfbC0lNemk/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zOlxQF9fkDCZbSl4ZnfbC0lNemk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Be the Lucky Winner of the UltraSound PRO-250 Acoustic Guitar Amplifier!

Prize value: $1,399

The PRO-250 is Ultrasounds next generation acoustic amp, delivering unmatched acoustic tone in a lightweight combo package.

Contest closes Sept. 30th, 2010, and is open to international entrants.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/RMvfANARXxU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:45:35 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 15, Win an Acoustic Guitar Amplifier</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/RMvfANARXxU/beginner-guitar-lessons-blog.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zOlxQF9fkDCZbSl4ZnfbC0lNemk/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zOlxQF9fkDCZbSl4ZnfbC0lNemk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zOlxQF9fkDCZbSl4ZnfbC0lNemk/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zOlxQF9fkDCZbSl4ZnfbC0lNemk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Be the Lucky Winner of the UltraSound PRO-250 Acoustic Guitar Amplifier!

Prize value: $1,399

The PRO-250 is Ultrasounds next generation acoustic amp, delivering unmatched acoustic tone in a lightweight combo package.

Contest closes Sept. 30th, 2010, and is open to international entrants.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/RMvfANARXxU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:36:16 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 8, I've added links to more great free software.</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/OMC1z5Txau0/free-guitar.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vIFwJ97zS-OhJX2BJOvlyEp2mjY/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vIFwJ97zS-OhJX2BJOvlyEp2mjY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vIFwJ97zS-OhJX2BJOvlyEp2mjY/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vIFwJ97zS-OhJX2BJOvlyEp2mjY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;There is a nice piece of free audio editing software available from Audacity.

It's is a free, easy-to-use and multilingual audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.

# Record live audio.
# Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
# Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files.
# Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
# Change the speed or pitch of a recording.

And more. You'll find the download links on the free guitar software page, by clicking the permalink below, enjoy.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/OMC1z5Txau0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:23:20 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Apr 2, Free Guitar Lesson Videos Added</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/659fG7P08eY/beginner-guitar-lessons-blog.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KRt3ga6FCHlcaCRjgxx2g_Ndxp8/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KRt3ga6FCHlcaCRjgxx2g_Ndxp8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KRt3ga6FCHlcaCRjgxx2g_Ndxp8/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KRt3ga6FCHlcaCRjgxx2g_Ndxp8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I just added a bunch of HD video lessons including complete song lessons and beginner lesson. 

It's a whole new page ... enjoy!

&lt;a href=http://www.introductiontoguitar.com/free-video-guitar-lessons.html&gt;Free Video Song Lessons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/659fG7P08eY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:44:04 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Apr 1, One contest ends ... Another begins!</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/OMC1z5Txau0/free-guitar.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/86U3EPaAqWaySJ_798BwOBLFX7A/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/86U3EPaAqWaySJ_798BwOBLFX7A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/86U3EPaAqWaySJ_798BwOBLFX7A/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/86U3EPaAqWaySJ_798BwOBLFX7A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Well some lucky winner won the Taylor Acoustic Baritone Guitar yesterday, and it wasn't me.

The good news is that Acoustic Guitar Magazine has a new contest now!

Here's their latest guitar giveaway.

Be the Lucky Winner of a Walden Madera Guitar!

Prize value: $1,699
 Walden Madera CD4040TB-CERT (includes hard-shell case)! 

Contest closes June 30th, 2010, and is open to international entrants.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.acousticguitar.com/leveltwo/BetheLuckyWinnerofaWaldenMaderaGuitar!-636.aspx"target="_blank"&gt;Win a Guitar ... Enter for Free Here!&lt;/a&gt;

GOOD LUCK!&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/OMC1z5Txau0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:48:31 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Mar 30, I'm glad I live in North America.</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/5xiC0xehYPU/beginner-guitar-lessons-blog.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nZhFycPbkg6z6o7xfm-ZnwoxlRo/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nZhFycPbkg6z6o7xfm-ZnwoxlRo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nZhFycPbkg6z6o7xfm-ZnwoxlRo/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nZhFycPbkg6z6o7xfm-ZnwoxlRo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I got an email the other day from a young person from India who wanted help in choosing a beginner acoustic guitar.

Wanting to help, I looked online for Indian music stores that sell guitars.

What a shock! There are more Sitars for sale in N.A than guitars in India. I thought guitars were popular everywhere.

Almost all the guitars that I did find where low quality too!

I even went to ebay.in(India's ebay)and I only found 35 listings for guitars ... there are 1500 listings on ebay.com for sitars and we have about a quarter the population of India!

How many sitar players do you know?

I hope this person(I don't know if it was a boy or girl, I never heard the name before) will be able to find people to jam with! I hope so.

I just can't imagine what I would be missing in my life if I didn't play guitar. 

So, to all fellow North American (and European) guitar players ... be thankful, we're blessed with the greatest selection of guitars anywhere in the world!

The youngster ended up buying a Yamaha beginner classical guitar. Who knows, maybe a whole new style of music will emerge in a few years from the merging of our musical cultures.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/5xiC0xehYPU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:53:35 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Mar 2, Free Guitar Software and Contests</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/OMC1z5Txau0/free-guitar.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Giw0QfCLOhvuccvH-ECguymioJo/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Giw0QfCLOhvuccvH-ECguymioJo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Giw0QfCLOhvuccvH-ECguymioJo/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Giw0QfCLOhvuccvH-ECguymioJo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I've found a couple of contests to win  free guitars. You can find the info and links in the free guitar software section.

One is for an 8 string Taylor Baritone Guitar! ... Value US$3,998.00(contest closes March 31st), and the other is for a Strat style electric guitar signed by the members of Mercy Me.


They are near the bottom of the page, and they are open to international entrants. Good Luck!&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/OMC1z5Txau0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:54:28 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Feb 8, This is my first blog post!</title>
    <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~3/neI5_nyyY7g/beginner-guitar-lessons-blog.html</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z2dTq7iOnkWiYs0JAdAOlsu76SY/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z2dTq7iOnkWiYs0JAdAOlsu76SY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z2dTq7iOnkWiYs0JAdAOlsu76SY/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z2dTq7iOnkWiYs0JAdAOlsu76SY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I'm excited to be able to keep you updated with all the great resources I'm finding and adding to this site.

I have some exciting plans to make this one powerful guitar resource. Stay tuned.

P.S. Have you checked out the free stuff you can grab already? You should:&lt;a href="http://www.introductiontoguitar.com/free-guitar.html"&gt;Free Guitar Software and Goodies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeginnerGuitarBlog/~4/neI5_nyyY7g" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:37:22 GMT</pubDate>
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