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Johnny Guitar [VHS]

2011-01-13T20:20:00.000-08:00

"I've never seen a woman who was more like a man," a character observes of Vienna (Joan Crawford), who has just opened a saloon that hasn't exactly endeared itself to the local townspeople. Emma (Mercedes McCambridge), the local sexually repressed, lynch-happy harpy, is particularly displeased. Vienna is wooed both by the Dancin' Kid (Scott Brady) and by Johnny Guitar (Sterling Hayden), a peripatetic tough guy-turned-troubadour with whom she has a past.

When the Kid's gang (which includes Ernest Borgnine) decides to knock over the bank before heading to California, Emma wants just about everyone in sight on the business end of a rope. Nicolas Ray's 1954 epic was considered one of the downright strangest Westerns of all time--the women were far tougher than the men (Johnny watches on laconically during the bank robbery, not bothering with heroics), and some saw in the film a bizarre allegory for the McCarthy Red scare. A half-century later, it's still a curious, intriguing piece of moral ambiguity from a time when such a thing ostensibly didn't exist. Hayden is an enigmatic presence, and Crawford's commanding star turn is what you'd expect. --David Kronke

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Guitar Lyrics And Chords

2011-01-13T17:13:00.000-08:00

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Play a Song on Your First Lesson Flat - with the Guitar Guy!

2011-01-13T12:15:00.000-08:00

The Guitar Guy, a school teacher and professional guitar player, has been playing and teaching the guitar for over 25 years. During that time, he created a simple guitar method designed for quick results. You really can play a song on your first lesson!

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Electric Guitar Bridge Adjustments

2011-01-13T08:46:00.000-08:00

I’m changing strings from 10-46 to 9.5-44 (Guitar). Do I need to make an adjustments?

….besides maybe the bridge saddles?
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I tend to wear my hands out with 10’s and 9’s don’t feel right.

No need for any truss rod adjustment whatsoever. If you would drop to .008, then you would need to loosen the truss rod slightly. for now, just put them on and do not touch the intonation at the bridge saddle. Their are set to accept any size up to medium-light.

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How to Play Guitar Solo

2011-01-13T05:40:00.000-08:00

To become well-known and popular, some people take to playing the guitar. The guitar is not so straight-laced and classy, but rather flashy and eccentric. Many beginners have the incentive to impress people. Before one can do that, he'll need to learn to play a guitar solo in a variety of styles, especially his favorite style.

When considering what makes an average band so popular, most usually associate it with the lead singer. That seems to be the one that makes the most direct contact with the audience and hence, the most prominent among all band members. Those who play the instruments do not stand out so much.

Still, the guitarists take a significant presence that rivals the singers. Ladies like guitarists simply because the guitar is "hot". For guys, a guitarist is liked usually because they love listening to solo guitar. One can't deny that all guys have fantasies about busting out on stage and doing a five-minute solo. For any man, this is his finest moment in life. It's true that it's practically encrypted into a male's DNA. Still, the remaining members play along in the background of the remarkable, creative performance of the guitarist.

If you have a strong desire to learn how to play guitar solo let me put this to you plain and simple. A guitar solo is like a free style way of playing and thus lacks techniques. Therefore, this is not something I can teach you. The guitar solo resembles "improv" jazz and blues more than any other type of music.

Despite its lack of technique, there is still a lot of preparation necessary to learning how to play a guitar solo. To begin with, your overall guitar playing skills should be equal to that of an advanced or expert level. Unfortunately, this leaves out beginners. Simply solo are much too challenging and can't be learned in two weeks. Although they may not look so hard, they can't be played without complex bends, "hammer-ons", "pull-offs", or other advanced techniques. Though some of these techniques can be picked up quickly, I still recommend that you learn to play guitar chords and proper strumming techniques first. Doing this will make the advanced techniques even easier. If you still want to know more about playing guitar solo, you're free to inquire about "hammer-ons" and "pull-offs".

To play a guitar solo, a guitarist will use numerous high-end strings, many of which are located on the lower third of the guitar neck. Beginners are accustomed to playing on the top third section of the neck since that is where all the basic chords and power chords are played from. As for solo guitar, they'll concentrate on the lower third section.

Personally, I love playing on the lower third section of the neck, but keep in mind that sometimes it can be more difficult. This is because the frets in this section are closer together than those at the top. Those will long or thick fingers are more prone to accidentally bumping into the fret.

Playing guitar solo will absolutely pose as a speed test to your fingers. Only expert strummers who can shift through the strings on the guitar neck easily should seriously consider attempting to play a guitar solo. Masters of guitar solo have an ability to change from a slow, melodic solo to a fast and frantic pace. Apparently, the fast and frantic sections are the more difficult to learn so make sure you can keep up before considering to play.

Still, if you're like me, you'll want to learn how to play guitar solo too. Isn't that the reason you picked up the guitar in the first place? Keep in mind that guitar solo take time to learn and are not advised for beginners, unless they're extremely simple. Learning them can help you expand your horizons. Therefore, you'll need to learn more scales, become familiar with one or two keys, then learn a few solo you like to get started on.

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2011-01-13T02:08:00.000-08:00

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How to Play Guitar Better, Stronger and Faster

2011-01-12T22:20:00.000-08:00

The stage was set, the crowd was roaring, the band was kicking it in the green room waiting for the top of the hour, and I was tuning my guitar and feeling slightly nervous about this duo guitar lick that kicked off our set. One might say I didn't feel quite up to speed.

When I was learning how to play guitar I was more concerned about looking cool than I was about playing with speed. After all, I was just beginning and hadn't yet developed the skills to play better, stronger and faster. I had some online guitar lessons under my belt just so I could learn how to play guitar chords and be a rhythm guitarist.

I also could sing a little so I found myself in a band situation fairly early in my music making career. The band was about sounding good and looking like rock stars while we were doing it.

As the years ticked by more and more was expected of me as a player. Unfortunately for me, my rock star look (with my low slung guitar) was hindering my playing ability. And worse yet, I didn't even know it.

When it was time to kick off the show with me and the other guitarist blazing this power lick...well, let's just say it was interesting. I had practiced the run and had it down, but when I was on stage I couldn't pull it off.

Don't be a slouch!

See, when I learn to play guitar licks I usually was sitting down. I was positioning my body better for playing without my even knowing it. And when I stood, all that good positioning shifted down to where it has hampering my technique.

All this happened about the time I start college. With all my interest in guitar, it was only natural of me to make music my major. And, since college professors don't view rock music as serious music, or as seriously as they do in some online guitar lessons, I enrolled in the first of my many classical guitar classes.

It was then, after years of poor positioning I learned the secrets of how to play guitar better, stronger and faster. And at that point, I decided playing better was much cooler than looking good and sounding like a hack.

I had some hurdles to get over and it would have been much easier if I had learned how to play electric guitar properly in the first place. Here's what I learned:

Get in line...

Regardless of whether you're finger picking or using a pick, you can greatly increase both your speed and accuracy by having your right wrist, fingers and forearm nearly in line with the strings at the bridge. With your wrist directly above the bridge you can let the strings ring out, or by placing your wrist on the bridge you can play with a palm muting style.

Rolling your wrist towards your thumb allows you to only mute the bass strings, allowing the treble strings to ring purely which is great for the Travis picking stuff.

If you're speed picking, you'll find your wrist perfectly positioned for alternate picking, which is using your pick stroke down-up-down-up regardless of which note or string you're playing on. Even if you skip a string or have a syncopated rhythm, you always play with the down-up-down-up stroke.

Assume the position!

Good clean speed technique applies when learning how to play guitar to your left hand as well. Your thumb shouldn't be draped over the top of the fingerboard when you learn to play guitar in this position, but rather be placed in the center of the back of the neck of the guitar. With this positioning, you'll notice that the palm of your hand doesn't grip the neck. Instead, a loop or U shape is formed by the outline of your thumb and first finger which droops to the floor. While some guitars have necks that look like Louisville Sluggers, they're not baseball bats.

Positioning your thumb in this way takes off some of the pressure work your fingers would otherwise have to do so you'll be more nimble.

With your thumb in the center of the back of the neck (and pointed towards the headstock), you'll also find that your left wrist is now parallel with the neck. Your fingers will also be parallel with the frets, which will make using your little finger much easier as it won't have to stretch nearly as much.

Distance is time, meaning the further your fingers have to travel the longer it will take for you to finger the correct note. So, if your little finger is aligned with the fret, you're halfway there.

If you did this while sitting, you can adjust your guitar strap so the guitar is held in the same position when you stand.

It might feel uncomfortable when you learn to play guitar positioned like this for the first time after years of improperly holding the guitar. Just relax and don't give up. Try to use this technique whenever you're practicing, using online guitar lessons, or up on the big stage.

Sounding good looks good...

And as for looking cool...look at it this way...you may look more Steve Howe than Jimmy Page, but sounding bad never makes you look good.

I could go on, and on, and on, but space here is limited. Here's a great resource about how to play guitar that dives deeper into this and includes video examples. Now, go forth and make music!

You can also find more details on how to play electric guitar

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Hill Country Revue

2011-01-12T18:38:00.000-08:00

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Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live at the El Mocambo [VHS]

2011-01-12T14:42:00.000-08:00

In 1990, Texas bluesman Stevie Ray Vaughan was just emerging from a long period in which drugs had taken their toll: the previous year's In Step album was the first he had made drug free, and the results were a marvel. But then, after sharing a stage with Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, and Eric Clapton, he boarded a helicopter to Chicago. It crashed, and the career of one of the great blues guitarists was ended.

Rewind to 1983 and here is Stevie Ray at the beginning of his fame, his first album with his backing band Double Trouble, Texas Flood, having just been released to critical and popular acclaim. The venue is the El Mocambo club in Toronto, a dark, smoky joint with a laid-back but appreciative clientele. Vaughan, drummer Chris Layton, and bassist Tommy Shannon share the tiny stage. The guitarist, bedecked in trademark hat and alligator-skin boots, is pale of complexion, sweating from the heat and physical exertion, and physically much smaller than Shannon, who towers over him. But Vaughan dominates, as much by the magnetism of his flamboyant personality as his guitar playing. And what playing: by turns fiery, funky, then limpid and surprisingly graceful. Here is an authentic blues artist captured in the throes of living through his music. At this early stage in his career he was still very much in thrall to Jimi Hendrix (the flower-power shirt gives it away), as covers of "Voodoo Chile" and "Third Stone from the Sun" (the latter a Hendrix-inspired guitar-abuse session) indicate. The highlight of the show, however, is his rendition of "Texas Flood," which turns out to be an amazing essay on the art of blues guitar. This is a raw, intimate, and spontaneous record of a one-time event. All fans of the blues will be grateful to those who had the foresight to capture it on film. --Mark Walker

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Guitar Methods: Finger Trainer

2011-01-12T10:40:00.000-08:00

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How to Play Guitar - 7 Tips to Start Playing Guitar Fast

2011-01-12T06:40:00.000-08:00

Have you always thought about how to play the guitar but keep putting it off because you just don't have the time? Well that shouldn't be an excuse!

Playing the guitar is a great hobby that can enrich your life in ways you never knew possible. If you didn't think it was so easy to start playing before, here are 7 tips to get you started in your new musical career.

1. Go to a music store.

There's no point in purchasing an instrument or diving right into the guitar unless you talk to someone who knows and plays guitars themselves. If you have a close friend who has played guitar for a long time, have a conversation with him.

The point is to learn whether or not you really have the ambition to undertake this new hobby. Learning how to play guitar sure is fun, but there's a lot of dedication involved to perform well.

2. Purchase a guitar!

Before you even think about the "purchasing" part, you should do some serious research. Go online and read reviews and comments on some notable guitars for beginners.

Only after you've found the guitar you want to play, you need to become a bargain-hunter. Look at garage sales, pawn shops, eBay, Amazon, music stores, and online music stores until you find the best deal on a guitar and case.

3. Sign up for online guitar courses or lessons.

Signing up for an online guitar course shows that you're very serious about how to play the guitar. When you've completed the lessons, you'll be a much better player than when you began.

I recommend the Jamorama Guitar Course for its reputation in high satisfaction. More importantly, the instructor actually has a degree in education which is more than most online courses can say.

4. Become familiar with guitar tablature.

As you're passing through each guitar lesson, you should be becoming more familiar with guitar tablature. Guitar tablature is the short-hand version of sheet music that instructs you how to play a guitar song.

Learning to read guitar tablature will completely open your eyes to the vast world of music that is available for you to learn and play. Additionally positive is that most of this tablature can be found free anywhere on the web.

5. Practice chord changes in order to learn songs later.

Guitar chords are the foundation of any simple song. Look up a chord chart so you can study the finger placement and chord names.

Then, when you look up songs online to play, your movement between chords should be effortless and enjoyable.

6. Practice only one or two easy songs for awhile.

It's better to play one or two songs very well than to play a dozen guitar songs badly. Pick a couple of your favorites that sound easy to play and go at them for as long as it takes you to learn.

Don't get discouraged if they don't come easily because you've only just begun. After your first five tunes, you should know how to tackle quite a few more.

7. Call up your friends who play guitar and have a jam session!

This is what it really leads up to. Playing with your friends will not only loosen you up a bit, but you'll gain more quick skills from each other, learn a couple new tunes, and learn cooperation for playing with other musicians.

At this point, you should be proud that you can focus on how to improve your guitar playing as opposed to just how to play it in general.

How to play the guitar is not as easy as some people make it seem, but it's not an up-hill battle either. Make smart decisions, take your time, and be consistent and you should find yourself to be a fine guitar player some day.

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Guitar Scales Method

2011-01-12T02:18:00.000-08:00

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Make Money Playing Guitar - How to Play Guitar For Profit

2011-01-11T22:26:00.000-08:00

Contrary to popular belief you do not have to be master guitar player to make good money from playing guitar. There are many more important factors that come into play than your guitar playing skill.

When I was 13 I begged my parents for a guitar for Christmas. They were reluctant to take that path; I assume because of the expected ensuing noise, but they went ahead anyway and bought me a guitar and amplifier from JC Penney. Two years later I was playing in bars almost every weekend and making more money in one or two nights than my friends were making all week working the night shift at Burger King.

So at 15 was I a guitar virtuoso? No I still basically sucked as did the band I was in. I mean we were horrible, yet sold out every night we played. Literally it was standing room only even on weeknights, and we played almost every bar in a 25 mile radius. It was 1980 when it began and this band still packs them in anytime they play even though they still basically suck.

What was the secret? The leader of this band was a genius at giving people what they wanted. He knew what they wanted and found a way to deliver it. People want to be entertained. If you can entertain people you can make money playing guitar. It is that simple.

At the time Oldies were a big thing, and this band happened to fill a local void by dressing the part, acting crazy on stage, and playing the songs that people wanted to hear. At 15 years old I was signing autographs, fending off advances from older women and making money playing guitar. My first experiences making money playing guitar came from simply giving the audience what they wanted.

A few years later the whole Urban Cowboy thing happened and, I happen to get into another band that was jumping on the country bandwagon. By this time I had spent a lot of time learning how to play guitar and my playing and vocal skills had come along way. I had also learned what it took to be valuable member of a band even though I still wasn't the best guitar player in the world. Another band followed that one and so on until I finally retired from playing live in on New Years Eve 2005.

In addition to all the bands I played in I also did some solo and dual work and never played in a group that wasn't working. During that time I learned the keys to making money playing guitar. The first key is filling the void for your audience. Most guitar players think they should go out there and play what they want to play. That doesn't work if you want to make money playing guitar. People want to hear the songs they like and they want to hear it like the recording, solo and all.

The second key is to only play material you do well. If that means only playing simple songs, then only play simple songs. The audience does not know if a song is difficult, only if it sounded right. You do not get extra credit for trying something that was hard to play. You only lose points for not doing it right. If you know the audience is going to request a particular song and you can't pull it off, find an alternative song by the same artist you can play instead.

The third key is that you must be willing to travel. You don't need to travel across the country to make money playing guitar but you will need to get out of your local town. Here's an interesting fact: most people will pay a band from out of town more money then they will a local band. There's some weird belief that a band can't be good if they're local. I don't get it but I used it to get paid.

Building a fan base is the fourth key and is more important in the beginning than getting more money. Connecting with your audience, talking with them between sets, having good stage banter with the crowd; all of these things lead to more money. You can act as cool as you want, but it doesn't pay as well as being friendly. And that goes double with the person that hired you. You need to make them a fan by showing up on time, turning down if they ask you to and always cleaning up when you're done. If they like you as a person they will have a higher impression of you as a performer and will pay you more. It is easy to raise your price once you build a fan base.

So now you know a little more about how to play guitar and make money doing it. I have done very well financially playing guitar in my lifetime even though most of the local music scene in my town never knew who I even was. It's because I followed these keys that I got paid good money for playing guitar while the local "celebrity" bands were sometimes paying out of their own pockets to play. Always remember that being the best guitar player in the world does not mean that you will know how to make money doing it.

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2011-01-11T17:36:00.000-08:00

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Gibson Acoustic Guitar Ebay

2011-01-11T13:31:00.000-08:00

Buying a cheap $35 acoustic guitar from Ebay.?

Here’s what I’m looking at: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-BLACK-ACOUSTIC-GUITAR-W-EXTRAS-COMBO-KIT-BEGINNERS_W0QQitemZ160387654392QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item2557d962f8

Should I go for this? I used to play guitar when I was a kid but quit because I got bored and didn’t appreciate music, but I’d like to pick up a guitar and relearn. I don’t want a big expensive brand name guitar, just something basic. Does this look like a good choice for me, or will this guitar sound any worse than an old Gibson?

it will sound worse. hands down. piece of donkey feces.

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2011-01-11T10:29:00.000-08:00

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2011-01-11T05:48:00.000-08:00

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Guitar: Can You Learn To Play Guitar Without Goals?

2011-01-11T00:58:00.000-08:00

In many articles on the net on learning to play guitar you will find many article authors stressing the importance of setting goals. Well, it would be interesting to find out if you can learn to play guitar without goals. Let us investigate the matter!

I have many memories of my first attemps to play the guitar. Like many boys I had many interests like reading, playing piano, singing, listening to music, athletics, chess, stamp collecting, painting and other things at different times. Playing guitar was just one of them.

I remember that I had my own way of practicing guitar playing. I always had my guitar on my bed waiting for me. I sat down on my bed many times everyday playing for a while and then starting to do other things.

Sometimes I felt inspired to play guitar for an hour or two and other times just for a minute. Did I have goals or not?

I know that I was developing as a guitarist quite fast and I think it must have been something in my way of playing and practicing guitar that was good.

I believe that some of the reasons for my progress during those early days of my learn to play guitar career were:

1. I felt no pressure to become an accomplished guitarist. I just felt the joy of sitting down with my guitar trying to find out the treasuries in the land of music.

2. My father was a guitar teacher giving me lessons at times and I always heard him play guitar in our home. Other guitarists visited our home many times and these visits inspired me a lot.

3. I never felt a pressure to play fast and thereby building tensions by playing too fast. This is one of the big mistakes beginning guitarist and even accomplished guitarists sometimes make.

4. As I mentioned previously I did a lot of other things besides playing guitar and I guess all these things I was involved in kept my mind quite healthy and helped me retain my joy when I learned to play guitar.

I guess in a sense I had goals that was not so apparent to me that directed me towards somewhere even if I was quite content being on the road of progress towards guitar land.

Can you learn something from my early guitar experiences? At least you can learn the following:

1. When learning to play guitar always remember to enjoy the act of playing without thinking too much on what you can or cannot do as a guitarist.

2. Try to associate with good musicians and guitarists that inspire you to play musically and that give you the motivation to learn to play new things on your guitar.

3. Beware of playing too fast on your guitar. There is a risk of building up muscle tensions and thereby actually reducing your ability to play fast. A remedy for this and a way to tame yourself is to use a metronome at a low tempo to reduce your speed to a level where you can play your guitar in a relaxed manner.

4. To become an interesting guitarist and musician you might benefit from being involved in other activities like listening to good music, having another hobby, reading good books, assiciate with other people and more.

Do you have to have goals to become a good guitarist? Well, even if you don't have learn to play guitar goals in the ordinary sense you can help yourself to play everyday by having easy access to your guitar.

I had my guitar on my bed. Maybe you want to have your guitar in your favorite armchair. I guess you understand the principle....

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How Long Does It Take To Play Guitar

2011-01-10T20:34:00.000-08:00

Learning to play guitar is a process, and there is no finish

line. How long does it take to play guitar, is a question

students often ask their teacher. How long it takes to play the

guitar depends on what your definition of guitar playing

is!

The last few decades has seen a remarkable growth in the

popularity of rock music and guitar playing has become pretty

attractive for many.

Today the guitar is everywhere; a versatile instrument - adapting

itself to almost any kind of situation, Victimized by it's own

success, it has become something more than a musical instrument -

like the swastika before it, it has become the symbol of a social

revolution! The ultimate emblem of grooviness! It is now an

object unto itself!

Guitar enthusiasts are so often blinded by the symbol that they

remain deaf to the world of musical wonders that lie beyond their

blinkered six-string field of interest.

Many teenagers exist who aspire to become rock superstars, but

there is also a section who wants to learn guitar playing just

for sake of it. But many of them end up losing hope of learning

guitar since they don't find the best way to learn guitar.

How long does it take to play guitar? If you can answer the

following questions and make these important distinctions you

will have a good idea.

QUESTION ONE: How do you view the instrument?

Do you want to be (a) guitar owner, (b) guitar player, (c) a

musician who uses the guitar for musical expression?

Essentially there's three levels of involvement with the guitar:

1. Guitar owners - to qualify you need only to have enough funds

to purchase the instrument, for these people the guitar is simply

a toy, like a computer game, or fashion accessory. How long does

it take you to play the guitar if you're in this category? About

5-10 minutes max. The important thing here is to "be seen to be

playing the guitar"!

2. Guitar players - players in this category are often very

dedicated and speed many hours practicing their instrument.

Mostly self taught, they learn almost exclusively from guitar

tab, and their friends. How long does it take to play guitar in

this category?... these players understand it's a lifetime

journey.

3. Musicians who play guitar as their chosen instrument- players

in category two focus on guitar playing skills, whereas

level three players understand the whole scope of the musical

landscape. A good musician not only plays their instrument well,

they understand and can intelligently discuss all music.

These players:

(a) listen to all types of music

(b) read about all types of music

How long does it take to play guitar in this category? Again,

it's a lifetime of hard work and discipline. What's the

difference between category two and category three?

Level two players must have their instrument in their hands to

communicate ideas, whereas, musicians who play guitar as their

chosen instrument know and can discuss, the qualities which make

Herb Ellis or Barney Kessel a great jazz player; why Duke

Ellington is a jazz innovator; Michel Legrand a great composer

and orchestrator. They know why good symphonies are good and bad

symphonies are bad; they know why good pop or country songs are

good (musically) and bad songs are bad.

QUESTION TWO: Are you internally motivated or externally

motivated?

Externally motivated players usually give up playing the guitar

once they realize that they are responsible for their progress.

these players quickly move on to the new 'hip' fad (only to give

up on that as soon as things get a bit challenging).

An obvious example of this type of externally motivated player

and their associated problems and disappointments is with the

recent popularity of computer games where people pretend to play

the guitar.

Despite PR claims from computer games companies

that their computer guitar games improve the player's rhythm

and hand dexterity, professional guitar teachers worldwide have reported

that guitar computer game veterans have been disappointed when

confronted with the real-world requirements of hard work and

delayed gratification. They expect to jump into it and learn it

as quickly as they learned the game, and they realize that they

can't.

I'll assume if you have read this far you're more interested in

category two or three!

needless to say that only internally motivated players make it

into category two and three.

QUESTION THREE: What is the source of your information? common

knowledge or specialized knowledge?

Today it is not a question of information on any particular

subject, after all we live in the information age, don't we? To

accelerate your progress on the guitar and rapidly decrease the

time it takes you to play the guitar, what we need is specialized

knowledge to help us assemble the relevant knowledge to achieve

our goals.

The first thing to understand is that learning guitar is

something that takes a long time. how long it takes to learn

depends on what you want to learn.

Learning guitar is hard work but it's really important to have

fun and have your guitar make cool sounds while you're learning

all the hard bits. The main thing you have to consider when

learning how to play guitar is who is teaching you how to play

guitar.

How long does it take to play guitar? It depends on what you want

to achieve.

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2011-01-10T16:27:00.000-08:00

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2011-01-10T13:16:00.000-08:00

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2011-01-10T09:25:00.000-08:00

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Learn to Play Guitar - Online Or Offline?

2011-01-10T05:10:00.000-08:00

So you have finally decided to learn to play guitar. Have you decided to learn online or are you going for face to face lessons? Your average guitar teacher will wind up costing you about eighty to one hundred dollars every month. That is just for one lesson per week. On the other hand a nifty set of videos cannot give you personal advice based on the observation of your playing by a seasoned professional guitar player.

A live guitar teacher might offer you the chance to take a free lesson to help you decide whether to commit yourself to a course of lessons. You could sit down with your teacher during your free lesson and tell him how you want to progress with the guitar. He can tell you if your goals are realistic or if you need to rethink your dreams of the future. This will let you get an idea of how committed your teacher is to turning students into guitar players. A good guitar teacher will be listen to your plans for your guitar playing and his teaching methods and advice will be tailored to your specific needs. He can watch you play and see where you are going wrong and what you need to do to fix it.

If you lead a busy life it might not be practical for you to get to a guitar teacher once a week and devote half an hour, an hour or more per day to practicing the guitar as well as performing your professional and family duties. If you are one of these busy people the prospect of saving money on guitar tuition fees and transport fares or fuel costs you might want to think seriously about learning guitar online. If you decide to go for an online course then how do you know which one to choose?

The internet has archives of guitar tabs, sites containing free lessons, thousands of free videos and countless opportunities for us to watch videos of the best guitarists in the world, past or present, dead or alive. There are many forums with guys who have been playing the guitar for many years waiting for a chance to pass on their expertise and love of guitar playing to beginners. If you save a few of these guitar forums to your bookmarks in your browser you can visit a few every day and copy and paste any advice or tabs that you find useful.

There are guitar lesson websites that have the lessons set out in the correct sequence for a beginner guitar player's progress. The formulators of these guitar courses are experienced guitar players who have extensive experience teaching the guitar and playing in bands. These online lessons are great for people who need a basic understanding of the guitar, how to hold it and play chords for easy songs. Free online guitar lessons get these people playing the guitar fast.

Here is a great way to make use of free guitar tools and tabs you find on the internet. You could organize your basic tools into groups like tabs, chord charts, songs, scales, articles and tools such as online guitar tuners. You create some folders on your computer for each of these groups so that you can get to your learning material easily during your guitar practice time.

Online guitar lessons also go a long way towards saving your dignity as well as your money. You can work quietly in your own room at any difficulties or misunderstanding about guitar playing without exposing your shortcomings to another person. You can do this at your own pace, seeking more advice from forums to help you with your problems. If you have only a little time to spend on guitar practice online lessons will accommodate you, and if you find that you have some extra time you will always find something new and interesting to learn.

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How to Play Guitar - 5 Tips For Beginners

2011-01-10T00:54:00.000-08:00

The guitar is one of the most popular instruments around, and it's easy to see why. Firstly, it's quite easy to get started, and once you've learnt a few basic chords, you can play literally hundreds of popular songs. Secondly, it's a great instrument for accompanying a singer, as even one guitar on its own gives a good backing sound to a song. Finally, although it may be relatively easy to get started with simple chords, it has almost limitless potential for advanced players - you literally never stop learning, and there are many impressive pieces you can learn to play in time.

So if you want to learn how to play guitar, here are 5 tips to help you get started.

1) Get A Decent Guitar

Obviously, the first thing you need is a guitar, or at least be able to borrow one to learn on. My first tip is that for learning, you should invest in a reasonable quality guitar. Really cheap guitars are usually a false economy. They can often have problems with their setup or tuning, and these can end up putting you off playing for good. Probably, more beginners are discouraged after trying to learn on a bad guitar than any other factor.

This doesn't mean that you should go out and buy the most expensive guitar you can possibly afford either. It should be possible to find a reasonably priced quality model that will be good for learning on. The most important thing is it should stay in tune, and its 'action' (that means the height of the strings above the fretboard) should not be too high, otherwise it will feel difficult to hold down the strings properly.

The other consideration is whether to get an acoustic or electric guitar. Acoustic guitars are generally good for learning, tend overall to be cheaper than electrics, and you don't have to worry about an amplifier. However, it really depends on the style of music you want to play. If you really want to play rock or metal guitar styles, you would be better off starting out with an electric guitar from the outset.

There are many places to buy a guitar, and you can get some great deals on secondhand ones. A good place to start looking would be your local musical instrument store. They may stock second hand as well as new models, and can give you advice about tuning and caring for your guitar. If you know someone who can already play, take them along to help you choose.

2) Learn To Tune It

Once you've got a reasonable quality guitar for learning on, one of the first things to do is learn how to tune the strings correctly. The most basic guitar chords will still sound good on a guitar if the strings are in tune. Played with the strings out of tune though, and they can sound awful, even if you're holding down all the right notes.

The first step is to tune the topmost string (the top 'E' string). This can be set to the same note as a piano or keyboard (the note 'E' just above middle 'C'), an 'E' tuning fork, or the high note on a set of 'pitch pipes'. Play the tuning fork or piano note, then sound the top string on the guitar. If the notes sound different, use the tuning peg on the guitar for that top string to adjust the note up or down, as needed.

Then, tune the second string ('B') to match the top one. Do this by playing the second string at the 5th fret, and then sounding the top string. Adjust the tuning peg for the second string until the notes sound the same (don't touch the tuning peg for the first string).

The third string, 'G' is tuned by playing the note at the 4th fret on this string, which should match the note sounded by the second string.

The remaining strings are tuned in the same way, by playing the note at the 5th fret on those strings, which should match the note sounded by the string above.

Electronic tuners are also a real help when tuning, they show you exactly when a particular string is in tune. It's still worth learning the method above though, so you'll know how to tune your guitar if an electronic tuner isn't available.

3) Commit Time To Practising

It would be great if you could buy a guitar, then immediately start playing complex chords and solos on it. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen, as when you learn to play guitar, you have to put in some practise time regularly, first to learn the basics, then more complex techniques.

When you first begin learning the guitar, it can all seem a bit overwhelming, and training your fingers to make the shape of a particular chord may seem difficult at first. However, by having several regular practise sessions each week, you will start to acquire the 'finger memory' needed to play chords without thinking, it will become automatic.

4) Learn A Few Basic Open Chords Well

There are a few basic 'open' chords that you will learn when starting out. These are pretty much all formed within the first three frets on the guitar neck, and usually consist of the major chords E, A, D, C G, and maybe a couple of minor chords, like Am, Dm.

If you spend the time learning to play these basic chords well, so that you can form the chord pattern quickly and easily with your left hand, and switch between them smoothly, then you will be able to play a large range of different songs with just these few chords. Even with just the 3 chords G, C and D, a lot of songs can be adapted to use just these chords.

When learning, this is a great point to reach in your guitar playing. Most people I think, would give their reason for wanting to learn how to play guitar as 'to be able to play along with songs'. If you get to the point where you can play a few of these open chords in a regular rhythm, and switch between them reasonably quickly, you'll get a real buzz out of being able to play a few 'real' tunes, and will be motivated to carry on learning.

You may find when learning that it takes a while to get to this point. For example, your fingers don't seem to form the chord patterns quickly enough, or you can play on one chord easily, but changing chords takes a while, and doesn't sound smooth.

Don't despair! The key to overcoming this is regular practice, and slowing things right down until you can change chords at that speed. Then slowly increase the speed, and you'll find that the chord changes come a lot easier. A metronome is a good tool to use when practising like this, as it will keep ticking out the beat that you need to maintain when playing.

5) Use Video Lessons To Boost Your Progress

The final tip here when learning how to play guitar, is to make the most of the wide range of video based guitar lessons that are out there these days. Nothing beats one-to-one lessons with your own personal instructor, but if that's not available to you, then video guitar lessons are the next best thing. And you can watch them over and over, making sure you understand each part.

Video lessons, either on DVD or via online webpages and media, are invaluable for helping you learn the guitar. It's one thing to look at a picture or diagram of a chord in a book, but it really helps you understand how to play it if you actually watch someone else playing it first.

Some of the top video lessons for beginners are Jamorama, Learn & Master Guitar, and the Jamplay site also has many beginners video lessons.

To get more info on these video courses on how to play guitar, visit http://www.theguitarlessonreview.com. You will find comprehensive, detailed reviews of these courses, as well being able to get free sample beginners guitar lessons from them.

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Decoding the Bass Guitar

2011-01-09T16:28:00.000-08:00

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