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Simple Guitar Chords Video Lesson

August 3, 2009 Guitar Chord Tutorials

Here’s a Youtube video that teaches you simple guitar chords that are commonly used in pop and rock songs. The chord progression comes from the song “Free Falling” by Tom Petty ( this by the way is one of the best free video lessons for “Free Falling” that you’re going to find ).
He goes [...]

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Beginner Acoustic Guitar Lessons On Finger Picking

August 3, 2009 Acoustic Tutorials

As promised, here’s a most excellent beginner acoustic guitar finger picking lesson.
This Youtube video lesson starts by showing you which fingers you should be using for the finger picking style, then it runs you through some really simple exercises to get your muscle memory up to speed. For those of you who are beginners to [...]

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Guitar Training Exercises For Stamina

August 1, 2009 Guitar Scales

Have you been practicing the same old guitar scales over and over again?
If you’ve already mastered your current training routine, it’s time to break out of the rut and push yourself out of your comfort zone – you won’t get any better without a variety of different exercises.
One DVD I constantly use till this day [...]

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Stairway To Heaven – Acoustic Guitar Fingerstyle

July 31, 2009 Acoustic Tutorials

Check out this Youtube video – Stairway To Heaven Live by Rodrigo y Gabriela ( one of my current favorite artists ). These guys absolutely blow me away with their finger style picking techniques on their acoustic guitars.
Before you go ahead and learn Stairway To Heaven, watch this video and get really inspired. I’ll [...]

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Guitar Fretboard Software For iPhone

July 30, 2009 Guitar Software

Guitar Trainer Software On The Road!
This is the best guitar training fretboard software in my opinion. Fret Surfer came onto the iPhone about 6 months ago and I’ve been using it every week to refresh my knowledge of the guitar fretboard.
If you want to learn guitar fast, you’ll need to learn all the note positions [...]

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Wonderwall Guitar Chords

July 29, 2009 Guitar Chord Tutorials

Here is a pretty decent Youtube video on how to play ” Wonderwall ” by Oasis.
I found the tutorial breaks it down easy enough for the beginners among you to learn this song rather quickly. The author of this video takes his time to explain the hand and finger positions required to play the Wonderwall [...]

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Guitar Solo Tutorial – Nothing Else Matters By Metallica

July 28, 2009 Guitar Solo Tutorial

Electric Guitar Solo For ” Nothing Else Matters “
This Metallica solo is one of the most easy to learn and well-known numbers, even for a beginner. The use of the double-stops give the solo a real aggressive tone, especially at the start of the guitar solo ( listen out for it! ).
For those of you [...]

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Ultimate Learn to Play Gary Moore DVD’s

July 25, 2009 Electric Guitar Lessons

Lick Library has released it’s ” Ultimate Learn To Play guitar ” DVD’s collection! Those of you who love the Gary Moore style’s going to love these 3 DVD’s.
The first tutorial DVD titled ” Learn To Play Gary Moore ” features songs like ” Still Got The Blues ” and it shows you how to [...]

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Guitar Software – Band In A Box

July 12, 2009 Guitar Software

Band In A Box Software Accompanies Your Playing
I recently got to mess around with Band In A Box. What is it? It’s a creative music composition program that allows you to generate midi music and create your own backing tracks. It has all the instruments you’d want in a band including piano, drums, saxophone, rhythm [...]

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String Bending Lesson – Learn How To Bend And Why

July 12, 2009 Guitar Tutorials

What Is String Bending?
String bending is the act of picking a note on your guitar and bending the string upwards or downwards to get a higher pitch.
Why do we need to learn how to bend strings?
The answer is because it brings character to our songs. Rather than just picking a higher note up in a [...]

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