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Posture
How many of you really understand the importance of proper posture? This article takes a look at proper guitar posture and its effect on your playing.
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Your Very Own Rosetta Stone – A Guide To Reading Musical Notation – Part One
A quick guide to reading music notation. This is something that many of you have asked for. It is also something that any and every serious musician needs.
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Stringing and cleaning your guitar is something you will need to do periodically. Here is a step by step lesson on how to do it properly.
View ArticleTiming Is Everything – A Guide To Reading Musical Notation – Part Two
Part two in our explanation of standard notation. Now you know what the are, it's time to learn what else music notation can teach you. Timing is everything.
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Getting Past “Up and Down”– Part 1: “Sock Puppets”
Guitarists nowadays think of rhythm in terms of "up" and "down," the motions of strumming, instead of thinking of rhythm in much simpler terms - numbers and counting. In this, the first of a series of...
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Holding Your Guitar
How you hold your guitar can make a big difference on how quickly you make progress learning to play. David Hodge gives you a few tips to help you out.
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Open Chords: The Place To Begin On Guitar
When a guitar string rings without any fingers down on the fretboard, we call that an “open” string. An open string is allowed to ring freely and will sound for a while if it is not muted (the word for...
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Absolute Beginner Part 1: Chords
So...you've just bought your first guitar? Now where do we go? This lesson covers the basics of what you should be learning on day one.
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