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How to get started with strumming patterns
Learn to hold the pick correctly and build a strong foundation for strumming! Click the post to watch the free video. This video will show you how to strum basic rhythms and give some insight on how I approach strumming patterns!
Learn all the notes on the guitar neck easily!
I have a great easy way for you to memorize all the notes on the guitar neck! Just memorize the dots on the top two strings first and then use octaves to quickly name all the other notes! Click this post to see the video!
Beginner guide to reading guitar tablature
It’s important to understand the basic symbols in reading tablature! Watch this simple tutorial to help you understand how to read guitar tabs! Click on the post to watch the video!
5 Tips to Improve Your Guitar’s Sound
As an aspiring guitar player, you are learning that TONE is very important! There are some basic things that you can do to improve your tone and your sound.
1. Change Your Strings Once a MonthMake sure you have a good new set of strings on your guitar. Old strings sound dull and will not hol More >
Help! I am stuck in a rut with strumming!
Help! I am stuck in a rut with strumming!
Ok, most guitar players get stuck with just a few strumming patterns and have a very difficult time moving beyond that to the modern worship strumming patterns of their favorite songs.
First of all, for all strumming patters I have one rule…
If More >
Learning to sing and play at the same time.
Once you know a few chords, you can play many of the songs in the 8chords100songs worship guitar songbook. What about strumming and singing at the same time? That takes a bit of skill and sometimes it feels like you have to have 3 brains to do that. Here is an easy way to begin to develop your More >
Question about the G chord, it is new and for modern music
On Apr 28, 2011, at 10:22 AM, Tim wrote:
I am a little slow in following the video courses but, I noticed that your G chord is different than some others, and it looks like there are a number of different ways to play the G chord. My question to you is, do I need to learn it the way you show, or More >
What strumming patterns to use on new songs?
Learn moveable chords
First, memorize the names of the frets on the top low e string. The open string is e and it moves up in half steps from there just like a piano.
Here it is E f f# g g# a a# b c c# d d# e
Notice no sharps between e-f and b-c.
Take a look at a piano keyboard for clarity.
Once you memorize More >
