YES YOU CAN!!!

It’s SO Simple, Let’s Get To It!!

We will use a mnemonic method, the first letter mnemonic to be precise.  If you don’t know what that means, it’s simple; the first letter of every word in this sentence represents a string name!

“Every Body Gets Drunk At Easter”

You will start with the “High E” string, meaning the highest pitch.  When holding the guitar properly, to play the instrument, the High E String will be closest to the ground, the thinnest string, and when in tune it will be the highest sounding note when played in an open string fashion.

Ready?

E  1st String/High E/closest to ground    EVERY

B  2nd String                                                 BODY

G  3rd String                                                 GETS

D    4th String                                                DRUNK

A    5th String                                                 AT

E     6th Sting / LOW E/ EASTER

(Closest to the Ceiling)

I’ve never seen ANYONE  have trouble remembering the strings after I told them that secret way of remembering it!

I can’t take credit for that one though, it’s something my guitar teacher taught me during our 1st guitar lesson.  It’s SO Goofy and SO SIMPLE, that you can’t help but to remember it!!

The only time i’ve seen anyone have problems with remembering the string names is when they have learned the incorrect terminology for the string reference. What does that mean?

Well, some of my students incorrectly learned the string reference point before they enrolled in guitar lessons with me.  For Example, they were calling the “High E” guitar string, the 6th string, which is actually the LOW E Guitar String.  They all explained it the same, that it was “the highest string towards the ceiling”.  But I had to explain that the HIGH E STRING was named that because it has THE HIGHEST PITCH.

Subsequently, the LOW E STRING is actually the LOWEST (fattest) pitch.

I hope this funny little trick helps you, it’s never failed me or any of my students!!

Keep on Rockin’ and never stop learning!!

Hey, My name is Chris and i started this site because i LOVE playing GUITAR!!

What can i say, the instrument just spoke to me.  Since i was 8 years old, i’ve been in love.  Not only do i play guitar, but i teach guitar lessons locally, in my town.  I’ve taught for about 9 years now and I gotta say, it’s really rewarding when your students get to learn and play what THEY want.  It makes us both happy!

Back to this site….

Everyone learns differently, and everyone has different playing styles and goals.

Which is why I created this site, To Help YOU Find

The BEST Guitar Lessons That Fit Your Unique Playing And Learning Style

That’s why you will read about me describing which style of learner this lesson style suits best.

• Some have a short attention span and want to jump right in and start learning and playing
• Others like to have a book and organized lesson plan
• Most people love dvd’s: some lessons are far better than others, and give many different views
• Some people only want to focus on playing solos and improvising leads and melodies

What you WON’T find in this site:

A bunch of typical links for Jamorama and all the other regurgitated guitar lesson reviews that you have seen on countless other review sites.  I was shocked when i found out most of those guys don’t even PLAY the guitar!!  They just refer people to high converting offers, so they think everyone gets what they want.  Well, the result usually ends up in disappointment for the student because they took advice from someone that doesn’t play, and certainly doesn’t even teach guitar lessons.

So take it from me when I say THANK YOU, for visiting my site.  I recognize your talents and desire to cultivate them into a tremendous passion.  Who knows, you might even teach me a thing or two on the guitar one day.  We are all learning to play the instrument in our own unique way, that may influence countless other players and musicians some day.

Who I Am and How I Become The Guitarist I Am Today

Ive been playing guitar for 21 years now.  I started out with a cheap Epiphone guitar and Crate amp that i obtained from trading a my brand new Sega Genesis gaming system.  It wasn’t much but it got me playing.  Man, i must have broke 3 different whammy bars on that guitar!!  I loved doing dive bombs and experimenting with feedback.

A year later i had saved enough money up to buy a guitar that i felt fit my playing style and hoped i wouldn’t snap the whammy bar off of.  It was a 1991 Fender Heavy Metal Strat.  Here’s a picture (yup i still have it and still play it all the time).

Man, that guitar still WAILES!!  I love it.  It’s got DiMarzio pickups that really light this Strat up!  I played so many of them, and they were all too twangy for me.  I was 16 and it was 1991, so i was looking for a heavy full stadium sound.  Today, i can appreciate a classic strat sound.  Hey-I really dig the sound of different guitars -using different guitars for different songs.   That Epiphone i had sounded REAL MUDDY.  It served it’s purpose, got me playing and taking lessons, but eventually things change.  Your style changes as you evolve and mature as a player.

So there i was, cranking my solid state Fender M-80 up, knocking pictures of my parent’s walls shredding this ’80′s rock guitar!!  Man i loved that raw metallic sound it gave me.  I didn’t see the point in ever playing another brand of guitar.  I took lessons for about 6 years.  I learned a lot and highly recommend some lessons for everyone.  At least for a while.  Taking lessons really made me a better player.  I got to learn all the songs i wanted every week AND didn’t get stuck in that rut of playing the same thing OVER AND OVER, which we all know leads to never getting better.  Unfortuantley you just stay at the same level.  Kind of like a kid that stops growing and stays the same age.

AS I got older and continued playing, i went into my local music shop one day and decided to plug in another Epiphone.  Now, the one i had as a kid was probably 12 years old then and didn’t sound good at all.  I had read some good reviews on Epiphone Guitars, but also wanted to see what all the talk was about.  I plugged an Epiphone Les Paul into a crappy little crate practice amp, and i was BLOWN AWAY by the sound.  It was PUNCHY, CRISP, and i was able to get just as good pinch harmonics out of this as my Fender Heavy Metal Strat!!

I ended up playing a bunch of different Epiphone Les Paul models that afternoon.  Two weeks later i bought an Epiphone Les Paul Classic.  Had the intonation done right there, put some DR Strings and went home to jam.  I noticed right away that i had an even clearer sound on my own amp than i did on using my Fender.  Plus, I could really get some sick sounding artificial harmonics/pinch harmonics and bends from that thing.  Never before had i been so surprised from the quality of sound i was getting.  I mean, i had wrote that brand off years ago.

I now had a new sound and was playing about 8 hours a day.  I was getting good and progressing quickly.  I started teaching lessons and loved it.  It never felt like work.  Well, except for when i would figure out a student didn’t want to play anymore and their parents were forcing them to practice (or get grounded).  That’s when i would tell the parents up front, “this isn’t for your child, i won’t be coming back”.  I mean, why take something so beautiful and make it so horrible??

Eventually i bought a Gibson.  I got a Les Paul Classic in 2000 and it was AMAZING!!  It sounded even better than the Epiphone.  Words can’t even explain the creamy, flowing tone that was oozing from my strings.  It had the ceramic enclosed pickups, slim neck, push/pull pots on the volume and tone controls…it was the best guitar i had ever played on…and i OWNED it!

A couple years later i decided it was time for a change.  I decided i needed to slim down on my collection of guitars and add something fulfilling to my life.  I sold my Gibson Les Paul and bought a dog, a Boxer.  I never once regretted my decision as i still had 3 electrics and 2 acoustics to play at any given moment.

After a few more years of playing and teaching i was in the position to buy another Gibson Les Paul.  But which one?  I had to drive 60 miles to the nearest music store that carried Gibsons.  They had a ton and i played 7 different ones, on MANY different brands of amps before i decided on one.  There was one Les Paul Classic that sounded different, more ALIVE than any of the others.  I even played some of the Gibson Les Paul Customs, and none of them sounded as good as this one.  They had some better looking ones, but nothing sounded like this one.  I bought it, along with a new TUBE AMP,  the Mesa Express.

Turns out, the staff at the music store didn’t even know what they had.  They told me all the pickups were the same..but they weren’t.  The pickups in this one were actually Gibson’s 1958 Patent Applied for Pickups with a few modifications made to them- to make em even HOTTER!!

Plus  i really liked how this headstock was different than my last Gibson:

That’s my FAVORITE GUITAR ever, i have NEVER heard anything sound SO GOOD and SO ALIVE before!!  Honestly, it’s the only guitar i want to play when i want everything to sound perfect.  I can dial up any sound on that guitar -  Hendrix, Zeppelin, Classic Appetite for Destruction Guns N Roses tone, Dimebag, Government Mule….ANYTHING is Possible with this guitar.

But once in a while i still have that craving to WHALE on a WHAMMY BAR and experiment with CRAZY FEEDBACK!!!  That’s why i had this Ibanez gutted and replaced with Steve Vai’s specs for his “Flow” guitar.  WOW – when you play this thing people think you have some magical guitar!!  I mean, feedback that’s INFINITE, at any level of volume?!  Crazy, right??

It’s got a Sustaniac Pickup  in it and man, those things are AWESOME!!  If you ever get the chance to play on one, DO IT!  You will be floored! 

Now that you know more about me, lets find out about you.  Everyone learns differently, some do best reading about the lesson before they play, others can’t sit still long enough and need to begin playing and learning immediately.  If you don’t know how you learn new things the best way, i suggest you try to learn two different songs with two different approaches and see which one works the best.  Otherwise, read all the details in my reviews about the different lessons to determine which style of guitar lesson will benefit you the most.

Ok so 3 more posts today that I’ve dug up – I’m an information JUNKIE on this stuff lately. Give em a browse and let me know what ya reckon. They’re just from a few different sites I’ve been surfing lately that are generally good for information like this…

Julia Nunes is strumming up interest in the ukulele – KansasCity.com

Julia Nunes and the ukulele seemed fated to be together. She's half Portuguese, and her father is Manuel Nunes, a name he shares with the Portuguese immigrant who moved to Hawaii in 1879 and was responsible for transforming a Madeiran …

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Yellow strumming pattern??? – Coldplay :: Coldplaying.com Messageboard

Hi everyone. I just want to know if you know the strumming pattern in yellow i already know the chords, but when I play them along with the song, it doesn´t sound like the original, it´s a mess… Hope you help me …

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While you are learning to master and learn guitar playing techniques with your left hand, you will want to ensure that you are also not forgetting about your right hand technique.

Many new guitar players when learning to play the guitar are unsure of how to properly hold a guitar pick. Holding a guitar pick properly is imperative in order to play your guitar chords and guitar scales like a pro.

An improperly held guitar pick will stop you short of being able to master and learn guitar right hand picking techniques such as learning the art of alternate picking.

Before we take a look at how to hold your guitar pick, make sure that the thumb and first finger of your right hand are clean and dry. This will ensure that your guitar pick will not slip away from your fingers.

Let’s take a detailed look at 9 easy steps that will ensure you are holding your guitar pick properly.

1. Take your guitar pick and place it under your right thumb.

2. Pretend that you are growing your thumb nail and have approximately 4/5ths of your guitar pick tip showing.

3. Now turn your guitar pick towards yourself in a 45 degree angle turn. Your guitar pick tip should be pointing towards you now with your thumb pointing parallel to your guitar and body.

4. Place your first finger underneath the guitar pick.

5. Your first finger position placement will be on the right hand side of the guitar pick going from center to the right hand side of your guitar pick.

6. From this point on you might need to slightly adjust your guitar pick tip position. The key here is that you want to hold your guitar pick comfortably, and accurately enough in order to be able to play your guitar scales and chords properly.

7. Final finger placement: With your remaining three right fingers you can either curl them up into a loose fist, or you can lock all three fingers below the first string. If you are muting your guitar strings with your Palm then have your right pinky rest comfortably below the first string.

8. Make sure you have a fresh guitar pick: Having a fresh guitar pick at all times will ensure that you are getting a crisp and accurate sound from your right hand when you strum or pick your guitar. After about two hours of playing and practicing, you will want to switch to a new guitar pick. Any longer than two hours and your guitar pick tip will wear down making it more difficult to accurately play guitar scales. If all you are doing is playing guitar chords then you can use your pick longer unless you are arpeggio playing your guitar notes.

9. Choosing the right kind of pick: You will need to buy a couple of different variety of guitar picks as there are many pick choices to choose from. A general rule of thumb when buying your first guitar pick is to purchase a medium light guitar pick. From there you can decide if you want to play with a firmer or thinner guitar pick, or just keep with the medium light style of guitar pick.

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How to Restring an Electric Guitar
 by: Tony Schuck

For a newbie, this may seem a little intimidating. But with the right tools, a little knowledge and some practice, you’ll be able to restring an electric guitar like a professional guitar tech. When I was gigging regularly, I would restring my guitar every week. My body chemistry is acidic and the sweat and oils from my hands would tend to dull the brightness of the strings as well as make them feel “dirty”. For me, the bright sound and smooth feel of a new set of strings would inspire my playing. It became a ritual for me the night before the weekend’s gigs started. I would sit in front of the TV and restring my electric guitar; my acoustic was much less frequent.

OK, so you’ve decided you don’t want to pay the guys at the music store and you want to know how to restring an electric guitar yourself. Here is the list of tools and supplies you will need:

· A new set of strings (naturally!) Click here for info on string sizes

· A string winder (not required but very handy)

· A pair of wire cutters

· A guitar tuner (again, not required but helpful)

You will need to set aside about an hour of time to do this correctly, but like I stated earlier, with practice you will know how to restring your electric guitar in about 20-30 minutes.

First thing to remember, do NOT remove all six strings at the same time. The guitar neck is designed to withstand the tension of the strings and if all of the tension is removed for any significant amount of time you could damage your guitar.

Also, there are some guitars that are literally held together by the string tension. I remember reading a story about a guy who had recently gotten hired as a guitar tech for the Ramones. Wanting to make a good impression on Johnny Ramone he decided to restring his guitar for him right before the show. He removed all six strings and Johnny’s Mosrite guitar literally fell apart in his hands. The string tension held the whole guitar together! What’s worse, the bridge of the guitar bounced across the floor and fell down the air conditioning duct.

If I remember the story correctly, they spent quite some time using a coat hanger and chewing gum trying to rescue the bridge from the duct. He retrieved it and managed to keep his job, living to restring the guitar another day. But not all six strings at once!

But I digress. Some people work in pairs of strings at a time, I prefer to work on individual strings. You will quickly decide what works best for you. Use this article as a guideline to get you up to speed quickly.

OK, let’s get down to it. I always start with the high E string (personal preference); it helps keep me organized.

If your guitar has a locking nut tremolo (whammy bar) system you will have to unlock it. It works best if you remove the clamps completely and work with just the nut until the restringing process is done and the strings are stretched and tuned. Then replace the locking clamps and fine tune using the tuners on the tremolo bridge.

· Use your string winder and loosen the string until there is enough slack that you can unwind the string from the tuning post by hand.

· Use your wire cutters to cut off the curled end of the string and discard. Do this to minimize the chance of scratching the finish of your guitar. Push/pull the string back through the bridge slowly making sure it does not drag across the body. You don’t want restringing your guitar to result in refinishing your guitar!

· Next, unwrap the appropriate new string. Insert it through the bridge of the guitar, over the saddle, up the neck, over the nut and into the hole in the tuning post. Again make sure the trailing end of the string doesn’t drag across the guitar body.

· Start turning the tuner by hand making sure the string wraps over the top of the tuning post. Ideally you want to have 3-4 wraps of the string around the tuner, but this in nothing to stress over.

· Turn the tuner until the slack is out and the string is properly seated in the nut and over the bridge saddle.

· Next clip the excess string off close to the tuner and use your string winder to bring the string up to pitch.

· Use your digital tuner and tune to pitch.

· Next, grab the string with your picking hand halfway between the bridge and the nut and lightly tug the string away from the fretboard. Do not pull real hard, just hard enough to pull the stretch out of the string and tighten it around the tuner post.

· Tune to pitch and repeat the stretching process until the string stays in tune.

Now repeat the entire process for the remaining five strings. Know that the pitch of the new strings may fluctuate as you work on the remaining strings. This is especially true with a Floyd Rose or similar type floating bridge. When you have replaced and stretched the last string make sure all six strings are still in tune. If you have a locking tremolo system, replace the clamps for the locking nut, tighten, and use the bridge fine tuners to get the proper pitch.

The final step is the best one; sit back, crank up your amp and enjoy. Make sure you play something with lots of note bending in it and make sure the stretch is all played.

Take satisfaction in knowing that you now know how to restring an electric guitar.

About The Author

Tony Schuck

A life long guitar player, I now spend my time teaching guitar and researching the best guitar resources on the web. Check http://how–to-play-guitar.blogspot.com for more tips.

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Ok so you might find the next few links interesting. These are from around the web, just random snippets that I’ve picked up in my reading, but I found some very cool information in them. You might too. Here goes…

Teachers make time to jam during inservice day

John Avery enters with a smile on his face, guitar in hand. He is followed by physics instructor Ajay Narayanan. “I only come to listen,” she started off …   Read More…

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In addition to the Flint Ridge lessons, Rhinehart plans to start teaching guitar via the Internet on a site called PayPerLive by using a Webcam. …   Read More…

Wood taught Slash guitar riffs

COM Slash had the ultimate music teacher when he was growing up – legendary Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood. The former Guns N' Roses rocker was born …   Read More…
That’s all the news for today guys, so until next time, thanks for stopping by.

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Major Guitar Chords are also known as plain chords, which form the basis of most standard popular guitar songs. Straight Rock ‘n Roll would use a sequence like: E – A – D or A – D – G -E.

Minor Guitar Chords add a tonality difference that makes the sequence more interesting, and sets a softer mood than a straight major set.

Example: C – Am – F – G or G – Em – D - Am

Used in many folk and blues guitar progressions and songs.

Minor and Major 7th Chords create an expectation of a transition to a higher or different part of the melody or chorus part. Known also as a passing chord, and can be quite sinister in tone depending on the melody.

A normal A7 or C7 guitar chord uses a flattened 7th note adding an extra tone below the root. Combining the characteristics of a major chord with the diminished chord two tones above it. Also adding to a transition phase.

Example: C – C7 – F – G rather than: C – F – G

Guitar Chords Major and Minor First Inversions.

Inversions denotes a new root note ADDED to the Guitar chord.

Written as: D/A G/D C/G etc, it means that the first letter is the name of the chord and the second letter is the name of the root note.

Chord Root note

D / A

G / D

C / G

Essentially the chord sequence is being restructured so that emphasis is placed away from the original root note to a new root note. Especially if you are finger picking and can add emphasis to that note as you change chords in your progression.This makes a song or Guitar instrumental sequence more interesting and adds a new cool range to your repertoire.

Have fun experimenting with new sounds and shapes!

Copyrights:@2010 by Peter Pentelbury

My thirty odd years of playing guitar and giving free guitar lessons has finally culminated into-Guitar Lessons Guided by http://www.guitar-howtoplay.com/.
They include Free Online Guitar Video Lessons from Pentelbury’s Educational Guitar Tuition. Printable chords and music songs. Learn How to Play your favorite music songs. It is a One Stop Source for Acoustic, Bass and Electric Guitar Lessons that will guide you every step of the way. Learn to play guitar from beginner to advanced. There is also a complete Guitar Chord Directory e-book, explaining the basis of Three Chord tricks, Power Chords, Open Chords, Bar Chords for Guitar.

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