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Learn How to Play Guitar

Have you ever wanted to pick up the guitar and start strumming your favorite songs but procrastinated? What about admiring musicians who are performing on stage? Perhaps you would have even asked yourself: "How can I be like them?"  Well, the first thing you got to do is to take action and learn the guitar.

Many new guitar players fall into the trap of jumping straight into learning difficult songs because they were motivated by the notion to play their favorites songs. These guitarists often skip learning the fundamentals of playing the guitar and overtime, they suffer from burnout as they find it increasingly difficult to achieve the results they want.

Well then, you'll probably have this question in mind now. "Okay, I know I need to learn the fundamentals of playing the guitar but what exactly are they?" One of the first things that beginner guitarists need to know is basically how to tune a guitar. Just think of it, if you are playing an out of tuned guitar, how can anything sound good? Make it a point before every  practice session that you ensure your guitars are tuned.

The next most important thing that novice guitarists should learn is the different parts of the guitar. Why? Many of the online guitar lessons will refer to specific parts of the guitar such as the bridge, body etc. Without prior knowledge of these guitar parts, a beginner guitar player may end up wasting more time and worse still, misinterpret the guitar lessons and learn the wrong stuff.

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This section will basically be comprised of a collection of guitar articles on general guitar subjects. These articles will cover a wide range of other useful guitar tips and hints on stuff such as purchasing new guitars or even using the capo. Of course, you can also find every day stuff on guitar maintenance which includes string changing, how to take care of your axe and etc.

 

I have even included some of my personal strategies and experiences that you can implement into your guitar playing career. Some of these guitar articles include by being able to staying motivated to bring out the best in your musical talents, and even starting a band.

 

Perhaps you might also be asking yourself? "Hmmm, I have finished the guitar lessons in GuitarPlayerWorld.com. Where do I go next? What should I do next?" Well, there will be articles that will touch on further musical studies or even finding a right guitar teacher.

 

Do take some time to read through these articles to gain further general knowledge on the guitar instrument. If you have an interesting article that you want to contribute for the greater good of the guitarist community, be sure to drop us a mail. You can also contact us for any guitar lessons or article request.

Learn Guitar - Lessons From the Pros

I'm sure you have spent many hours or days wishing you could learn guitar and play just like some of your hero's. I started playing guitar when I was about 12 years old my dad played guitar and I would watch him play and I remember how I wished I could play like that. I would listen to my records and songs on the radio and be amazed at some of the great guitar players out there like Hendrix or SRV.

I thought to myself that this must be impossible, how could I learn guitar like these guys. So I asked my dad to get me started with some lessons and I then spent many years teaching myself to play guitar. This is one way to learn to play the guitar, it worked for me as I have been playing in a band for many years and have my own home recording studio and I just released a new CD of our own music, but it took many years to get to this point as I had to teach myself to play.

I can remember getting guitar lesson books from the music store and sitting down with them for day's trying to figure them out but they didn't teach me much, just a few chords at best. Man I wish the internet was around then so I could see videos and see pro players play their guitars I would have been playing in a band years before I was able to by teaching myself. Thanks to the Internet and the excellent pro teachers you can learn guitar and get the lessons from the pros.

Online Guitar Lessons

There are many young guitar players that commonly try to accomplish a little bit too much all at once and often disregard beginner guitar lesson chords and scales. However, what many of these players do not realize is how much these lessons can help you build technique and increase your overall ability to develop as a guitarist. Below we will walk you through some of the aspects of these lessons that can be so beneficial.

In order to build finger strength and overall dexterity, it's extremely important to practice with the help of exercises. Sure learning your favorite song will allow you to learn a few new chords or a riff, but utilizing a variety of different warm up and practice exercises designed to increase dexterity is a must. It's also quite common for players to learn chords through learning songs and not really know much about them. This is precisely where guitar lesson chords come in handy.

Developing the ability to play and write with your guitar fluidly is one that requires more than simply an understanding of a chords shape. In order to increase your overall ability when improvising, writing, or jamming you must increase your understanding of chord structures. Beginner and intermediate guitar lessons chords will give you a basic to build from and expand your knowledge.

Perhaps the most notable reason of all of learning guitar lessons chords through tabs or other interactive lessons is the ability to avoid learning bad habits early on. One of the biggest problems that a lot of guitarists have when trying to advance their playing is being held back by old bad habits they developed through not taking proper lessons. These can come in the shape of many issues from picking problems to chord changes. One of the most common issues is players that have developed odd ways of playing chords that are considered unconventional. While the fingering of any given chord might have worked for the player at one time, learning new chords or scales might prove to be a lot more difficult as they are not designed for someone who plays the way he does. This is why developing good habits for the way you play early on will most likely save you a lot of frustration when trying to advance your skill set even further in the future.

Another great reason why all players should be learning guitar lessons chords and scales is simply for practice. Commonly sticking to learning the same songs from one or two of your favorite bands or genres will not give your playing the depth that comes from traditional lessons. All great guitarists have learned many different techniques that span genres and generations and never limit themselves. You may not realize how learning jazz and blues chords will help you write songs now, but you will not know how you could live without them once you do.

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What is it that makes a guitar easier to play than other guitars? And what is it that makes it sound good?

What are the factors that make one guitar easier to play than another? I play guitar and I've noticed that some guitars are just easier to play. The pick seems to glide through the strings more fluidly and it seems to make a nice sound without much effort on some guitars, but on others it is hard to strum and it just sounds bad. My guitar is like this. I have a Gibson Epiphone and it sounds bad and I have trouble strumming on it. When I play someone else's guitar or another guitar at a music store, I can play effortlessy. There are other guitars that sound bad and are hard to play, but it always seems like the one that I have is hard to play. Does it have to do with the strings? Does it have to do with how the strings are mounted? I was recently playing my roommate's Schecter guitar, and the strings felt so firm, yet it was easy to play and it sounded good. I took the strings off of mine and put them on his. So the same strings that were on my bad sounding guitar, sounded good on his. His guitar was also easier to play. The same exact strings that were on mine were used, yet his guitar was easier for me to play. I must be cursed.

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Alright, factors are: Woods and materials- Some woods, (ussually the heavier, more expensive ones) make a guitar sound better than one with a cheaper, lighter wood. High-end guitars tend to use woods such as mahogany or rosewood, light fast guitars have basswood or maple, while cheaper poor quality guitars have plywood or agathis. Pickups- The pickups on a guitar make up the tone by about 70 percent. There are two basic types of pickups: Humbuckers and Singlecoils. Singlecoils are thin single pickups that produce a twangy, thin tone. Guitars such as stratocasters have these. Humbuckers were invented later, and were initially made to cancel feedback and unwanted noise (hence humbucker-cancel the hum) these make a fatter, warmer sound, and are more common for metal and heavy riffs. I beleive your gibson explorer has these. Some cheap guitars come with...cheap pickups. You can change the pickups of a guitar and change the way it sounds completely. Good pickup manufacturers are EMG, Seymour Duncan and D'Marzzio (spelling anyone?) Action- This is the space between the strings and the frets. Although the action determines feel and speed rather than tone, it still has something to do with the way your guitar sounds. A guitar with lower action will feel easier to play than a guitar with higher action. Neck Thickness- Guitars with thicker necks, such as Gibsons, may be harder to play than ones with thinner necks, e.g Ibanez RG's or Fender Stratocasters. But neck thickness doesn't have much to do with sound. People with bigger hands may get tired on thin necks quickly, but think necks mean more speed, in most cases. Nuff said. Amp settings- Very, very "duh" A good guitar through a bad amp will most likely sound bad. It's just the way it is. Strings- You've already talked about strings, but I thought I'd give you more insight. Strings can change both the feel and the sound of a guitar. There is a huge gauge and brand range. I use Ernie Ball Super Slinkies because I'm able to play faster on thinner strings, and yet they retain a full sound. This is all down to prefference. Strings however, wear out quicker than you think. If you practice two hours every day for two weeks, your strings will already be too old. Change your strings. It may be the most annoying job in the world (not to mention expensive) but I'll guarantee you you'll play a lot better on newer strings than worn out ones. Pickup height- I forgot about this. Your pickups have two small screws on the sides, loosening or tightening them change the height of your pickup, higher and closer to the strings gives you more tone and more crunch, while lower and closer to the body mellows it out and makes it cleaner. If you're willing to try this I suggest the following: Don't. Unless you know what you're doing, don't mess with a guitar's electronics. But if you really really really want to, then unplug your guitar from the amp. Always disconnect it before making any changes to the electronics. Try to use a screwdriver which doesn't have a magnetised tip, for obvious reasons. Keep a phone with a luthier's number handy. Make equal turns on both sides and remember, smaaaall turns, the slightest nudge can change the tone completely. Too far or too in can kill your sound. And try to measure with a modeller's ruler before you make any changes so you know how to get back to what you were like before just incase. Frets- Better quality guitars have better polished frets. They're a lot easier to play on. Higher frets and jumbo frets also add to feel. These frets are taller than frets like, say an acoustic guitar. This means you don't have to press so hard to get a sound out, but it also means you have to play light or you'll go out of tune. A scallopped fingerboard has the wood scooped out inbetween the frets, and it maximises this effect by quite a lot. However, it can sound really bad if you don't play light. And at the end of the day, it's not the guitar that makes the music, it's you. Quote: "Nobody can make a dollarsignr10 guitar sound good, but lots of people can make pleasant music on a dollarsignr1,000 guitar. This is one commodity where price does make a difference" I dissagree, a good musician can make pleasant music on a 10 dollar guitar, it just requires more effort. The great thing about music is that it doesn't have to be perfect.