How to Strengthen the Fingers for Playing Guitar – Beginner Series

Guitar playing is one of the most popular ways for many people to personally play, and enjoy music. The appeal of the guitar is mostly due to its presence in practically all popular and rock music recordings. Furthermore, it’s an instrument that is very portable and versatile enough for many kinds of songs and occasions, and is practical as an accompaniment to vocalists or other instruments.

Playing the guitar requires more than the requisite musical ability, dedication and practice. A guitar player’s fingers must be dexterous and agile to allow quick single string or chord changes in rhythm or solo musical performances. The fingers also need to be tough and strong enough to be able to press the strings during quick changes to produce clean tones. Continue reading “How to Strengthen the Fingers for Playing Guitar – Beginner Series”

Learning the Parts of the Guitar – Beginner Series

The guitar is one invention that dates back more than 5000 years ago. Through the years, it has evolved into what people know today as a 6 string musical instrument for predominately right handed players. Keep in mind that left handed players are not excluded. Many guitars can be strung for left hand ease, while some are designed for left handed play exclusively.

One of the things a person needs to know before learning how to play guitar are the parts that make up the guitar. Continue reading “Learning the Parts of the Guitar – Beginner Series”

How to Properly Hold the Guitar – Beginner Series

A guitar can be an easy and fun instrument to play. Start by learning the correct method of handling the instrument. Here’s how:

Body and Posture

You must be comfortably seated, resting your back adjacent to the backrest of your chair making sure that your legs are in front and feet flat on the ground. This position is now your “footing” or support that your guitar is going to rest upon.

Picking up the guitar, hold it close to your chest or stomach ensuring that the back of the guitar’s body touches your chest and the neck’s bottom is parallel to the ground. The guitars thickest string must be directed close to the face and the thinnest string must be directed close to the ground. Continue reading “How to Properly Hold the Guitar – Beginner Series”

The Easy Way to Play Guitar

Many people are interested in knowing how they can learn to play the guitar. First you must be dedicated to learning about the instrument before learning how to play it. Many times a person tends to be interested only during the first few days of lessons because the guitar can be harder to learn and play than perceived.

A person must have time to spend on their guitar lessons and realize that by practicing and learning the basic techniques slowly they will know the process needed to play guitar and be good at it. Here are some tips for beginners on how to play the guitar: Continue reading “The Easy Way to Play Guitar”

Learning Guitar Basics: 4/4 Rhythm Strumming

If you are learning how to play the guitar, the basic 4/4 strumming technique is one of the first guitar playing techniques that you must be able to master. This is usually used by beginners to hone their guitar skills and get the feel of the instrument.

In learning the basic 4/4 guitar strumming, you must be knowledgeable about the different basic requirements for guitar playing:

Strokes

Guitar strumming is basically composed of two different strokes: the downward stroke and the upward stroke. Continue reading “Learning Guitar Basics: 4/4 Rhythm Strumming”

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Epiphone Acoustic Series Hummingbird Pro Acoustic-Electric Guitar Review

Epiphone Hummingbird

 

The Epiphone Acoustic Guitar looks great and has a solid spruce top with mahogany back and sides. It comes with a rosewood fingerboard and pickguard with a unique patterned design.

This guitar is well known for its country and rock style. It was brought into prominence by the legendary Rolling Stones player Keith Richards who used the guitar on some of his earlier pieces such as “Play With Fire” and “Satisfaction”. This guitar is still a classic and is the go-to guitar for many musicians. Continue reading “Epiphone Acoustic Series Hummingbird Pro Acoustic-Electric Guitar Review”

Fender CD-60CE Dreadnought Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar Review

Fender CD-60CEThe Fender CD-60CE Dreadnought with Cutaway has a Sunburst design that looks absolutely gorgeous. It’s an easy guitar to play so it’s perfect for the beginner and advanced guitar player.

Available in either a sunburst or black finish with tuner, volume and tone controls you can play this guitar as either an acoustic guitar or electric. Simply plug it into the amp for sweet electric sounds. It has a 20-fret fingerboard with white bridge pins.

This beautiful looking guitar has scalloped X bracing with a black pickguard. It features the Fishman Isys III System and has an on-board pre-amp and tuner.

Continue reading “Fender CD-60CE Dreadnought Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar Review”

Taylor Guitars Baby Taylor BT2 Review

Taylor BT2The BT2 acoustic guitar from Taylor Guitars has a solid Mahogany top with Sapele laminated back and sides. This guitar has an attractive finish and comes with an included gig bag. It’s rated very highly by guitar players who give it a 4.8 out of 5 star rating on Amazon.

The BT2 Baby Taylor is a little smaller than a dreadnought at 3/4 the size so it should suit those with smaller hands. It’s a great guitar to learn on and has a sweet, rich sound.

The Baby Taylor is perfect for taking with you when you travel. Whether you’re an experienced player or just a beginner having a high quality guitar to play while you’re on the road is a must. It has a good volume and great sound for its small size. Continue reading “Taylor Guitars Baby Taylor BT2 Review”