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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”

Fender Starcaster Acoustic Guitar Bundle Review

Fender Starcaster BundleThe Fender Starcaster Acoustic Guitar is one of the most popular guitars for sale. It has rave reviews from musicians who rate it 4.6 out of 5 stars on Amazon. So what makes this guitar so good. We’ll have a look at some of the features, customer reviews and the pros and cons of choosing this guitar.

To begin with the Starcaster has a full dreadnought sized body. This is quite a large guitar that produces a full and vibrant tone. It can be used for all music styles and comes in a package that includes all the accessories you need to get started. Continue reading “Fender Starcaster Acoustic Guitar Bundle Review”