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Playing Blues Guitar

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

Blues guitar music has established itself as a permanent part of our culture. It is basically an expression of feelings, and a few decades ago you might have had a hard time singing a blues ...

The Jimi Hendrix Facts

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

Jimi Hendrix was such a dominant presence in the late 1960's music scene his whole career was full of milestones of one kind or another. So what "facts" help us see this unique character more ...

How To Play Classical Guitar

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

If you, like many people, are intrigued by the classical guitar and are wondering about how to play it, you might enjoy this little expose. I will be talking about the ways the classical guitar ...

Learn Guitar Chords Easily

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

If you have a burning desire to learn to play guitar chords then stick around. It does not matter whether you want to play lead guitar in a band or just accompany your singing on ...

House Of The Rising Sun Guitar Chords

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

A few years ago House Of The Rising Sun was voted number 122 on the Rolling Stone magazine 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. If you learn to play this song, even you just play ...

The Lyrics And Guitar Chords Of Besame Mucho

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

In 1940 a sixteen-year-old Mexican girl named Consuelo Velazquez wrote a passionate song obviously stating her longing to be kissed. The song was called Besame Mucho and it set fire to the hearts, lips and ...

Learn To Play Blues Guitar

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

An excellent way you can learn to play blues guitar is by listening to the work of the pioneer blues musicians and learning their material. The music you will be learning will consist of riffs ...

How To Memorize The Guitar Fretboard

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

Would you like to memorize the guitar fretboard? Would you like to be a fluid, adaptable guitar player? Ideally, you should be able to play the guitar as easily as if you were humming or ...

How To Play Guitar

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

I used to think that the key element in learning how to play guitar is practice. It seemed quite reasonable to make that assumption but later I found that practice is only one of several ...

The Bass Guitar Solo

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

The bass guitar is an integral part of any band these days. It started life in the nineteen thirties as a more user-friendly alternative to the double bass but never found its feet until the ...

Guitar Lessons - Which To Choose?

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

With all the excitement generated by thinking about signing up for guitar lessons it is easy to become bedazzled with the array of guitar lessons advertised online and in the real world. You might feel ...

The Best Cheap Electric Guitars

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

You want to play electric guitar but you have a limited budget. Your first electric guitar needs to be cheap so you need to get some idea which is the best brand to buy. If ...

Learn How To Read Guitar Tabs

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

If you are learning guitar you have probably heard about tablature, or tabs. As a new guitar player you are anxious to start playing songs, and you have been told that tabs are the easiest ...

Easy Songs For The Guitar

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

If you want to learn to play the guitar you will need some easy songs to work on. The job of finding songs could be a bit tricky if you are not clear about what ...

Bass Guitar Tab

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

Bass guitar tab has become a very popular method of writing bass music. With this tool you can learn to play bass music fast without getting bogged down in a lot of unnecessary theoretical stuff. ...

Easy Guitar Tabs

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

Guitar tabs are an easy solution for you if you have no idea of how to read sheet music but are constantly bugged by the notion that you want to be a guitarist. Guitar tabs ...

Basic Guitar Chords And How To Play Them

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

One of the challenges for the novice guitarist is learning the basic chords. You will not only need to know where to put your fingers, but also how to change from one chord to another. ...

Electric Guitar Tabs Explained

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

Tablature as a means of writing music down has been with us for hundreds of years, but many people today look down on tabs as a third rate method of musical communication. In fact, tablature ...

Free Guitar Chord Charts

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

This article will show you how to make the best use of free guitar chord charts that you can find online. As the internet changes, sites go down and new ones come up, so I ...

Acoustic Guitars - The Best Tuners

By Ricky Sharples · 16 years ago

Tuning your acoustic guitar is the first step in your guitar playing career. Whether by skill, talent or technology, you must be able to get your guitar into tune. One common obstacle to learning to ...