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  • What Is The Link Between Performing And Practicing?  By : Kevin Sinclair
    A perception exists that performing and practicing music are two different activities. It is true that learning the basics of music is an exercise which is highly important and without this, true performing can not be undertaken to the highest ability.
  • Tips for Left Hand Guitarists  By : Victor Epand
    This article is for the left hand guitarists. These article provides some tips on how they can get out of the problems that a left hand guitarist have to face often.
  • The Advantages of Slow Down Guitar Software  By : Daniel_y
    To some people using a slow down guitar software program seems useless as they think this won't help at all. They have a good reason to say that, as slow down guitar software will never make you a professional player.
  • The Importance of Air Guitar for Learning Guitar  By : Victor Epand
    The article provides important information of the role and importance of air guitar. Moreover, it provides useful tips for practicing air guitars.
  • Finding a Good Guitarist  By : Victor Epand
    The article discusses about the traits and qualities of a good guitarist. Along with that it also provides a useful guideline to find and judge a good guitarist.
  • Music, Musicians, and Hearing Loss  By : Denise Villani
    This article discusses hearing loss trends in musicians and the effects of long term listening to loud music.
  • Jam Sessions - The Secret Of Becoming A Superb Musician  By : Kevin Sinclair
    Music is something that has to be made, played, appreciated and enjoyed together. Music is better enjoyed with friends. You don't become a brilliant musician by staying in your room all day and practicing your scales. You have to step out and join other musicians, learn from them, and find out that true creativity is not done solo. The closet is honestly not a very good teacher.
  • Making Music - Some Sound Advice  By : Ron Berry
    Everyone who loves to listen to music knows the joy it brings. No matter what your tastes - rock, country, pop or classical, it evokes an emotion that few artforms can. Only by expressing yourself by playing a musical instrument can you heighten that experience.
  • Figure Out How To Improve Your Guitar Playing Skills  By : Scott Brooks
    Everyone that has a passion for something that they truly love should know that noone is perfect, no matter how great you may think you are, everyone has room for some improvements. Improvements will only help you to perfect your already great guitar playing skills. Noone in their right mind would turn down an opportunity to learn new techniques and different types of playing, different styles of music, it will only make you a better guitar player.
  • Practice and Persistence Pay Off with Screaming Fingers  By : Ray La Foy
    To get started on the way to having screaming fingers, serious players recommend:
  • Learn Guitar Improvisation By Faking  By : Peter Edvinsson
    A fake book can really help you a lot in developing your improvisational skills. If you choose just one of the songs you will find a source to many exercises that will help you become a much better guitarist.
  • Get Big Powerful Singing Voice  By : Chris Chew
    Free singing tips to get a powerful singing voice.
  • Guitar Playing: What About Motivation?  By : Peter Edvinsson
    What can you do to stay motivated as you practice on your guitar? How can you increase and maintain the joy of playing? Here are some tips on how to keep that joy that made you start playing the guitar in the first place!
  • An Important Reason To Learn To Play By Ear  By : Jimmy Cox
    Listening to music is fun; playing music is more fun; playing music by ear is the most fun of all. If the player remembers the music he is playing by means of his ear, he is playing by ear. But most players who have learned to play by the traditional method of reading notes on a page and then punching keys on an instrument do not trust to their ears to tell them what is coming next.
  • Why Do Musicians Practice?  By : Kevin Sinclair
    A Musician who does not practice cannot really call themselves a musician. Anyone who loves their instrument and wants to make it part of their life should crave time to further master their art.
  • Guitar Lesson: Congratulations, But What Happened To Your Guitar Playing?  By : Peter Edvinsson
    Let's say you practice five hours a day on your guitar. What happens when you become a father with children around your feet. Can you still be a guitarist and practice?
  • How To Reduce Feedback When You Play  By : Chris Elmore
    If you've performed live on stage or even a casual jam with your friends at band practice -- one of the most annoying things guitarists have is a thing called FEEDBACK!
  • How To Play Music By Ear  By : Jimmy Cox
    For most, the idea of playing a musical instrument can be baffling from the start. Especially if you have never played a musical instrument in your life! Even if you do not have musical instrument, you can always begin with voice. Piano is excellent for the beginner to start learning.
  • Become A Better Musician With Better Practice Habits  By : Gregg Hall
    As with anything in life, you will become a better musician the more you practice and even though you can't expect to be an overnight sensation in most cases, you can dramatically increase your performance by the way you practice.
  • Master Your Guitar Craft: The Steps to Advancing Towards Master Guitar Player Levels  By : Arland Kent
    Numerous guitar music lovers look up to professional guitarists, speculating on just how they rose to become master guitar musicians. Many think such greatness comes from natural endowment. In actuality, there are other steps to growing and becoming a top guitarist.
  • Beatmatching  By : Glen Allsopp
    This article is aimed at DJ's who wish to learn the art of DJING. Beatmatching is a huge part of dj'ing so this article is aimed at djs to help them learn the art and advise them in many areas of the subject.
  • Learn To Play The Guitar By Ear  By : Christopher Buckley
    Learning to play the guitar by ear - slowing things down, technology assistance and actually doing it.
  • Fasttrack Your Guitar Learning  By : Ian Williamson
    There are many reasons why many people are very eager to learn to play a guitar. This musical instrument brings so much fun and joy to a person when he plays it. Learning the instrument can be time consuming if there are no available tools that can help a person to learn the right and easy way to play the instrument in a short period.
  • Should You Buy Guitar Lesson Ebooks ?  By : Ian Williamson
    In this clandestine world of the Internet, people have come to realize the wonders of the new technology. It has brought them many advantages and has changed their lives quite remarkably.
  • You Need Stronger Fingers for Guitar Playing  By : Ian Williamson
    Guitar playing is one of the most popular ways 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.
  • Bad Guitar Playing Habits  By : Ian Williamson
    In the course of learning to play the guitar, many people develop bad habits which are disturbing and inappropriate to people. These bad habits are easy to overcome once the person realizes that he has them and becomes familiar with the proper way to play the guitar.
  • Improve Your Guitar Technique  By : Ian Williamson
    Mastery in playing the guitar is categorized into three: technique, attitude, and tools. As many skills, guitar playing also comes with different techniques which differ from one person to another. This includes the approach that a person has when playing the guitar, be it for contemporary music or traditional.
  • Can You Still Play Guitar if You are Tone Deaf ?  By : Ian Williamson
    Having a disability should not be hindrance nor keep a person from pursuing a goal. Though the task may be difficult, it is not impossible.
  • Learning 3/4 Guitar Strumming  By : Ian Williamson
    Learning how to strum is one of the most basic steps in guitar playing. After a beginner learns to do the basic 4/4 strumming, he can then move on to learning the 3/4 strumming technique.
  • Slide Guitar Techniques  By : Ian Williamson
    Making a slide requires good execution. This is a technique where a guitarist can create a loud wailing sound on the guitar. Here are some tips to make a perfect slide.
  • 4/4 Rhythm Strumming  By : Ian Williamson
    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.
  • Do You Want to Strum Like Your Guitar Heroes ?  By : Ian Williamson
    There are few more enjoyable activities for a person than to interpret and create music by playing an instrument. And by far, the most popular instrument that people want to start to learn is the guitar.
  • Guitar Grip Technique  By : Ian Williamson
    It is important for a person to learn how to handle the guitar properly while learning to play. As a beginner, he must understand that it is not advisable for him to learn to play while he is standing.
  • Using the CAPO in Guitar Playing  By : Ian Williamson
    Despite the similarity of the words, the capo is not your regular trigger-happy Mafia leader although it does come from the Italian word "capo tasto" which means head of finger board.
  • Are You Holding Your Guitar Correctly ?  By : Ian Williamson
    A guitar can be an easy and fun instrument to play. Start by learning the correct method of handling the instrument.
  • Guitar Play-Along CD’s-Get Them and Get Lots of Them  By : Colin O'brien
    He lit up, he said, “I can’t believe I have never heard of these things”, he didn’t want to stop playing. When was the last time you were this inspired to play guitar?
  • How To Develop Your Ear: Confidence In How You Sound  By : Gordon Lee
    Developing your ear when singing is essential to being someone who can sing well. Most people are able to tell you the difference between what sounds right and what sounds wrong, but developing that ear for your own singing takes some practice.
  • Guitar Finger Exercises-Most Players Need Them  By : Colin O'brien
    How much has your guitar playing improved this month? Not that much? Let's do something about it!
  • Critical Keys to Better Guitar Playing  By : Dave Lloyd
    Article covers 4 different methods for improving guitar skills
  • Guitar: Can You Learn To Play Guitar Without Goals?  By : Peter Edvinsson
    In many articles on the net on learning to play guitar you will find many article authors stressing the importance of setting goals. Well, it would be interesting to find out if you can learn to play guitar without goals. Let us investigate the matter!
  • A Personal Tone Generator  By : Michael Tafoya
    A guide to getting a sound and trouble shooting

    A good sound starts from the fingers, through the pick-up to the guitar and out. If you don’t start there, you’re spinning in circles and end up with a transparent (fuzzy) sound without body and response. “Your fingers are your tone generators”. Not the amps or pedals. Those are tools to augment your expression. That’s what guitar lessons teach you, not teaching you a song without teaching you, and guiding you in technique.
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