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Category: Musings

Learn open chords to play thousands of guitar songs

Man Playing D Open Chord

Want to know the best place to get started learning guitar? Master these five major open chords and you’re well on your way to playing.

Published April 6, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Musings Tagged a major, C major, cowboy chords, D major, E major, G major, Guitar, guitar chords, open chords

Should I learn to read music?

A notebook page with musical notation
Of course you need to read music if you're a musician...don't you?

Answer the question most beginner guitarists have about whether or not to learn to read music if you’re to become the player you want to be.

Published March 25, 2021
Categorized as Learn Guitar, Music theory, Musings Tagged Bob Dylan, Doc Watson, Eddie Van Halen, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, musical notation, Robert Johnson, Slash, Taylor Swift

John Mayer Mental practice

music visualization brain

Music visualization should be a key component of your guitar practice routines. Aimless noodling does you very little good.

Published March 21, 2021
Categorized as Learn Guitar, Motivation, Musings Tagged John Mayer, mental practice, visualization

Guitar injuries: listen to Steve Vai

Woman rubbing her neck sore from guitar injuries

Learn about guitar injuries from the great Steve Vai along with information from the Berklee College of Music. Guitar injuries are serious.

Published March 13, 2021
Categorized as Learn Guitar, Musings Tagged Berklee College of Music, guitar injuries, hand injuries, Ibenez guitar, Knapsack, Steve Vai

Are guitar tabs easy?

Guitar with superimposed tabs to convey a sense of the question are guitar tabs easy

New guitarists want to know if guitar tabs are easy. But a better question asks, whether easy or not, should you use tab to learn guitar?

Published March 8, 2021
Categorized as Learn Guitar, Musings Tagged Guitar, guitar lessons, Guitar tabs, learn guitar, Tablature

How to play beginner guitar: five things I wish someone had told me

Friend teaching how to play beginner guitar

Want to avoid five mistakes that will hold you back from learning how to play beginner guitar? Here are five no one told you about.

Published March 4, 2021
Categorized as Learn Guitar, Musings Tagged confidence, guitar teaching, guns n roses, learn guitar, proper posture, stevie ray vaughn

Learn to play guitar YouTube style

computer screen with teacher helping to learn to play guitar YouTube style

Many guitar teachers offer to help you learn to play guitar YouTube style. But lessons can be disorganized and an inefficient way to learn.

Published February 22, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Musings Tagged Guitar, online course, youtube

Momentary rock star

Rock star wanna bes, Kevin Fayte and Rocket 8
The back-cover photo from our record "Ridin' in a Rocket"

There are many ways to feel like a rock star. Maybe you don’t think you fit the description, but take your victories where you can find them.

Published July 16, 2020
Categorized as Musings Tagged Joe Snare, Kevin Fayte, Kevin Fayte and Rocket 8, Rockabilly, Rocket 8, the Byrds, WORT FM

How can you not love the Telecaster?

A Fender Telecaster guitar
The Telecaster. Looks great. Sounds great.

The Telecaster is an iconic guitar that lead the electric guitar revolution. Leo Fender’s amazing creation continues to shine today.

Published June 23, 2020
Categorized as Musings Tagged Bruce Springsteen, Danny Gatton, Fender, Guitar, James Burton, Jimmy Page, Leo Fender, Paul Burlison, Prince, Stratocaster, Telecaster

Great songs

Songwriter Peter Himmelman, write of many great songs

Join in contemplating the mysteries of great songs. Where do they come from? How do you know if you’ve written one? Does it matter?

Published July 23, 2019
Categorized as Musings Tagged 21 Pilots, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, George Harrison, Itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini, John Lennon, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Peter Himmelman, Simon and Garfunkle, songwriter, The Lumineers, Townes Van Zandt, Tyler Joseph

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