How To Hold A Guitar Pick
Playing with a pick is the easiest way to get a reasonable sound out of your guitar, especially if you use steel strings. Although strumming is possible using just your fingers there is no point in making life difficult for yourself. Some of the more advanced lessons on this site will deal with finger style guitar in detail. Holding The Pick The pick should be held lightly between the thumb and the first finger (index) as shown in the pictures below.The easiest way to...
Read More...Hand Position When Playing Guitar
When you are playing guitar your fretting (holding the strings down) hand holds the chords and the notes on the guitar neck, while you strumming hand either finger picks or plays with the pick over the body The Fretting Hand When you play Barre Chords or need to stretch your fingers try and position your thumb about midway up the back of the guitar neck. When your thumb is in this position it acts as a balancing force to your fingers as you play chords. This is...
Read More...Learn Guitar Lesson Don McLean American Pie
American Pie is a folk song from 1971 by Don McLean. The title comes from the name of the plane that Buddy Holly was in when he died. The song is famous for it's lyrics and a quick search on the internet will tell you the most popular interpretations. It's also a really easy song to play on guitar...
Read More...Play Learn Guitar
Here's a stupid question but I figured I better ask… Why do you want to learn guitar? You've probably got a list of reasons – so did I. One thing that certainly wasn't on my list was practicing chord changes, learning scales and studying boring theory… When you concentrate too much on those things, sometimes it feels like you're not really playing the guitar at all – you are what a friend of mine used to say – playing learn guitar… Huh? What the heck does...
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