Giving Your Guitar A Routine Checkup

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It’s currently the beginning of spring as I write this post and that prompted me to write about a really important topic and that is why it’s important to give your guitar a little checkup. So just like you would give your car an oil change every 3000 miles, It’s important to give your guitar some routine maintenance as well.  This is important for both acoustic and electric guitars. Acoustic guitars will sometimes need it more though because they are effected more by climate change.  Whenever a new season comes in, the climate and weather change. You also change the…

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How To Use And Learn Vibrato On Guitar

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The following video is a FREE lesson on how to use Vibrato on guitar.  Learning to use good vibrato is probably one of the best techniques that you can acquire for playing guitar. It gives you the ability to sound more vocal in your playing and can take a standard guitar solo or lick and make it really stand out. Enjoy!

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Learning To Play Songs Using Guitar Tabs

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The main goal for writing this article is to give you some tips for making it easier when learning other peoples songs using guitar tabs. But first, a little background on what it is to be an emotional player…. As a teacher, I always have students asking me to teach them how to play songs by such artists as Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Slash and many other really famous guitarists. Many of these great guitar players are what I like to call “Emotional Players”. When they write and play music, they do so without much thinking or understanding of…

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