This post is going to show you how to effectively play a half barre chord: the classical guitar technique for playing chord shapes higher up the fretboard, but across a smaller set of strings. And hopefully reduce that annoying buzzing sound when you use the half barre chord. To half Barre or Not 1/2 Barre?Read More…
This post is going to show you how to effectively play a barre chord: the classical guitar technique for playing chord shapes higher up the fretboard. And hopefully reduce that annoying buzzing sound when you use barre chords. To Barre or Not Barre? A barre chord is the guitar’s answer to shifting key center harmony.Read More…
Micro study 25 – left hand basics 1, is part of the – #6stringinspiration – series of short and sweet studies that target very specific ideas. These are for those who have very little time and want huge gains from tight focused practice ideas. Micro Study 25 – Left Hand Basics 1 This is aRead More…
Tuning a guitar can be a tricky and fraught exercise. This post is going to guide you through a few solid ways of tuning the guitar. Tuning a guitar some days is akin to Gary Oldman‘s character, Zorg, in the Fifth Element explaining life: it is just “destruction, disorder and chaos”. And like Zorg,Read More…
Setting goals for anything is a good idea, goal setting for learning an instrument like the guitar is a must. This article will cover some handy strategies for setting realistic goals in your guitar playing along with highlighting the best similar content from the web. Setting goals is akin to trying to catch firefliesRead More…