Articles about Guitar

You Can Achieve Guitar Excellence

The great thing about playing guitar is that excellence can be achieved at numerous levels.

by Keith Baxter

You Too Can Learn Rhythm Guitar

Rhythm is arguably the most important aspect of becoming an excellent guitar player.

by Keith Baxter

Tips For Buying a Guitar

If you are interested in playing guitar, you may want to get one of your own. It would be impractical to use other people’s guitar for your practice. In addition, guitar is not an expensive instrument. You will be able to get a decent guitar for your practice for just a few hundred bucks. This article will give you some tips on buying a guitar so that you can make use of it when you decide to get one.

by Jim Somchai

Frequently Asked Questions on Acoustic Guitar

If you are interested in acoustic guitar, you may have some questions in mind. This article gives you some answer to the frequently asked questions on acoustic guitar.

by Jim Somchai

Chords And Strings: Basic Guitar Lessons To Get You Started

Playing a guitar is one of the most interesting talents that have continued to amaze and entertain people through the years Guitar playing gained popularity through the ages, especially with the advent of 80’s and 90’s prominent rock bands like Guns ‘n’ Roses, Bon Jovi and Scorpion, equipped with their mind-blowing solos that will surely make you want to be able to master a guitar in a way those great guitarists do

by Will Griffin

The ABCs of Playing the Guitar

Not all of us are gifted enough to learn reading notes at one glance For those who are not sufficiently adept in finding the right chords, say of your favorite song, there is an alternative way of accomplishing this

by Will Griffin

How To Make Your Own Guitar

Why not make your own guitar? A beginners guide.

by Daniel Lehrman

Jamorama: Learning Guitar The Easy Way

Music is the universal language which strikes chord with every individual soul. Learning to play guitar would not pose much of a problem. You can attend weekend guitar classes or guidelines are also available on the Internet. The only thing is you need to be a bit dedicated and soon you will find yourself mastering the art.

by Alan Largo

Continuing to Make Progress in Learning the Guitar

For those guitarists with the perseverance to learn all of the basic guitar techniques, there comes a point at which the learning curve simply begins to plane out.

by Keith Baxter

Purchasing the Right Guitar For You

Whether you are looking to purchase kids guitars or a guitar resembling Eddie Van Halen’s, there are many ways in which you can make your purchase.

by Keith Baxter

Pitch Related Effects For Electric Guitar

Another popular range of sound effects available to players of the electric guitar are those which relate to the pitch of the instrument, including the use of octaves, harmonies and bending.

by Victor Epand

Electric Guitar Effects And Sounds

Electric guitars can be played in a variety of ways, and many genres involve the use of a range of effects. We hear a lot about these effects, but what actually are they, and how are they used?

by Victor Epand

Electric Guitars And The World Of Harmonics

The word harmonics is fairly commonly referred to in the world of electric guitars, but what exactly are harmonics, and why do they carry the reputation of being so challenging?

by Victor Epand

The Many Styles Of Playing Electric Bass Guitar

The electric bass guitar can be played in a variety of ways, each creating a different sound or tone. In this article we look at a few of these styles and how they are achieved.

by Victor Epand

Electric Bass Guitars & Amplifiers

In this article we look at some of the choices and options available to guitarists when it comes to amplifier units for electric bass guitars.

by Victor Epand

Time Based Sound Effects For Electric Guitar

There are a number of time based effects which can be employed whilst playing electric guitar. In this article we look at three popular effects: slap, echo, and feedback.

by Victor Epand

Modulation Effects For Electric Guitar

Modulation is a strange work that seems to be somewhat mysterious to the uninitiated. In this article we look at one particular modulation effect and how it began, before digital manipulation.

by Victor Epand

Electric Guitars And Early Electric Amplifiers

Electric guitars must use an external amplification unit as they have no way of producing the sound themselves, unlike acoustic guitars. In this article we look at the early development of the amplifier and some of its earliest features.

by Victor Epand

Using Online Guitar Tablatures Can Make Playing the Guitar Much More Enjoyable

Even though professional guitar lessons are the traditional way of learning how to play the guitar, using song tablatures found online can make the process much easier.

by Keith Baxter

Playing Acoustic Guitar with Help From the Internet

One of the greatest sounds of all has got to be the acoustic guitar. It has the potential to sound full and complete all by itself and it sounds great with other instruments as well.

by Keith Baxter

One On One lessons Vs Online Guitar Lessons

Looking at taking lesson online for learning to play musical instruments.

by Anna Stenning

Your Acoustic Guitar

The guitar is possibly the world’s most popular instrument in rock, pop or light western music today The guitar’s fame is largely owed to Elvis Presley, whose iconic images almost always show him singing with a guitar in his hands

by Fredrik Roaldset

The Birth Of The Electric Bass Guitar

Electric bass guitars are proving very popular with many players, including beginners. This article looks at their style and development, and how they grew from a fiddle rather than a guitar.

by Victor Epand

Adding A Twist To The Electric Guitar

Electric guitars have a reputation for being different, and having a striking appearance - but in this article we look at a couple of ways in which the electric guitar can be adapted to create quite different voices.

by Victor Epand

The Secrets Of A Fretless Guitar

Some electric bass guitars are produced without frets. This article looks at how this is possible, and the reasons for wanting to play a guitar that is missing such a vital component.

by Victor Epand

The Voice Of An Electric Guitar

Acoustic guitars and electric guitars have completely different voices. In this article we look at how those voices are created, and how an electric guitar can almost be said to have no specific voice.

by Victor Epand

The Versatility Of An Electric Acoustic Guitar

Though familiar with both acoustic and electric guitars, many people don’t realise that a combination of these styles exists in the electric acoustic guitar - and in this article we have a look at what they provide.

by Victor Epand

Ways For You To Learn Classical Guitar

Learning classical guitar is like soothing the soul from its aches and pains. Every time I hear people play guitar, classical or not, the feeling is still the same. While it is nice to try and copy how our favorite players are, it is also good that we should have our own styles and techniques on how we play the instrument.

by James Brown

Solid Body Electric Guitars And Their Hollow Body Cousins

Most people assume all electric guitars have solid bodies, but this isn’t actually the case. In this article we look at the differences between the two types.

by Victor Epand

The Importance Of Design In The Popularity Of Bass Guitars

Bass guitars were often the rather dowdy instruments hidden at the back of a stage, but with a little help from mother nature, these instruments have gained massive popularity - as a result from their visual appeal as much as their musical capabilities.

by Victor Epand

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