Foundations of Guitar
Among the biggest decisions a beginner to guitar can make is whether or not to find a guitar teacher. To this end, I've planned out a series about figuring out whether or not you need a teacher at all, and how to find an awesome guitar teacher if you're searching for one.
What topics will be covered?
Read MoreSimply, a fret on a guitar is one of the many metal bumps that you'll find just below the strings on the neck of the guitar, called the fretboard.
Read MoreThe best type of guitar depends upon something you already know a lot about: Your body size.
If you're petite, chances are you'll want a petite guitar to match it. Same goes if you're a lumberjack.
If you knew a little bit about the measurements of guitars, picking a guitar for your body size is a snap.
Luckily for you, the blog post will definitely help you choose the best type of guitar for the size of your body.
Read MoreThere are two main string materials: steel and nylon. You will find steel strings on acoustic guitars and electric guitars. You will find nylon strings on classical guitars.
Which is best for beginners: Nylon or steel string guitars? The answer to that question is simple: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
This post will help you which sound you like the best between steel strings and nylon strings. Bam!
Read MoreThere are some concepts that are too crazy to be seen in any rational light. Guitar music theory is one of them. Fortunately, this post gets into the nitty-gritty details about what guitar music theory is, and (more importantly) what it is useful for.
Read MoreThe best type of guitar for you is the type you gravitate to the most.
If you like rock and roll, chances are you're going to want to get an electric guitar. Do you like singer-songwriters? Well, you'll do best with an acoustic.
If you have no clue what you're after, this blog will help you figure that out. Let's jump in!
It's simple: Just buy the type of guitar that you gravitate to.
If you're looking for some more information on which guitar is best for beginners, look no further. I'll be covering that in today's blog post.
Read MoreChances are that you've already heard guitar string buzz before. It sounds exactly like it's written: Buzzy.
This post goes over the potential causes of guitar string buzz, and it gives you two pieces of advice to fix it.
Let's hit it!
Read MoreThe gauge of a string is the exact measurement of guitar string thickness.
The high E string, for example, can be .010, .011, or .012 millimeters wide. You wouldn't think this tiny of a change makes a difference, but believe me, it does.
Interested in knowing more about the various sizes of guitar strings? This blog was written for you.
Read MoreBarre chords, sometimes spelled bar chords, are chords where you hold down more than one string at a time with a single finger. The name probably comes from the same exact barre that you'd imagine ballet dancers practicing and stretching on. Barre chords are very difficult for beginners to play. They require far more tension and balance than an open chord like G major.
This humble blog post can't help you learn guitar barre chords because the topic is complex and nuanced. Instead, this post was written to warn you about them.
Read MoreKnowing what challenges are appropriate and inappropriate is essential to successfully taking online guitar lessons. Get into the details of why appropriate challenges are so important to your progress on guitar in this week's post and video.
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