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How To Play Like Seasick Steve
Steven Gene Wold (born 1940/1941), commonly known as Seasick Steve, is an American blues musician. Wold has lived all over the world while composing, playing, and recording blues music. He tends to play very unique, modified guitars (see a few of the …
Backtrackit App Now on iOS and Android
The typical backing track has a recording of drums, bass, keyboards, and maybe a few other instruments - all playing a song. You can pick up your guitar and play along. Backing tracks are incredibly useful for practicing guitar. They help to get …
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Follow The Guitar Journal on Spotify
The Guitar Journal is curating playlists on Spotify! Follow us to keep up on music we're listening to. It'll include great fingerstyle guitar music, of course. But there's so much more out there to inspire us and stretch us as guitar players …
5 ‘New Tech’ Ways for Guitarists To Earn Extra Money
GUEST POST - Technology has changed the music industry beyond recognition over the last few years, but the musician’s main concern — how to make a sustainable income — remains the same as ever. Although it may seem that tech hasdone nothing but …
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30 Great Songs for Absolute Beginner Guitarists (+ Video Lessons)
Here are 30 songs that you can tackle as a beginner. They sequence up from very simple to slightly more complicated. They cover a variety of genres and styles. Most importantly, you'll be playing real music within a very short period of time. And …
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How To Warm Up For A Fingerstyle Session (Or Any Session, Really)
GUEST POST - The guitar has many warm-up methods that you can use before performing - either in the comfort of your own home or before a show. And with fingerstyle, this should include a combination of fretting and plucking hand exercises. This …
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The Best Way To String A Guitar, According To Tommy Emmanuel (AKA: An Unorthodox Theory on String Brands)
Last week, Reverb.com put up a great video piece with Tommy Emmanuel, where he discusses how he changes strings on acoustic guitar. He also gets into a bit of a conspiracy theory about how the brand of strings you use influences your …
How To Easily, Automatically Transcribe Fingerstyle Guitar: ScoreCloud 4 Review
ScoreCloud 4 was created by Sven Ahlbäck & Sven Emtell to make notating music easier. As guitarists, we know that notating guitar, particularly polyphonic "fingerstyle" guitar, can be tedious and difficult. There's a lot to pay attention to …
Getting Started with Blues Turnarounds
GUEST POST - In this lesson we will be talking about turnarounds. Turn arounds are a staple in jazz and blues playing. Today we’ll be focused on blues turnarounds and how you can use these to enhance your blues playing today! A turnaround is …
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How Are Tommy Emmanuel’s “Fingerstyle Milestones” Video Lessons? (Hint: They’re Good…)
Tommy Emmanuel is widely known as an apex acoustic guitar player - the top of the game, the cream of the crop, the man with the plan from the street with the beat. But everyone knows that. What I did not know was that he's also a phenomenal …
7 Popular Finger Picks to Clarify Your Fingerpicking
Finger picks brighten and clarify your fingerpicking. Using the flesh of your fingers to individually pick the strings usually creates a muted and muddy sound. But by attaching a plectrum to the end of each picking finger, each note is picked with …
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Gypsy Jazz Guitar Q & A: Part 3
A series of posts designed to answer common questions about gypsy jazz guitar. From Studygypsyjazz.com’s head tutor, Harry Edwards. Gypsy Jazz Guitar Q & A: Part 1 Gypsy Jazz Guitar Q & A: Part 2 Gypsy Jazz Guitar Q & A: Part …
Gypsy Jazz Guitar Q & A: Part 2
A series of posts designed to answer common questions about gypsy jazz guitar. From Studygypsyjazz.com’s head tutor, Harry Edwards. Gypsy Jazz Guitar Q & A: Part 1 Gypsy Jazz Guitar Q & A: Part 2 Gypsy Jazz Guitar Q & A: Part …
