Guitar Tips And News

>,for all you hopeless romantics out there who want to really impress your special someone, why not play her a love song.  Sure, chocolates and flowers are nice, but a love song - I think that’s much cooler.

Here’s how to play Jim Brickman’s Valentine on an acoustic guitar.  You may want to get practicing - you only have one day until Valentine’s Day.

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The electric guitar master of avant-garde rock and fusion technology, Daryll Dobson, has returned with a progressive rock set CD/DVD titled Reality Check on the SolarGuitars.com label.Three years in the making, Daryll’s 4th release - Reality Check - represents a major achievement in the merger of musical performance and audio-visual technology! Daryll Dobson is endorsed by IK Multimedia and Digitech Musical Instruments. Daryll’s 3 previous releases: The Mind Electric, Healing Intentions, and Studio 21 have been Digitally Solarized and will also be released on the SolarGuitars.com label. The Solarizing process and sound was developed by Daryll with special thanks to IK Multimedia’s T-Racks software.

What have the critics said about Daryll Dobson?

God this guy is great! Magnificent rolls and gooves abound in this Led Zeppelin like production. It’s fat, big and formidable,,,,and it flies! Try going to this man’s world. He created it and he’s willing to share!
—Zazz Magazine

…backed by musicians such as violinist L. Shankar and keyboardist Kenny Kirkland, Dobson burns…deft ensemble playing…
—Guitar Player Magazine

…an exceptional guitarist…gobs of virtuosic guitar…fusion guitar fans will eat up “Thor Part 2”…
—Option Magazine

…a Mahavishnu-esque journey to the stratosphere with Hendrixian flights of feedback…untamed, explosive, guitar fantasia…
—Downbeat Magazine

Want to see Daryll in action?  Check out this video:

To get his latest release, visit SolarGuitars.com

Classical guitar sheet music can be found in large quantities on the Internet. You can browse your server to whatever information you want to get about classical guitar music. You can download music, purchase online music, chat in specific forums with other guitarists, read through different articles and so on.

Aside from your local music store, Internet can be a great place to look for hidden treasures. There are a few very interesting places, which will offer you anything you dream of when talking about classic guitars. Most sites are made for people who are looking for specific music. You can download anything you find interesting. You can also purchase valuable classical guitar music, which is not so easy to find on local music stores.

Classical guitar music sites can be very helpful for professional guitarists. They are also meant for newcomers in guitar playing. Some sites offer tablatures, which can be really useful for people new in guitar playing. Tablature shows where your fingers should stand when playing. Every song has a tablature and you can always check up with the right position of your fingers. Learning guitar is really easy with the available tablatures on the Internet.

Another great priority of classic guitar music on the Internet is that they give you a wide insight into the tradition and history of guitar music. You can listen to selected playlists of different classic guitar music and find your own place among the guitar lovers.

Selling and buying things on the Internet is really easy. That is also valid for all sorts of classic guitar music. Classical guitar sheet music can be purchased individually by piece, or in books that feature a collection of works. You can order them or even get them at discount prices, if available.

For the newly- involved guitar maniacs, it is easier to use Internet to sharpen their abilities. You can search through and find manuals about playing classical guitar. You can order either on CDs,DVDs or MP3s and get the thing you need. All kinds of teaching tools, experiences, recommendations are just waiting for you to buy. The moment you begin collecting these, you will find that your abilities are improving. There is no stopping you when you find that you are advancing. You can learn to play as good as you want to, and admire all the valuable teaching tools that you can find on the net.

Thank you, Morgan Hamilton, for providing todays tip for helping us find classical guitar sheet music.

Do you know why more people want to learn guitar than piano? Because it’s easier! And because students get to play something that actually sounds like music many times faster than their piano playing counterparts.

But did you also know that a guitar player can show you how to play piano better than most piano instructors? It’s true! Here’s why. Guitar players use chords and chord charts to create with. Piano players (for the most part) use note reading and memorization.

It’s really easy for most beginning guitarists to quickly create music. In fact, you can learn 3 chords on the guitar in less than 15 minutes and start to play many, many tunes. Can piano players do that? Yes they can! But sadly, most don’t.

You see, many people are intimidated by the piano. Not
because of the instrument itself but because of the snobby stigma surrounding it.

The piano is held in such high esteem that people are actually afraid to go near it. Not the guitar. It’s the everyman’s instrument. Folk players, rock guitarists, and even Uncle Joe himself can pick up this instrument and soon strum out a tune.

A beginning piano player can also learn a few chords and just as easily create music as well as the guitarist. Now, the piano isn’t often taught like this because teachers can make a lot more money by stringing students along for years and years. With a chord-based approach, you can rapidly advance and learn how to play in most any style and it won’t take you years either. How long will it take for you to learn a chord-based approach? Anywhere from 1-month to 1-year depending on how fast or slow you learn.

Here’s the point. If you want to spend years learning how to play other peoples music, than note reading and memorization are for you. If you want to get creative and actually make music, look for teachers who embrace a chord-based approach to piano playing.

Thank you, Edward Weiss, of Quiescence Music, for providing today’s informative article.

In this material we shall take a look at some of the things you should look out for when buying a bass guitar. This will help you in better understanding bass guitar descriptions and reviews. We shall talk about different types of body styles, necks, scale lengths, tuning machines, intonation, bolt-on necks, neck-throughs, fingerboards, number of frets, pickups, woods and finishes. We shall explain what each of these features are all about to help you decide what is the best bass guitar for you.

Body Style:

Most electric bass guitars are solid-body electrics. But if you’re looking for a rounder and more acoustic sound you should buy a semi-hollowbody bass instead.

Fingerboard:

Another thing to pay attention to when choosing the best bass for you is the fingerboard. If you’re looking for a warm, natural sound, you need a bass with an uncoated fingerboard. With a coated fingerboard the sound produced is whining and trebly and it sustains longer.

Neck:

How do you know what neck to choose? It’s pretty simple. The type of neck you choose is dependent on the size of your hands. There are different shapes for you to choose from including round, flat back, oval, “vee” and asymmetrical where the neck is thinner either on the treble or bass side. Naturally, four string basses usually come with smaller necks than 4 string or 5 string basses.

Scale Length:

The scale length is the distance between the nut and bridge saddle. It is the vibrating length of the string. The longer the scale the more distance there is between the frets. The scale length chosen is important because it is what influences the tonal quality of the notes and the tension of the string when a note is played.

What scale length is best? Is it a short scale of 30 inches, medium scale of 32 inches, standard scale of 34 inches, 5 string long scale of 35 inches, or an extra long scale of 36 inches? Well it all depends on the instrument you’re thinking of getting and the tone you desire. Let’s say you’re interested in getting a five string bass for example and want a defined low B string sound. In that case the longer the neck, the better. For a four string bass a shorter scale will do and it helps you get the most out of the G string. If you have small hands, a short scale bass is probably the best bass guitar for you.

Intonation:

Pay close attention to intonation. This is what determines whether the various notes on your bass play in tune. On some basses, the distance between the frets can be a little off and as a result these basses don’t play in tune, usually when you pass the 12th fret. As far as I’m concerned these basses are useless and you shouldn’t waste money on one.

Tuning machines:

In choosing the best bass guitar for you, you must pay attention to the type of tuning head your bass guitar has. This is what you use to fine tune your instrument and hold pitch. Ensure that you get the best one available. An enclosed machine heads are better than open tuning machines. They resists rust and airborne corrosives and you therefore don’t have to maintain or replace them often.

Number of Frets:

The number of frets you choose is also a matter of personal preference. You can choose between 21, 22, or 24 frets. Personally, I do not worry about this too much since most playing takes place in the lower frets anyway.

Pickups:

When it comes to sound, pickups are perhaps just as important as the strings on your bass. No matter how good the wood of the bass is, if the pickups are lacking, it’s pointless. But you need the right pickup for your bass since one pickup may work very well on one bass and not on another. You also need the right combination of strings and pickup. There are many pickup models available and they are either active or passive. If you choose one that is active, keep in mind that you will have to keep replacing batteries.

Bolt-on necks and neck-throughs:

In terms of neck, the best bass for you is all about your personal preference. If you want one that is stronger, has better sustain and note resolution, buy a neck-through bass. But for a punchier sound, nothings beats a bolt-on neck; the only limitation is that they are more prone to having dead spots.

Wood:

When buying the best bass guitar for you, choice of wood is important. The wood you choose will affect the tone and weight of the instrument. If you’re gonna be standing up to play it’s wise to have one that is lightweight. Swamp ash wood is a lightweight soft wood that produces low mids and a punchy tone. Alder is another lightweight wood except that the tone it produces is more crisp. At the end of the day, although you should pay attention to the weight of the instrument, it’s all about whether or not you like the sound.

Finish:

You can choose any finish you like since it doesn’t really affect the sound of your electric bass.

All the best in finding the best bass guitar for you. As long as you have a clear understanding of what you need it should be easy to find the right bass guitar.

Thanks goes out to Mantius Cazaubon of Bass Guitars Guide for providing today’s tips.

Why do you care about stringing your guitar you may ask. Well the reason is simple. It will make you sound better because if your guitar is properly strung, you will get longer natural sustain.

This is something that no fx pedal can reproduce, clean natural sustain. Of course after you have this sustain you can play with it all you want with your fx pedals.

Many guitarist make the same mistake when stringing a guitar, they don’t wind enough of the string onto the tuning peg or they wind too much.

Why is this seemingly simple thing so important? Because the greater the angle between the nut (the top part of the guitar) and the tuning peg, the better the sustaining qualities of the string. Simply put, it makes you sound better. And your strings will not go out of tune as fast. Of course you can always wind too much as well, and then the strings will tend to slip out of tune easier. You want to have just the right amount.

Here is how to string your guitar.

Step 1 - Take all the strings out of the package and lay them out from the thickest to the thinnest. When you go to buy strings, always try and get the same gauge, as changing the gauge could mean problems with intonation, and may require truss rod adjustments.

Step 2 - Turn the tuning peg until the hole is in line with the neck.

Step 3 - Starting with the thickest string - The low “e”, thread the string through the bridge (bottom part of the guitar). Each guitar has different ways to do this, but it is usually very easy to see where the strings go.

Step 4 - Next thread the string through the hole in the tuning peg until it is tight. Now back the string up about 3 inches so that it loosens.

Step 5 - Grab the loose part of the string with one hand and with the other start turning the tuning peg. As you turn the peg, hold the string tightly away from the guitar to insure that it wraps tightly, with no slack. This will stop the string from going out of tune as you’re playing. When the string is getting tight against the fretboard, You can let go and continue to slowly turn the peg a little bit more and then top.

Step 6 - Make sure as you turn the peg that the string is winding downward, and don’t let it flip over itself. Your goal is tog et about 2 1/2 to 3 full winds on each string.

Step 7 - Repeat the process with all other strings, but decrease the amount of slack a little bit each time.

Thanks goes out to Tom Freeland of Playguitar.com for providing todays tips.

Now that the New Year has begun it’s as good a time as any to develop a Guitar Practice Schedule. Let’s face it, if we want to be better guitar players, then we need to play! Notice that the key word here is play, not work. But, if you’re anything like me, then you know how easy it is to let other demands on your time get in the way of practicing your guitar. Time management is always a challenge, but I find it helps when I write things down and can visualize my priorities. Today I would like to help you develop a practice schedule so you’ll be able to reach some of your goals as a guitar player.

Every guitarist’s practice schedule will differ due to personal lifestyle, job & home demands, hobbies, social life, etc. Being a beginner, intermediate or advanced guitar player will also effect how and what you practice.

As a beginner, your main goal is to develop the calluses, strength and coordination skills needed to play the guitar. Practicing 15-20 minutes a day should be enough time to accomplish this. Once you gain some proficiency on the guitar you can adjust your practice schedule according to your particular needs and desires.

It’s a good idea to set aside a specific time each day when you will be able to focus on playing your guitar. Mark down this time on a calendar and keep it some place where you can see it as a reminder of your commitment. Tell your family about it too. Let them know that their support is important and will help you reach your goals.

Next, take a sheet of paper and create a basic outline of what you will need to work on each day. Make sure you incorporate chords, various guitar techniques, plus tab and/or note reading skills into your practice schedule, as these are the common areas that every guitarist can use to develop their skills.

Here is an example of what your Guitar Practice Schedule might look like:

MONDAY

• Focus: Reading Music - use standard notation &/or tablature to learn a song, or play a single line melody.
• Goal : to improve sight reading skills in order to learn new songs and guitar techniques.

TUESDAY

• Focus: Chords - practice strumming various chords progressions and songs in different keys.
• Goal : to change easily & smoothly between chords. Long term goal being to learn the fundamental chords for all 12 keys.

WEDNESDAY

• Focus: Performing - memorize a song you have learned. Play it in front of someone, or record yourself.
• Goal : To gain confidence and get feedback in order to improve guitar playing abilities.

THURSDAY

• Focus: Theory & Technique - study scales &/or chord structure. Incorporate slides, hammers, pull-offs, arpeggios, finger-picking and other techniques.
• Goal : to increase understanding of music and improve finger dexterity on the guitar.

FRIDAY

• Focus: Fretboard - memorize &/or review the notes on the fretboard.
• Goal : to improve fretboard awareness in order to facilitate a broader range of playing options.

SATURDAY

• Focus: Review - take time to go over any trouble spots. Concentrate on one specific area. Write down any thoughts or steps needed to improve performance &/or understanding.
• Goal : to play the guitar in such a way that it produces music with a clean, clear, quality sound.

SUNDAY

• Focus: Free Time - Take time off or experiment. Play around with different sounds using your ear. Make up a chord, song or melody line. Create a repertoire so you can play the pieces you enjoy. Have some fun.
• Goal : to become a creative guitarist and musician.

Special thanks to today’s guest author - Kathy Unruh, for providing this article.  You can visit Kathy’s site at www.abclearnguitar.com