One String Composition

Blister in the Sun by the Violent Femmes

Open Chord Bass Notes

Greetings, It is a rainy day here in Austin, Tx and I currently have nothing to do except sit down with a warm cup of coffee and write about guitar stuff šŸ™‚ I have the best job… One of the most important concepts a rhythm guitar player needs to understand is what strings to play (and which strings notĀ to play) …

Finger Per Fret System

Greetings Guitarists, Today we are going to talk about a simple yet very important system that we use on the guitar. It is called theĀ Finger Per Fret System. One of the most difficult things about reading tablature is deciding what finger to play each fret with. This is the most basic solution that we used as beginning guitarists and as …

Forming Bar Chords

Hello again!, One of the most physically difficult concepts that beginner-intermediate guitar players run up against is playing bar chords. First and foremost, realize that this is just going to take some time. If you practice them consistently over a long period of time then you WILL see results. That being said there are a few tips that I will …

1, 4, 5, and minor 6 chords

Greeting guitarists!, Lets talk about some of the most basic and most important chord Theory. There is really only one musical concept you need to know if order for this to make sense, and that is the musical alphabet. It starts out just like the regular alphabet, only it repeats itself after G (i.e. A B C D E F …

Fundamental Technique

Today, I want to cover the basic technique every new (and old) guitar player should be aware of. If you master these fundamental hand positions, then you will progress seamlessly as you learn new styles and advanced levels of music. On the first string (the string closest to the floor) play frets 0 0 3 0 5 0 7 0 …

Strumming for Beginners

Hello Fellow Guitarists! Today I would like to give you some easy and useful tips for strumming. Although this is not the only way to play rhythm, it is a great system that will have you strumming away in no time. First we are going to talk about rhythm and then emphasis. For the sake of the exercise, play all …