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How do you choose which beginner guitar lessons are right for you?

Firstly, if you are reading this the likelihood is that you are a beginner. It is pointless then at this stage to even consider the more advanced guitar methods, leave those to later, if you need them at all. So you will be looking for beginners guitar lessons. Good work, that has just eliminated 80% of the teaching materials out there. Don't worry, they are not gone for good, you can come back to these when you get the basics over and done with. Don't confuse yourself now with Modes, Synthetic Scales, or Interval Inversions, it's just too much information.... Read More...

It has never been easier to learn how to play a guitar!

It has been said before that to learn how to play a guitar is easy, but to learn how to master it, is difficult. And if you simply want to play any of the thousands of popular tunes out there from yesteryear or today, then it is quite likely that all you are going to need to learn is a handful of chords. That's where the easy part comes in, and it really is that simple so long as you put in some time... Read More...

Guitar Lessons for Beginners

So what guitar lessons for beginners should you go for? Again, the choice is bewildering. You can use text books, ebooks, DVDs, CD-ROMs, subscription sites where you pay a monthly fee and one or more guitar tutors deliver a range of lessons online, or you could go to a real 'live' tutor.... Read More...

Why learn to play guitar?

Why learn to play guitar? Why not is a better question! It may be simply for your own enjoyment sitting at home and playing along to your favourite cd's or MP3's, and it's great to be able to jam along with your favourite band!... Read More...

What's the next step?

You can play guitar, but how are you going to use your skills?

Well firstly remember why you wanted to be a guitarist in the first place. I remember being asked this question by a music teacher who wanted to employ me as a tutor. He knew I had played in a band and there were a number of other tutors in the room. I think he was trying to impress on us the benefits of telling young lads that playing guitar would mean they would get more girls so they would keep up with the lessons...no really!! "So David, you remember why you wanted to be a guitar hero, dont you, it was to get girls wasn't it?! Yes eh?"...without too much of a pause I said "No. Not at all, I just wanted to be a great guitar player"...

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Gigging

Gigging has to be one of the most rewarding things you can do in life. Get up in front of worshiping, slavering punters and deliver unto them some righteous power chords and solos. Yeaaahhhh!!!

But how?...

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