Archive for January, 2010

Preparing for Your First Beginner Guitar Lessons

Beginner Guitar Lessons – An Introduction

The first essential requisite to taking a beginner guitar lesson is to possess your own guitar. How many guitarists do you think started learning the instrument by borrowing others’ guitars? None, practically! The logic to this is simple – practice is an important part of the learning process, and having your own guitar makes (more…)

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Posted by on January 10th, 2010 No Comments

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Posted by on January 8th, 2010 No Comments

A Short History of the Electric Guitar

Electric guitars are strongly associated with famous musicians of the twentieth century—and may be the iconic musical instrument of our time. Here’s a brief history of their rise in popular music.

During the Big Band Era in the 20’s and 30’s, performers experimented with attaching microphones to acoustic guitars in order to amplify the sound. (more…)

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Posted by on January 6th, 2010 No Comments

Playing Blues Guitar on an Epiphone Les Paul

If you are a blues electric guitarist, or even if you are just learning to play the blues on an electric guitar, you will want to make sure that you have a guitar that suits the style.

Step forward, the Epiphone Les Paul Standard. This guitar is a blues guitarist’s dream.

OK, so it’s not a $2,500 Gibson, but it’s not far off. And at only a fraction of the price it offers (more…)

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Posted by on January 4th, 2010 No Comments

Learn Beginner Guitar – 6 Easy Steps To Finger Tap Like A Pro by Jeremiah La Follette

There are some very fun and exciting things that are unique to the guitar. One of these unique items is called finger tapping. Although the theory behind finger tapping is nothing new, there is just something about guitar player finger tapping that sounds totally cool. Many other instruments such as the piano and saxophone have tried for years to emulate the sound of (more…)

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Posted by on January 2nd, 2010 No Comments