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Posted by mieke at 25 April , 2009

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Hal Leonard Bass Method - Complete Edition

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Great step-by-step learning experince!

I enjoy playing drums, but when a nice bass showed up at the local pawn shop, i splurged. Afterwards, I checked out a few volumes by the “names” in bass, but found them either overly complex, or overly exhaustive in information. Ed Friedland put together the “just right” package… Read More

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Fifty Easy Classical Guitar Solos

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I am a rank beginner, having only purchased my first classical guitar 4 months ago. I use several method books in my daily practice (Noad, Parkening, et al), but the one I open the most is this excellent compilation by Jerry Willard. It is well organized, starting with easy pieces that get gradually more difficult. The book has both standard notation and tablature…Read More

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The Music of The Eagles Made Easy for Guitar

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This is a collection of the Eagles’ early hits, all made easy for beginner guitarists. It includes:
–Already Gone
–The Best of My Love
–Desperado
–Doolin’-Dalton …Read More

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100 Songs for Kids: Easy Guitar with Notes and Tab

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Easy to read, clear tab, and a great selection of kids’ songs; all at a great price. down at the local store, I found similar books to be almost $40….very enjoyable for campfire sing-a-longs, with complete lyrics (many verses that aren’t all that familiar to many of us). Read More

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Beginner Guitar Lessons, Level 1 Book and DVD…

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I bought the first book and dvd from these guys and this one is even BETTER! The instructor is great, the lessons are very easy to understand and are very thorough, you can go at your own pace and I loved the songs they teach. I have tried out a bunch of guitar lesson books and DVD’s that are out there today and this one is by far the best. This is a FANTASTIC beginner…Read More

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Posted by mieke at 24 April , 2009

Playing Guitar With Easy Acoustic Songs

By Mieke

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Acoustic music has always been popular and has been around for many years. The art of acoustic music has been performed throughout the centuries, and throughout the world.

One of the most popular types of acoustic music is acoustic guitar songs . These types of songs seem very intimate and personal as mostly it is just one person and their guitar performing the song. This type of music is often played in music bars, with open microphone nights and they seem to be very popular. Acoustic guitars create music through the vibration of the strings but to increase the sound, an acoustic guitar uses a soundboard, resonant cavity and a sound box.

If you are a beginner it is necessary to start with simple songs. A lot of players become anxious to learn more difficult songs. This can be a mistake if you are not ready to move on from the simple songs. To become a really good player you need time to progress. You have to begin from the basics first in order to improve you skill faster. Starting with easy songs will give you a great foundation in guitar. Then you will be able to move up to harder and harder songs.

The lower number of chords, the easier the songs would be. For the easy guitar song to play, you should choose the songs that consisted of less 2 chords. It will be easier for you to move your fingers while switching chord to chord. You can search for the easy acoustic songs from the useful sources, such as internet, book, guitar magazine and etc

The basic chords are A-major, C-major, and D. They are various songs that only use simple chords. Once you find a song that contains these chords, it will be simple for you to master the song. This will improve your guitar playing and practicing because it’s fun to start hearing actual songs coming from the guitar.

Beginners need to take effort to practice more. Patience and focus can be considered as the main driven in order to play guitar like a pro. To make your dedication easier, learn some easy acoustic songs.

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Posted by mieke at 23 April , 2009

Learning Basic Guitar With Guitar Chord

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Practicing is the most important step when you start to play guitar. You need to be able to play chords and scales without even thinking about it. Practice stretching your fingers over the frets, playing single strings as you do this. This exercise stretches your fingers, while also enabling you to increase the speed with which you move the fingers across the frets.

A guitar chord is a chord, a collection of tones usually sounded together at once, played on a guitar. Guitar chord with A, B, C and so on. The last chord to remember would be G, thus giving us a total of 7 natural major chords. This is where everything begins and the concept of sharps and flats soon follow. But first of all, you need to know what frets are for. However it is best to remember this tip: the chords E and B have no sharps.

Chord voicings designed for the guitar can be optimized for many different purposes and playing styles. Guitar chords can be composed of notes played on only a few strings at a time, whether occurring on adjacent strings or not, or on all the strings.

The instrument is generally very capable and versatile for chording purposes, but it does exhibit some differences with other instruments. Most guitars only have six strings, which means that for the very largest of chord-voicings it’s often necessary to drop or omit one or more tones from the chord; this is typically the root or fifth. The layout of notes on the fretboard sometimes demands that the notes in a chord do not run in tonal order, or makes possible a chord which is composed of more than one note of exactly the same pitch. Many chords can be played with exactly the same notes in more than one place on the fretboard.

Most guitars used in popular music have six-strings and are tuned (from the lowest pitched string to the highest): E-A-D-G-B-E. The internal intervals present among adjacent strings in this tuning can be written 5-5-5-4-5 (being mostly perfect fourth intervals plus one major third interval near the middle). Conventionally, the string with the highest pitch (the thinnest) is called the first string, and the string having the lowest pitch is called the sixth.

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