Guitar Archives

Practicing guitar scales for at least ten minutes is healthy for the mind as well as healthy for the physical aspects of guitar playing. By having to use a little brain power, you can keep your mind naturally fresh, but there is perhaps an even greater benefit to practicing guitar scales. You can use scales [...]

How long does it take a complete beginner to learn to play a guitar properly? My pat-ready answer is ‘not very long’. For a more detailed one, it depends on what you mean by ‘properly’. There are a few stages of guitar learning that everyone goes through and each one of these relate to different [...]

If you would like to learn electric guitar and your first lesson isn’t for some time you’re probably thinking about what to do while you’re waiting. Is there any sort of preparation you can do? You could try looking at the free guitar lessons online but it’s's advisable not to try too much because even [...]

First of all, don’t beat yourself up. If you wan’t to know a  secret about learning the fretboard on your guitar its that this is an on going process even for the pros. I mean that’s partly what guitar playing is all about – perfecting your knowledge of the great musical tool, the fretboard. However, [...]