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7 Ways to Improve Guitar Playing Fast

October 11, 2018 by Al F 4 Comments

There are many ways to improve guitar playing fast – just using what you already know – oh yes there are… I’m going to show you lots of ways you can improve your expressiveness and musicality on the guitar under 7 basic headings and you’ll be amazed what a … [Read more...] about 7 Ways to Improve Guitar Playing Fast

Filed Under: Guitar Practice, Guitar Skills, Improve your playing, Uncategorized Tagged With: guitar playing, improve fast, improve guitar

Getting Great Guitar Tone

December 27, 2017 by Al F 2 Comments

Getting great guitar tone is a constant quest for everyone that has ever picked up a guitar. This applies equally to hobby and professional guitarists as well as acoustic and electric guitars. In this article, I am going to go through the various stages … [Read more...] about Getting Great Guitar Tone

Filed Under: Guitar Tone Tagged With: amplifier, guitar, guitar fretboard, guitar playing, guitar sound, guitar strings, guitar tone, improve, improve guitar

B Minor Chord on the Guitar

December 16, 2017 by Al F 2 Comments

Want to find out how to play the B minor chord on the guitar – your wish is my command, this is the only article you’ll ever need! There are many ways to play the B minor chord on the guitar, so what I am going to do for you here is show you some of the … [Read more...] about B Minor Chord on the Guitar

Filed Under: Chords, Playing Guitar at home Tagged With: B minor, B minor chord, barre chord, bm, Bm chord, guitar chord, guitar playing, Guitar Practice

Guitar Gifts

December 3, 2017 by Al F 2 Comments

Guitar gifts for family and friends? – the search is over! If you’re not sure what to get someone and they play guitar, you’ve come to the right place! I have hand selected a variety of items here that any guitarist would be thrilled to receive… - How … [Read more...] about Guitar Gifts

Filed Under: Gear and Accessories Tagged With: birthday, christmas, christmas gift, christmas gifts, fathers day, gift, gifts, guitar, guitar playing

How To Buy A Guitar

August 19, 2017 by Al F 10 Comments

Let’s discuss how to buy a guitar, using my own experiences and learning over the years to help give you some pointers. This is not a tick-box exercise, a guitar is a personal thing and folks have very different reasons for the guitars they select, but … [Read more...] about How To Buy A Guitar

Filed Under: Gear and Accessories Tagged With: buy a guitar, buying, buying a guitar, guitar, guitar playing, new guitar

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