Browsing all 12 posts in Guitar Philosophy.

“This Doesn’t Sound Anything Like the Song in the Recording”

May 13th, 2011 | No Comments

Does this thought pop into your head when you play the transcription of a song you found online? Did your teacher give you the chords of a song and you can't seem to find any similarity between the chords and what you hear in the recorded version? Then it's one of two things.

45+ Chord Voicings & Embellishments

May 9th, 2011 | No Comments

How to easily find and construct chord voicings & embellishments on the guitar

Metal Riffs You Can Steal

May 6th, 2011 | No Comments

This lesson explores and exploits the advantage of having a G5 chord within the standard tuning

Find Chords to Any Scale in 5 Seconds

April 13th, 2011 | No Comments

If, after watching this, you still can't do it in 5 seconds - Sue me

The 6 Stages of Learning A New Chord Shape

April 10th, 2011 | No Comments

There is usually a pattern to learning new chord shapes. Here it is.

The Only 2 Guitar Chords You Need to Learn

April 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

Not Kidding. With these two chords, you can figure all the rest yourself

Does Your Guitar Playing Matter?

March 26th, 2011 | 2 Comments

Because, let's admit it, there are way too many guitar players out there

Conditioning New Strings to Keep Their Tuning

March 25th, 2011 | 1 Comment

New guitar strings tend to get out of tune all the time.

Trick: Cleaning Grime Off Your Fretboard

March 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

A little trick I found somewhere down the road for cleaning grime off of my fretboard without spending tons of money on guitar cleaning products

Motivation to Practice Guitar Has Nothing to Do with Difficulty, But with Comparison

March 5th, 2011 | No Comments

I know how hard it is to sit myself down and practice my guitar