7 Guitar Music Theory Tricks You Need To Know

When I first played a pentatonic scale pattern, it clicked. The whole mystery of guitar music theory was resolved in a moment. All you had to do was play a certain combination of notes that the flimsy book at my side had told me to. And voila, I was a lead guitarist. Sadly most players […]

How To Play Music From Star Wars, Rocky, and Last Of The Mohicans On Guitar

This might be a pointless piece of trivia to most of you, but I still can’t believe Daniel Lanois, one of the producers of U2’s Joshua Tree album, won’t let Billy Bob Thornton release the director’s cut of All The Pretty Horses that has his score in it! The movie is adapted from one of […]

9 Beginner Guitar Songs You Should Learn, And Why

Most beginners on guitar pick their first song by sorting through their music collection. Although the sheer enormity of options out there would seem encouraging, it’s actually terrifying to make that choice if you don’t have the experience, or a good friend to help. The problem to picking these songs is simple: we often don’t […]

How To REALLY Play Guitar: Why Some Become Great, Or Not So Great

Playing guitar is VERY easy. Don’t believe me? Okay, then I’ll tell you exactly what to do: Take your right hand thumb, and just strum the strings. Don’t fret the notes or do anything at all……. Did you do it? Great! You just played the guitar!!! Alright not really, sorry about that. But this is […]

6 Rules Your Guitar Teacher Doesn’t Want You To Break, But I Do

This post is going to be a lot of fun because I’m going to repeat an awesome mantra I want you to adopt. Are you ready? The rules suck. I mean isn’t it a lot more fun to crash and burn than to look both ways? That’s right, going the speed limit is lame and […]