You made the decision and bought a guitar, or a banjo, a mandolin, or ukulele, because you wanted to learn to play it and enjoy live music. If you’re a newbie and have to go through the entire learning process before you can impress yourself and others with your talents, you may want to consider […]
After the previous introductions to finger picking and flatpicking techniques, as a beginning string instrument player you need to learn how to strum with proper accents and smoothness, in order to give your playing personality. Our best advice to make quick progress would be to take at least a couple of lessons from master players […]
The guitarists’ quest for tone is never-ending. But it’s more than just what an instrument is made of, but how it’s played and even what the playing “tools” are made of. How you strike the strings is what makes your sound different from the sound of the next player. Last time, we highlighted fingerstyle picking. […]
Have you ever wondered how two people can play the exact same guitar but get different sounds? That’s because there’s a lot more to tone than just the instrument itself. In fact, some players can make a “mediocre” guitar sound amazing because of their technique and musicality, while a beginner can struggle to get much […]