This post appeared first at Help! My Fat Fingers are Muting the Guitar Strings! on TheGuitarLesson.com, thanks for reading. One of the most common problems that beginner guitarists experience is the “fat finger” issue. I put it into quotation marks, because 95% of the time, it’s not a real problem, just a newbie thing. Think … Continue reading Help! My Fat Fingers are Muting the Guitar Strings!
This post appeared first at Easy Electric Guitar Songs for Beginners on TheGuitarLesson.com, thanks for reading. Learning easy guitar songs is one of the best ways for beginner guitarists to practice the techniques they learn, without the practice sessions becoming tedious. Learning individual guitar techniques in their purity day after day will get, well, boring … Continue reading Easy Electric Guitar Songs for Beginners
Last Updated on July 28, 2020 by Klaus Crow Practicing speed building exercises on your guitar will improve your technique tremendously. The speed exercises will not just make you play faster, but also your dexterity will advance. Dexterity will create flow, easiness and flexibility on all fronts of your guitar playing. When you practice the … Continue reading Effective Speed Building Guitar Licks Exercises
What is a time signature? Time signatures are what give a song its beat. The term “Four on the Floor” refers to dance music that will always be in 4/4 – four beats per measure because that’s the best beat to dance to. But there are many other time signatures that are worth discovering because … Continue reading Time signatures explained
Major and minor chords – nothing less than the foundation of Western music! In this article you will learn to identify them; to understand their relationship to key; to use them to enhance your interpretations; and to put them to work to develop your improvising and grow your repertoire. A Brief History of Tonality Tonality … Continue reading Major and minor chords
Click here to jump down to the piano scales generator Piano scales are an important part of developing your playing skills and understanding the building blocks of music. They help enormously to understand key signatures. If you have ever wondered why pianists play them, how they work and what the benefits are then … Continue reading Understanding piano scales: major, minor and blues scales
Last Updated on July 9, 2020 by Klaus Crow Today we have a list with 25 easy to play pop songs of the last decade for guitar. These songs are a good match for beginners. Learn the chords and the chord progressions and you’ll be playing these songs in no time. Most songs in this … Continue reading Top 25 Easy Pop Songs for Guitar – Last Decade
If you’re just starting out on the piano, this article is for you! Maybe you just bought a new keyboard. Maybe you have owned a piano for some time. Maybe you just never had the time to learn the note names of the ebonies and ivories underneath its lid. Maybe, you’re ready to start learning … Continue reading Should you label your piano keyboard ?
Recently, we released the exciting new course “Chords and Scales” to add a different dimension to our ever-expanding courses. With this course, you will learn how to accompany many songs with piano chords and even improvise and create your own music using beautifully sounding scales. So, what are piano Chords and Scales? Before you venture … Continue reading How to understand piano Chords and Scales
Used to be that if you wanted to learn to play the piano, you’d sign up with a local piano teacher for weekly lessons and start a lengthy process of learning from boring beginner books interspersed with drilling scales. It often took a long time to get to the point where you could play a … Continue reading Best Piano App in 2020
