Archive for: October 2007

Do you have an electric guitar under your bed silently reminding you of a dream which is at the moment, buried. Did you dream of fame and female attention or was your dream about the music? Maybe you even spent a little too much money on your first electric guitar, hoping it would somehow help in the learning process.
Well the guitar is only of minimal help. The most input has to be from you, the guitar student. So what kind of guitar lessons do you feel you could benefit from? The fact is learning to play the guitar goes alot easier if you feel comfortable and receptive. So give some consideration to what works best for you.
First, the simplest solution - buy a guitar lesson book. It might be all you need. Some people can’t do without the input of a face to face teacher or the experience of seeing the lessons on video, but there are those people who do quite well with printed instructions and music.
But if you need a more intense experience, but a live guitar teacher is not available, then try online electric guitar lessons. With online lessons, you just sit in your room and absorb the teacher’s instructions, and then do your practice. No time wasted travelling to your teacher, and no putting up with a teacher you do not care for!
Some people do better without a teacher standing over them, encouraging them to play it until they get it right. Online electric guitar lessons are more student-friendly in this respect. You can approach any obstacles in your own way, in your own time.
One of the most outstanding advantages of online electric guitar lessons compared to tuition with a live teacher is the expense. You can get even the very best lessons on the internet for a fraction of what you would pay a guitar tutor!
You can also buy your guitar lessons in video format. Video lessons are available for students of all genres of guitar music whether they be beginners or advanced students. With videos you can review your lessons as many times as you want, and even if you lose your enthusiasm for learning the guitar, your video lessons will be waiting for you when your muse returns.

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Many people are not aware that Creedence Clearwater Revival performed at Woodstock in August 1969. They were the first band to be signed, but John Fogerty was unhappy with some technical problems that occurred with the sound during their set, so he wouldn’t give permission for any portion of their performance to be included in “Woodstock,” the film which documented the legendary rock festival.
Upset by John’s prominence, in 1971 John’s brother, Tom, left the band. John subsequently demanded that Stu Cook and Doug Clifford write and sing one third each of the next album, Mardi Gras. They protested, saying it wouldn’t be a CCR album, and that the fans wouldn’t understand. John replied, “My voice is a unique instrument and I won’t lend it to your songs.” He threatened to quit the band immediately if his ultimatum wasn’t met; Mardi Gras turned out to be their last album as Fogerty bought himself out of his contract and officially left the band. However, his influence wasn’t forgotten with his departure. His guitar playing with CCR would later lead Rolling Stone to name him the 40th greatest guitarist of all time.
http://john_fogerty.totallyexplained.com/

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Can you play all guitar scales in all keys in any position on the fretboard? If you’ve taken online guitar lessons before, you’ve probably learnt the basic shapes and scales, but this lesson is designed to help you learn it all:
“Most guitar players are victims of their own quick-fix mentality. “Why learn every scale in every key if I can use a ‘cookie-cutter shape’ scale pattern that I can move around the guitar neck and play the same notes?” What happens is that a large number of players know their scales if somebody holds their hand and takes them to the root note or starting point of the scale, but what they don’t learn is what notes they are playing and how they all relate together. And, more importantly, how to use the scales to make music that doesn’t sound like they’re “trapped in a box”.”
See how you can learn the notes on the fretboard here!

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