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These days four-hundred thousand guitarists take advantage of Guitar Tricks' lessons each month. And no wonder, because there are lessons in any genre you could name - acoustic, rock, metal, country, classical, jazz . . . and you can take lessons in special areas like chords, sound effects, harmonics, bottleneck, popping and guitar tricks. If you are not clear on whether your favorite guitar style has a name, you can simply request lessons based on the music of particular guitar players like Chet Atkins, Duane Allman, Stanley Jordan, Andres Segovia or Jimmy Page.
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Dobro Tunings - the cornerstone of learning to play slide guitar
If you are attracted to the sound of the resonator guitar you will be learning some Dobro tunings. The resonator guitar, or Dobro, like the electric guitar, is the result of early pioneers of the guitar looking for some way to make their instrument heard above the other instruments in a band. Using metal [...]
Learn drop D tuning
In drop D tuning the sixth string on the guitar is tuned down to D so the tuning is DADGBE. The sixth string is tuned down to D to play many classical guitar pieces and to play the flamenco guitar solo style known as the Zambra Mora. This tuning has become popular with rock [...]
How to tune a 12 string guitar
The modern twelve string guitar appeared in The United States at the end of the nineteenth century. Nobody knows who first got the idea of making a guitar with double courses of strings. Some guitar historians see the twelve string as an extension of the long tradition of coursed instruments in Italian musical history. [...]
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Guitars and guitar-related playthings
zZounds Guitars,
Amps and EffectsI have thought about puttings ads for guitars and equipment from Amazon or ebay on the site but getting goods through outlets like those is probably left to people who feel comfortable with the interfaces on those sites. The alternative is to link to one of the big online musical instrument outlets. So, after some consideration, I chose zZounds simply because after looking around the guitar forums, I found past customers seem to be quite happy with the quality of the goods and the customer service.
The Blowouts Section
The zZounds blowout section is a great resource for guitar players looking for a bargain in guitars, effects and accessories. This is the section where zZounds shows their blowout, refurbished, open box, and blemished items. Most of these deals are only available through zZounds, and can be hundreds of dollars below the price the other guitar retailers.
