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Allman Brothers Slide Guitar Lesson: Duane Allman

Slide Guitar

So what is the best way to become really good at playing slide guitar? Well, one way is to learn the best slide guitar songs from your favorite players.  This will no doubt include the magnificent slide guitar ...

Blues Guitar Lesson: How to develop a good blues guitar vibrato.

Blues Guitar

Does your blues guitar playing suffer from a lack or soul or feeling? In today’s blues guitar lesson, I’m going to tell you how to develop a good blues guitar vibrato by practicing a few different techniques. So ...

Learning Guitar: Why should I learn barre chords?

Beginner Guitar

So you’re a beginner guitar player and have learned all your open position chords, and are looking to learn some barre chords. Maybe you’ve tried in the past and failed, but this time you’re going to learn how ...

Learning Guitar: Beginner Guitar Lesson you must Do!

Beginner Guitar

Do you want to know my secrets to playing the guitar like you’ve always wanted to? Do you want to be able to play all your favorite songs with , with ease? If you said yes to these ...

Learning Guitar: Easy blues for beginner guitar players

Beginner Guitar

Are you a beginner guitar player that is looking for an easy blues song to play? Or maybe you’re totally new to learning guitar and are looking to learn how to play anything on the guitar. Well in ...

Slide Guitar Lesson: Playing the blues.

Slide Guitar

Do you want to know how to sound like a pro when playing blues slide guitar? Or maybe you’re only interested in learning some new licks. Regardless, there are certain things to keep in mind when learning how ...

How I learned how to play the guitar. Part 1

Beginner Guitar

Everybody learns how to play the guitar in different ways, and in this series of blog posts I’m going to tell you “my story” of how I learned how to play the guitar. I think it’s good to ...

5 Mistakes Beginner Guitar Players Make

Beginner Guitar

Do you want to increase your chances of being able to play the guitar? Maybe you’ve taken some guitar lessons in the past and didn’t quite get the results you were looking for. In today’s guitar lesson, I ...

Learn Blues Guitar: 5 Blues Guitar Tips

Blues Guitar

Do you want to spice up your blues guitar playing? In this blues guitar lesson, I will give you 5 blues guitar tips that will take your playing from novice to pro, if these techniques are applied. By ...

Learn Slide Guitar: Derek Trucks Guitar Method.

Slide Guitar

Are you ready to learn some of the best slide guitar music today? If you said yes, then you need to listen to Derek Trucks. His slide guitar style is nothing short of amazing. He effortlessly combines blues, ...

Learning how to play guitar: My top 5 albums to learn blues and rock.

Beginner Guitar, Blues Guitar, Slide Guitar

Let’s face it everybody wants to play guitar. With the popularity of Guitar Hero, even more youngsters are picking up and learning how to play the greatest instrument of all time. That’s right, I said the guitar is ...

Slide Guitar Lesson: Playing slide in open E Tuning with your favorite band!

Slide Guitar

Do you want to improve your slide guitar playing in Open E tuning? Do you find yourself constantly practicing alone? You don’t have a band to practice with, and you’re stuck in your room, playing with no one. ...

Developing Slide Guitar Technique: Right hand muting

Slide Guitar

If you have ever tried to play slide guitar, then you already know that developing a solid, right hand muting technique is the key to sounding good when playing slide guitar. Right hand muting allows you to play ...

Dreams: Guitar lesson 1?

Slide Guitar

Everyone has dreams right?  Of course they do.  As a kid, we stare up into the sky imagining the most amazing things possible for our lives.  As adults I think our dreams change, but we all want basically ...

Learn slide guitar: Developing a soulful slide guitar style

Slide Guitar

Are you tired of playing the same old slide guitar licks? Is your playing suffering from no soul? Well I can tell you I’ve been there. With any guitar style there are times when you must find new ...
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