Three Important But Annoyingly Simple Tips For Playing Guitar Solos

This piece includes three important tips for playing improvised guitar solos, all of which are things that I find myself telling my students quite often. That’s because all three of them are simple concepts that can be tricky to actual a habit of implementing, but are pretty easy to do when you find yourself thinking about them. If these tips are new to you or something that you otherwise feel lik

Effect pedals (often referred to as stompboxes or, simply, pedals) are small, self-contained devices that can greatly impact the sound of your guitar or other electric instrument when you plug into them. Pedals come in a wide of effects, brands, prices, and more, and the sheer number of options available can be overwhelming, but the right pedal or set of pedals can completely transform your guitar

  Why Guitar Strings Buzz?And What To Do About It   ? ? ?It?s so annoying. You?re fretting your chords beautifully, you?re strumming like a champ, but your chords sound less than ideal, because the strings are buzzing. ? ? ?What?s going on? ? ? ?The strings are slapping against frets along the neck, that?s what. And since the strings are vibrating hundreds of times per second?like the 44

Yes–If They Are Installed Correctly! And They Have Extra Benefits Sometimes students will ask “Are guitar hooks safe?” My first answer is: “I hope so, because there are eight guitars hanging right over my desk at NYC Guitar School and I sure would hate for them to fall on my head!” However, I’m not worried. In fact, there are over 200 guitars hanging on the wall

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You may know that a chord is a little arrangement of your fingers pressing down on the strings of the guitar. Further, you may have heard guitar playing friends throw around many names of chords, such as ?C major, D minor, E seventh, and F suspended flat five?. ?How many of these things will I have to learn?? you ask yourself in dismay, for the prospect seems daunting. Fear not! With only a baker?

It turns out that many, or even most rock, folk, blues, funk, heavy metal, punk, and country guitarists are not particulary good note readers. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and John Lennon are examples of skilled guitarists who read notes not at all or poorly. If you want to play like them, you should begin as they did?learn to finger basic chords and to strum some of your favorite songs. In the defe

Michelangelo from Brooklyn Guitar School demonstrates how to play the lick from Dire Straits’ famous song, “Sultans of Swing”. Click here to learn more about Michelangelo!

Tia from New York City Guitar School demonstrate how to incorporate tapping into a lick! Click here to learn more about Tia!

Suke from New York City Guitar School shows us how to play a lick with a killer slide using the Am Pentatonic scale in 1st position. Click here to learn more about Suke!