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How to accent with your acoustic guitar

Accent with your acoustic guitar

Charles Sedlak shows you how to style your acoustic guitar playing with the help of accents. Accenting is easy and keeps your music from ...more

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How to add hammers-on and pulls-off to a pick strum pattern

Add hammers-on and pulls-off to a pick strum pattern

Looking incorporate add hammers-on and pulls-of (or, as some would ...more

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How to arrange chords on an acoustic solo fingerstyle guitar

Arrange chords on an acoustic solo fingerstyle guitar

If you need to know how to make an arrangement on an acoustic solo ...more

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How to avoid fret buzz on an electric guitar with techniques

Avoid fret buzz on an electric guitar with techniques

If you're a musician in need of some lessons, there's no better way to ...more

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How to bend chords on an electric guitar like Albert Lee

Bend chords on an electric guitar like Albert Lee

If you're a musician in need of some lessons, there's no better way to ...more

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How to bend strings on an electric guitar without finger ache

Bend strings on an electric guitar without finger ache

If you're a musician in need of some lessons, there's no better way to ...more

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How To Change Guitar Strings

Change Guitar Strings

Changing guitar strings is really not a complicated task, but it is for some reason intimidating to new guitarists. Intimidating or not, it ...more

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Views 833

How to change strings on an electric guitar

Change strings on an electric guitar

In the first part of this two-part tutorial, Justin goes over how to know when to change your electric guitar strings and of course, how to ...more

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How To Choose a Guitar Amplifier for Rock Music

Choose a Guitar Amplifier for Rock Music

Although it is a simple matter to walk into the first music shop you see and pick out a guitar amplifier ("amp") at random, you will ...more

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How to combine hammer-ons and pull-offs on an electric guitar

Combine hammer-ons and pull-offs on an electric guitar

If you're a musician in need of some lessons, there's no better way to ...more

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How to explore the pentatonic scale

Explore the pentatonic scale

In this guitar lesson, Justin gives some tips on practicing and exploring the pentatonic scale. He gives some steps on how to add variation ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 0
Views 1,616

How to find and play natural harmonics on an electric guitar

Find and play natural harmonics on an electric guitar

If you're a musician in need of some lessons, there's no better way to ...more

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How to fingerpick on an acoustic guitar

Fingerpick on an acoustic guitar

Charles Sedlak shows you how to use your fingers for picking strings on your acoustic guitar. A great change when you're without a pick ...more

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How to fret-tap the electric guitar like Paul Gilbert

Fret-tap the electric guitar like Paul Gilbert

If you're a musician in need of some lessons, there's no better way to ...more

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How to fretboard tap on a guitar

Fretboard tap on a guitar

An electric guitar lesson on fretboard tapping or finger tapping. This lesson teaches how to solo like many rock bands including Van Halen ...more

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How to get started playing Brazilian-style guitar

Get started playing Brazilian-style guitar

Whether you're interested in playing bossa nova, tropicália, música popular brasileira-style guitar, the rudiments are the same and this ...more

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How to go from a G to an E7 when playing Delta blues

Go from a G to an E7 when playing Delta blues

Popularized by artists like Son House and Skip James, Delta blues is ...more

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How to improve switching chords on the acoustic guitar

Improve switching chords on the acoustic guitar

Learn how to switch chords smoothly on the acoustic guitar as Charles ...more

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How to improve your strumming on the acoustic guitar

Improve your strumming on the acoustic guitar

Learn how to easily skim those strings with constant right-hand ...more

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How to improvise on a guitar

Improvise on a guitar

Learning a scale is a lot like learning an alphabet. So like an alphabet, once you've learned a scale, it's important to start learning how ...more

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