Blog archives for May, 2012

  Learn & Master Guitar Family, I want to invite you to join me for the month of June to take your practicing, your learning, and your playing up to the next level. It’s been on my heart for a while to set aside a specific time to really focus on kicking up your guitar [...]

Name: Bill Applegate City: Newport Beach, CA Forum Username: appledaddy My Gear: 2007 Martin 000-28 2010 Fender American Standard Strat 3-Tone Sunburst – Maple Fretboard 2009 Catalina ’63 – (This is a little beach guitar. Consider it the “stunt double” for the Martin. It takes all the abuse and I don’t stress about the scratches [...]

I know, I know… You’re excited about learning the guitar and this time “you’re going to do it right”. You’ve made a little vow to yourself that goes something like this… “I won’t move on until every note is perfect!” BEWARE… PERFECTIONISM CAN BE A TRAP! Perfectionism can dampen your enthusiasm and hamper your learning. [...]

Name: John Leonard City: Cookstown, Ireland Forum Username: jleo legacy My Gear: Godin SeaGull S6 Folk Cedar +Q1 Crafter GAE 648 CD acoustic Squire (Fender) Stratocaster standard (Gun metal black) Yamaha 112J electric. (Blue) Stagg C542 (nylon string classical) M-Audio Keystudio (39 key midi keyboard) Hohner Countryman Hobo acoustic (Satin) (Retired) I rarely play through [...]

Put your jazz hat on and let’s learn one of the signature guitar progressions in Jazz – the ii-V-I progression! In this video tip, Steve teaches the basic progression and several helpful variations from basic through advanced. Just follow along, get the new chord forms down and you’ll be able to immediately incorporate these ideas [...]