This is a short guitar lesson I created to give you some tips on how to practice guitar when you only have your strumming hand to work with. As I’ve been recovering from an injury, I’ve had to come up with new ways of practicing guitar and focusing on...
Bending strings causes the pitch of the note fretted to change to a higher pitch. Most commonly strings are bent a whole step (to sound like the note 2 frets higher) But sometimes they can be bent just ½ step (sounds like 1 fret higher) or even higher: 1 ½ steps...
The way that notes are produced on the guitar is that pressure is applied to a string at a point near the frets,causing a shortening of the string length that vibrates and finally a change in pitch. On the simplest level you need only apply enough pressure to push...
The fret is the point that the string vibrates against to produce a note. If there is extra string between the fret and the point where your finger pushes down the string it is likely that the string between your finger and the fret can cause a “buzzy” or...
If this situation applies to you these tips will help: You can play chords,. You can strum. But doing both at the same time isn’t quite working! Often I see students at this stage stop or slow their strumming, losing rhythm, when they make the chord change....
Learning chords from the most fundamental ones to advanced shapes can be challenging. These are some tips that can help players of any level practice chords more effectively. 1) Always play on the tips of your fingers. By playing on the tips of your fingers you it...
