When many people think of classic rock and rock in general, they think of the catchy guitar rifts, lightning fast guitar solos, and amazing lead guitars. Because of this, rhythm guitar are given less emphasis and rarely get the spot light.

Rhythm guitarists are often placed in the background with the lead guitarists and vocalists in the forefront getting all the recognition. Because of this, some view being called a rhythm guitarist as, almost an insult. They think that being a rhythm guitarist just means you are not good enough to play lead guitar.

Is this true? Does being a rhythm guitarist mean that you are not good enough to play lead?
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Here is a video you might find interesting. His name is Andy Mckee and he uses some very interesting techniques when playing the guitar.
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I came across this video a couple months back. Some guy is soloing to Johann Pachelbel’s Canon. I found it pretty interesting. (more…)

For all you people that use a tuner to tune your guitar, you know that sometimes you just have one of those days where reaching over to grab that tuner and press that on button, takes way to much effort. To those who know what I am talking about, I recommend buying a guitar with a tuner built in or going the much cheaper way out, learning how to tune your guitar by ear. (more…)

If you have ever tried writing a song while guessing random chords to put in it you know how time consuming and frustrating it can be. You may ask yourself, “Do I use a minor chord or a major chord? Do I use A or A#?� These questions can be difficult to answer if you don’t know how scales fit into the picture. However with the proper knowledge of music theory you will find using chords in a song fairly straightforward.

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Now days reading and writing music has become viewed by the average guitarist as unnecessary, but what has become a useful tool to the normal rock-loving guitarist is guitar tablature. Even if you can already read music, it is much easier and cheaper to learn songs by rock guitarists in the form of tabs. Guitar tabs have become one of the most important music sources to many and a necessity to majority. It is one of the best ways to learn all your favorite songs by popular artists. That is why it is important to learn this easy to use form of music notation. This lesson will go over the basics of guitar tablature and what you can expect out of the average set of tabs.

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This is a very important question to any good musician. Whether it is power chords, bar chords, open chords or any other chord you can think of, knowing how chords are made and where they are used is one of the most crucial aspects of music. In this series of lessons you will learn: How to enhance a solo by harmonizing it, how chords are made, what makes harmony, what chords to use in a song, where to use a minor or a major, what that terrible sounding diminished chord is for and much more.

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If you some times find it hard to follow along with guitar tabs or you just want to learn a song quicker. There is a great new site out there just for you. (more…)

4/4 Time simply refers to the amount of beats per measure. 4/4 time, as the name implies, has 4 beats per measure. 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3……
A chord progression might look something like this on paper. (more…)

We have seen it many times in guitar books or in chords like F#7. Numbers. 5’s, 7’s, 11’s, and every other number you can think of. Your probably thinking, “numbers, what are they doing in music.â€? Numbers are very useful in music and open up many doors to tricks you can’t even imagine. I know how you feel, but I assure you that this is nowhere near as difficult as algebra or any thing like that. All you need to able to do is count. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. (more…)