Monthly Archives: November 2009

Learning the Guitar Fretboard

The fretboard of your guitar is where the action occurs. Notice that your garden-variety Strat boasts a fretboard divided up into 22 frets. I know, it looks as if there are 23 when you count that last little piece at … Continue reading

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Guitar 101: Getting Familiar With Your Instrument

The guitar is a very simple instrument consisting of a body, neck and headstock. Both acoustic and electric guitars are constructed in this fashion, and their differences come down to how the sound from the strings is propagated. In order … Continue reading

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Guitar 101: Getting Familiar With Your Instrument

The guitar is a very simple instrument consisting of a body, neck and headstock. Both acoustic and electric guitars are constructed in this fashion, and their differences come down to how the sound from the strings is propagated. In order … Continue reading

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Play Guitar in 48 Hours Or Less!

Learn to be able to explain and/or demonstrate the following guitar fundamentals: How to tune a guitar to ‘Standard’ tuning How to locate all of the notes across the fretboard How to ‘warm up’ Basic music theory and some chords … Continue reading

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