When you start playing guitar, you probably think it’s enough to learn chords, strumming, playing on time, and with proper technique. And when the time comes, and you first hear about scales, you may ask yourself, why I have to learn guitar scales? Is it really necessary? I’m not going to lie to you, scales …
I started playing guitar as a teenager with a poor-quality electric guitar. A friend gave me my first lessons. With him, I learned the first elementary notions of playing guitar and my first chords. I felt great satisfaction when I managed to form my first chords and make them sound good. The satisfaction and feeling …
We have already made several posts about how to begin playing guitar here at All Stringed. We have talked about how to learn acoustic guitar chords for beginners. And have posted about 10 easy songs to play on guitar for beginners too. But it’s time to talk about a very important thing that you must do before anything …
Although there are excellent guitar teachers out there, learning to play the guitar without a teacher is possible. I will give you some tips, based on my own experience, to find the best way to learn guitar without a teacher. Here at All Stringed, we have already made several articles related to learning at home. …
Surely you’ve read some of the articles we’ve left for you here at All Stringed. There you can see that we have come a long way through the world of acoustic and electric guitars. Along that way, we have tried to help our readers find the right guitar model for each one. If you have already chosen yours and …
You’ve already started this exciting journey of learning to play guitar. Treasure everything you learn, every posture, every movement, every technique. Practice each one and keep them as tools in a toolbox. Because every one of these things you learn now, you’ll keep using them as long as you keep playing guitar. If you’ve decided …
If you ask me what’s the best guitar to learn on for adults? I wouldn’t answer very differently than if you asked me about a guitar for beginners. Because the best guitar to learn on is the one that is the simplest and easiest. This does not matter if you are an adult or not. …
Some activities can only be done at a certain age. You may not be able to practice wrestling or climbing if you are too young, or if you no longer have the necessary strength. These activities demand a specific age, adequate physical condition, and a lot of training. But can you learn guitar at any …
If you’ve come this far, it’s because you’re looking for the best way to learn acoustic guitar at home. There are too many methods and resources to get started out there. I want to give you some tips so you can move forward. Below you’ll find some points to find the best way to learn …
Electric vs. acoustic guitar If you are beginning to approach the extraordinary world of the guitar, sooner or later you will ask yourself this question: What’s the best guitar to learn on? In another article, we have already focused on the advantages and disadvantages of the electric and acoustic guitar models. These are the most popular …
Whenever we start learning something new, whether it’s driving a car, fly-fishing, or learning to play an instrument, this new activity that appears in our lives will demand effort, attention, and dedication. But above all, it will require time. Modern life pulls our extremities towards the four cardinal points in its constant demand of our …
When we start playing the guitar, it is common for us to ask ourselves many questions. Among them, a very common one is the following: Is it easier to learn to play electric guitar than acoustic? This is something I asked myself when I started learning back then in the eighties. But because I learned …
When you start dreaming about playing guitar, the idea of playing an electric guitar may become more appealing to you than an acoustic one. Of course, this is a matter of taste, and you may prefer one over the other. But when you are at home or at a live show, listening to your favorite …
Thirty years ago, when I started to think about how to learn guitar in my home, there was no Internet. No social networks, and none of the other invaluable resources we have access to today. In those days, I only had friends, who barely knew a little more than I did, and magazines like “Guitar …
Learning the notes of our guitar is something we can do without boring music theory lessons. As a start, it’s good to know that the guitar uses the same musical notes as the rest of the instruments. It’s also good to know that the notes on the fretboard are the same for all types of …
Playing the guitar is an activity that presents many difficulties for beginners when they start playing this instrument. The most common troubles that a beginner player experiments are note changes, fingers moving too slowly, not having control in the movement of the fingers, or not having coordination between both hands when playing. In this article, we will …
We already know that the strings of our electric guitar are a key part of achieving a good sound. So we must make sure that they are in good condition and tuned so that our instrument sounds the way we want it to sound. But when we think about the strings, this question arises: when to change electric guitar …
In this article, I will explain to you how guitar amps work. When you play an electric guitar, you need a guitar amplifier. The amp is the device that amplifies the audio signal that your electric guitar delivers through the microphones, selectors, keys, and audio output. This audio signal is generated in the coils of the pickups when …
Choosing the right pick to play your guitar can have a vital influence on your musical performance. But it is one of the most often ignored aspects of the guitar world. As this is an important issue, in the following article, I will help you answer the question “What guitar pick should I use?”. What …
If you are starting to play electric guitar, one of the things that will surely catch your attention is your guitar pickups. You will surely wonder, as I did when I started playing, how do electric guitar pickups work? In this article, we will explore together the exciting world of electric guitar pickups to understand in …
I started playing electric guitar when I was a teenager. I didn’t know anything when I started. But as I progressed, I realized that the world of electric guitars was made up of many more elements than just guitars. First, there are many different types of guitars from which you can choose the ideal model for you. …
