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Easy Rock Power Chord Riffs
These riffs make a big impact using only power chords. Who can forget the opening to “More Than A Feeling”? When you hear that guitar, you know exactly what song it is. Take a close listen to these songs the next time they come on the radio and you’ll hear that all of them, with…
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Strumming Half Notes and Whole Notes
This exercise combines whole notes with half notes. We know by now that a whole note gets four beats and that a half note gets two. For this exercise, we will strum the C chord on the 1st beat and hold it for a count of four. The, in measure two we will strum the C…
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Primary Notes On The D String
Primary Notes On The D String In this lesson, we’ll map out the primary notes on the D string of the guitar: D, E, F, G, A, B, and C. Do This… Pick up your guitar for this next part, follow the steps below and physically find each note along with us. If we take…
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Primary Notes On The A String
PDF: 8. Primary Notes On The A String
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Primary Notes On The E String
PDF: Primary Notes On The E String
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Frets and Fretting Notes
Frets are any of the ridges of metal set across the fingerboard of a guitar which helps the fingers to stop the strings at the correct points. A fretboard is a fingerboard that is fitted with frets. The nut of the guitar is the ledge, as of ebony, at the upper end of the fingerboard,…
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How To Tune To Drop D
Drop D is an alternate guitar tuning that has been used by a variety of artists through the years. From The Beatles and Pink Floyd to more modern rock acts such as Tool and Soundgarden. In this video, I’ll show you how to tune to drop D. It’s easy! Drop D tuning has become popular as…
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Quarter Note Strumming
In this lesson, you’ll discover what a quarter note is and how to strum it. The Exercise A quarter note is a note that represents the duration of one beat. In other words, it gets one beat. It looks like this: You remember that I told you that a song in standard (4/4) time gets…
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Half-Step Guitar Bend
Here’s how to perform a half-step bend on the guitar and how it appears in guitar tablature.
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Guitar Rhythm Primer
This lesson will serve as a good starting point for playing rhythm guitar. Following The Beat When listening to music, you might find yourself tapping your foot along with the beat. The beat keeps track of the songs time, by creating a regular pulsation against which the length can be measured. The beat may be fast…