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Perhaps the first thing you should do if you are setting out to learn the guitar is to master a basic guitar chords chart. Even if you aim to be a lead guitarist, learning the chords is a logical first step. Almost every song out there, whether it is an easy guitar song […]

How would you like to be as good as your favorite guitarist at playing guitar? Can you imagine downloading some free guitar tablature, say some Eric Clapton guitar tabs, and playing the guitar part as well as Clapton himself? The exciting news is that if you can imagine this, then you can do […]

The harmonica has almost become a trademark of blues music. Harmonicas where initially brought to the United States in the 1800’s and have over 100 years of history in North America.
Initially the harmonica was the instrument of the poor but just as blues music began to come into the mainstream the harmonica gained mainstream recognition.
Another […]

A guitar is a musical instrument, usually with six strings. This six-stringed guitar finds its origin in Spain. It can be played by handpicking or by finger-picks or plectrum. Plastic plectrums find wide usage today. However, the tonal quality is higher when tortoise shell picks are used. Guitars can broadly be divided into two categories: […]

Music affects everybody in some way or another, whether they listen to the radio or simply hear a jingle for an advert. Everywhere we go somewhere along the line, on a day-to-day basis we hear some tune or note that either brings back memories, makes use tap our feet or shudder with annoyance! The fact […]

Doesn’t it always happen that when you want to learn how to do something for the first time you jump in head first and sometimes don’t take the time to think about the best way to do it? When you start learning guitar playing, you want to be the new sensation on the hit charts […]

When you want to learn guitar and you don’t have of the budget to spend on. You may want to know how you can learn how to learn playing guitar for free. I don’t really believe in free stuff but I did see some way that you can use to start learning guitar on your […]

The association between smoking and creativity is an old one, almost stereotypical. In the nineteenth century the painter Edouard Manet, for example, used the upward drift of cigar smoke in his famous portrait of the celebrated French Symbolist poet Stephane Mallarme to symbolize the wafting elusiveness of the poet’s mind and sensibility. And of course […]

There’s no doubt about it. Tobacco farming is tough work, with backbreaking hours in hot conditions. Nobody knows that better than the growers and harvesters of so-called “shade tobacco,” who make possible a multimillion-dollar industry from rural Connecticut.
Eighteen-hour days, with seven-day weeks from spring to early fall, are the lot of the Connecticut shade […]

Being excellent at anything takes dedication, motivation and practice To rise above your peers in any endeavor, it will require a sincere effort on your part. Becoming an excellent guitar player is no exception to this rule; one does not become truly excellent without countless hours of practice and a deep love for music. This […]