| Below is a list of articles with the most recent ones listed first. |
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Blues Soloing On Guitar by Ricky Sharples |
Topic: Guitars |
| Many people take a very long time to understand blues soloing on guitar. If you start with your basic I IV V blues chord progression using the blues scale, you are often caught trying to decide which note to play at what part of the song. As blues soloing is an activity which is governed more by ins... |
| Published: Thursday 26 February, 2009 |
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Guitar Picking Technique - The Basics by Ricky Sharples |
Topic: Guitars |
| If you want to do some serious guitar picking you need a fairly heavy pick. I recently read a post on a forum where a guy said he uses a dime for speed picking. This might be a trifle extreme but it illustrates how far you can go in the pursuit of individual style. Whatever you choose for a pick, ho... |
| Published: Thursday 26 February, 2009 |
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How To Play Bar Chords by Ricky Sharples |
Topic: Guitars |
| Bar chords are a source of stress for beginner guitarists. Learning how to play bar chords is a new skill which requires a whole lot of practice, mostly without any discernible progress. You need to learn to use muscles you never used before and they are going to hurt when you first start out. The q... |
| Published: Thursday 26 February, 2009 |
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Bass Guitar Notes And Learning How To Play Them by Ricky Sharples |
Topic: Guitars |
| This article is aimed at helping the beginner bass guitar player to learn the notes of the bass guitar. If you want to play bass guitar you will need to know |
| Published: Tuesday 25 November, 2008 |
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How To Memorize The Guitar Fretboard by Ricky Sharples |
Topic: Guitars |
| Would you like to memorize the guitar fretboard? Would you like to be a fluid, adaptable guitar player? Ideally, you should be able to play the guitar as easily as if you were humming or whistling. It might take you many |
| Published: Wednesday 15 October, 2008 |
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How To Play Classical Guitar by Ricky Sharples |
Topic: Guitars |
| If you, like many people, are intrigued by the classical guitar and are wondering about how to play it, you might enjoy this little expose. I will be talking about the ways the classical guitar is different from other acoustic guitars and, of course, |
| Published: Wednesday 15 October, 2008 |
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Acoustic Blues Guitar by Ricky Sharples |
Topic: Guitars |
| Well, it is around the hundred year mark since the world first started noticing blues guitar players. Of course they were all acoustic guitar pickers then because they had very few places to plug their electric guitars in, but they made the best of what they had. Just as a basic first impression, I |
| Published: Sunday 12 October, 2008 |
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How To Read Guitar Notes by Ricky Sharples |
Topic: Guitars |
| Knowing how to read guitar notes is the basic need for anyone wanting to play songs on the guitar. It is very frustrating to be gazing at these dots on the page knowing that they are the key to making guitar music. If you have ever looked at the musical notes |
| Published: Sunday 12 October, 2008 |
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Flatpicking Guitar Lessons by Ricky Sharples |
Topic: Guitars |
| As rock and roll continued to take over the world in the nineteen seventies, the plectrum-wielding lead guitar player became fixed in the minds of music lovers. This style of guitar playing originated in the nineteen thirties |
| Published: Saturday 04 October, 2008 |
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How To Play Country Lead Guitar by Ricky Sharples |
Topic: Guitars |
| In the late nineteen thirties a cowboy musician called Bob Willis introduced the electric guitar to his audiences. Nobody knows whether they noticed this historic innovation but ten years later a whole generation sat up and took notice when Arthur Smith released his recording of "Guitar Boogie". |
| Published: Friday 03 October, 2008 |
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