Its time to get the thumb and fingers working together, but they may not play along with each other just yet… At this stage in your development you may not have control over each digit, this will come with time and practice. For now our goal is to play a clear block chord with several … Read more
There are three main strokes we can do with the thumb and in this lesson we will look at the most commonly used stroke, the free stroke. The thumb moves differently from the fingers and needs to be developed on its own. As a generalization, the thumb will take care of the bass strings in … Read more
This is going to be our first scale and the C major scale is a great place to start. C major has no sharps and no flats and by learning the C scale in first position we can get a really good knowledge of the notes to be found in first position. This scale is … Read more
String crossing is an incredibly important fundamental of our technique. I am quite insistent on the importance of good string crossing because it is one of the most overlooked techniques by beginners and can hinder the beginner guitarist with some terribly bad habits. There are two issues that we will talk about with string … Read more
I use this for many beginners, it is especially great for little kids because they love working on melodies that they recognize. For complete beginners I ask that they play the melody only with the third finger, and shift the hand around to change the frets. I do this because the third finger tends to … Read more
How to Do Vibrato on Guitar In this article we’ll look at how to do vibrato on guitar. Vibrato on the guitar can make a note really come ‘alive’. It can make the note sustain for a longer time, give it more character and achieve a ‘singing’ quality that works wonderfully in melodic passages. Vibrato: … Read more