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Guitar Lessons by Alex · 2M ago

A Zen Proverb (or Mood For A Day)

The Student: “I am very discouraged. What should I do?” The Teacher: “Encourage others.” The answer to this Zen query is significant to me concerning guitar playing, for a couple of reasons. Finding new ways to encourage my students is one of them: If a student seems to be uninspired, I start looki
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Guitar Lessons by Alex · 3M ago

John Lennon – Stand By Me

Some nice guitar playing during the lead part:
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Guitar Lessons by Alex · 4M ago

Happy Birthday Slim Harpo!

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Guitar Lessons by Alex · 5M ago

A Few Notes from my Musical Background…

I can still recall the music my dad liked to listen to, and the songs (written by some of those musicians) that he played. He liked Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon, The Beach Boys, Fleetwood Mac, Creedence, Kris Kristofferson,
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Guitar Lessons by Alex · 6M ago

Hey Joe

I grew up listening to the Jimi Hendrix version, but his was not the first: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Joe One reason this is a great song for beginners to learn is that it has all five open chords (E,G,A,C,D), one right after the other in a simple pattern:
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Guitar Lessons by Alex · 9M ago

Build Your Own

Some interesting stuff here… A fretless Les Paul, and a “bodiless” guitar: http://www.bruceclement.com/music/homebrew.htm
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Guitar Lessons by Alex · 9M ago

Waltzings for Dreamers

Drop D, capoed up:
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Guitar Lessons by Alex · 10M ago

Embryonic Journey – Jorma Kaukonen

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Guitar Lessons by Alex · 11M ago

Slide Guitar

Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles. Instead of altering the pitch of
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Guitar Lessons by Alex · 11M ago

Interpol – Turn on the Bright Lights

Listened to this album yesterday, a blast from recent past. Some simply great guitar lines on this recording (for those who like this type of simply great guitar lines): Turn On the Bright Lights is the debut studio album by American post-punk revival band Interpol. It was recorded in November 2001
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