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Shoked Mohol asked:




If you are planning to learn how to play the guitar and really want to be good at it, I would suggest that you start out with learning Jazz. Jazz guitar playing does not have any actual base of music theory but instead, is a theory which is a collection of ideas which were passed on from musician to musician. Jazz players never really needed music theory to come up with their music, but instead, needed to thoroughly know the instruments enough to give a rhythm to accompany the other jazz musicians. Jazz playing changed over the years and now has become a base for many other genres of music.

It is said, if a guitarist knows how to play jazz, he is really good. This is because jazz playing has a vast background and includes a huge number of unique jazz scales and licks. Jazz playing will teach you how to create your own strumming patterns and chord progressions, making your music very unique. When learning jazz theory, you will learn to rely mostly on the seventh and third notes of a chord. Jazz may seem like fun, but requires a good amount of practice and dedication. However, learning jazz is what I would recommend for anyone who is planning to start out with guitar playing.

When going to buy a jazz guitar, it is best to go with someone who already knows how to play the guitar, and plays it well. A person who has good experience with guitars will be the best one to tell whether or not a guitar is good. If you are buying the guitar online then you should consider only buying a reliable make. Also, read testimonials of people who have bought a guitar from the site you are planning to purchase your guitar. The prices online will definitely be a lot cheaper than at a regular music store, and you can also find places that offer other things along with the guitar.

Not all guitars are meant for jazz. Back in the day, before solid bodied electrics were made, people used acoustic guitars. But now however, the hollow bodied electric guitar is the ideal choice for a jazz guitar. When buying an electric guitar, make sure that you do not buy one without doing a good amount of research. The ideal jazz guitar is a hollow bodied electric guitar. Makes like Gibson and Epiphone are commonly used in jazz guitar playing and are known to be some of the best jazz guitars. Do not go in for a solid bodied guitar if you want to only focus on jazz since the tone of those guitars won’t suit the genres.

If you plan to play other genres of music also, then you should probably think of going in for a Gibson or a Fender. Guitar makes like Ibanez and Kramer are really good but mostly meant for heavy metal. The tone of the guitar mainly depends on it’s pickups as well as the design of the body. Archtop guitars are typical jazz guitars and you can find them in many makes. Make sure that the guitar you buy has a floating bridge to allow adjustments so as to increase or decrease the action. Once you get a good jazz guitar you will not have a problem with spending time learning.

Bryan Hubert asked:




Beginner guitarists need easy guitar songs to learn first, before they starting learning the advanced songs. Once a guitarist can get through the basic guitar chords, strumming patterns, and speed on the song (tempo), then they can begin to get into the insane guitar solos and riffs.

The songs beginner guitarists should learn are ones that sound good just from them playing it. All the song needs is one guitar to play it all.

3 Easy Guitar Songs

These are a few of the guitar songs that I learned when I first started to play the guitar.

Time of your Life (Good Riddance) By Green day

This song is very simple for any beginner guitarist. When you listen to the song, you can hear the guitar very clearly and are able to understand how the strumming and picking goes, basically how it is suppose to sound. This makes teaching yourself much easier. The chords played in the song are all basic chords and they do not jump all over the fretboard. The entire song is played in the first 3 frets. Along with the chords, the picking is pretty simple. Although the tempo may be a little fast, the song is very simple to learn and remember. When learning the song, slow it down a bit until you get the hang of it and then play it and the normal speed.

Free Fallin’ by Tom Petty

This song is very also very simple to learn. It repeats the same chords, so there is not too much to memorize. The chords are all very easy to play. Just remember to take everything slow at first and then once you got it speed it to its normal speed.

Hey There Delilah by Plain White T’s

This song’s in general is easy to learn and play. Out of these three songs, I believe this is the most difficult (at least it was for me). The tempo is a little quicker than the other songs, so the strumming was really difficult for me. The chords are pretty simple though, so to learn what to play is not difficult, but playing them at the right time was though. Other than that, excellent song to learn how to play.

These are my opinions and experiences on these songs. They are all very simple to learn, all using the basic chords and nothing insane. The a beginner friendly guitar songs. Along with being easy to play, they are very well known songs.

Fast Easy way to learn Guitar – Guitar Tricks

Peter Edvinsson asked:




The key of A is full of possibilities for a guitarist. Many exciting chords can be created by moving a finger or sliding the guitar chord among the frets. Let’s create our first guitar progression..

We will start with the most common A-major chord:

A: 0/5 2/4 2/3 2/2 0/1

What do the slashes and numbers mean? 2/4 means, press down the second fret on string four. In other words: fret/string

Now when you know how this guitar tab notation works we will add one more guitar chord to A-major and make a little progression.

We can call this A11:

0/5 0/4 0/3 0/2 0/1

As you can see it is a very easy chord to play. We will now construct a little progression that can be used as an intro to a song in A-major:

A / / / A11 / / / A / / / A11 / / /

Our next guitar progression will start with the A-minor chord in its most common shape:

Am: 0/5 2/4 2/3 1/2 0/1

By sliding this guitar chord up two frets we have created a nice sounding chord named according to which note we consider the root of the guitar chord.

I will call it Bm11 because I personally have the feeling of B-minor in the chord. Maybe you are of another opinion. That’s okey with me!

Bm11: 0/5 4/4 4/3 3/2 0/1

Now we have another guitar chord progression based on the a-minor chord:

Am / / / Bm11 / / / Am / / / Bm11 / / /

We will continue this guitar lesson by extending the progression with one new chord with the same shape as the basic A-major chord slided up to fret number five. We will call it Am7. This guitar chord looks like this:

Am7: 0/5 5/4 5/3 5/2 0/1

With this chord at our disposal we can now create the following progression that can be repeated as a turnaround:

Am / / / Bm11 / / / Am7 / / / Bm11 / / /

We will now make a similar guitar progression in A-major recycling some of the chord shapes previously used but on other frets.

First guitar chord in the progression will be the basic A-major we used initially. We will then use the chord I name Bm11. Last out will be Amaj7 built by sliding Bm11 up two frets.

Here are the guitar chords we will use:

A: 0/5 2/4 2/3 2/2 0/1

Bm11: 0/5 4/4 4/3 3/2 0/1

Amaj7: 0/5 6/4 6/4 5/4 0/1

Here is the progression:

A / / / Bm11 / / / Amaj7 / / / Bm11 / / /

We will end this music lesson by playing a very easy but impressive progression with another chord shape for A-major. It looks like this:

A: 0/5 7/4 6/3 5/2 0/1

By sliding this open guitar chord down two frets we will get an interesting and nice sounding chord I will name A11:

A11: 0/5 5/4 4/3 3/2 0/1

We will now slide the chord down to the first fret and we will get an interesting Fmaj7:

Fmaj7: 0/5 3/4 2/3 1/2 0/1

Here you have a progression with the previous three chords that can be used as an guitar intro in the key of A-major:

A / / / A11 / / / Fmaj7 / / / A11 / / /

Indeed, the key of A is full of possibilities for a guitarist! The open fifth A-string and maybe the first open E-string will blend nicely with other chord shapes on the second, third and fouth string.

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Jacob A. Krumgalz asked:




Guitar tablatures are far different from the traditional musical notations. These guitar tabs can be easily understand and so are highly recommended for those aspiring to be a guitarist. Though, these tabs have own flaws, these can still guide you in your guitar playing.

In reading guitar tabs, one must first learn the basic parts of a guitar tab. Tabs have six lines that represent the six stings in the guitar. The top line corresponds to the smallest line and the bottom corresponds to the largest string. As you can notice, each line has number that shows you which frets to play. Frets are metal lines you can see on the guitars.

If you see 0, it means you will pluck the open string. If the number is greater than 0, you will fret according to the numbers. When you came across with numbers aligned vertically, it only means that you have to play the chords at the same time.

Reading guitar tabs does not give the guitarist the techniques he or she can accomplish. But it gives symbols that can guide the guitarist how the notes should be played. For example, an inserted ‘H’ would mean hammer on, a ‘T’ means to tap and so on.

It is much advisable that on reading guitar tabs, the song must be played simultaneously so that the guitarist can hear how the tabs are being played.

Music is passion and so there should be no limitation. Take advantage of the guitar tabs featured on various websites. These are for free yet instructive.

Fast Easy way to learn Guitar – Guitar Tricks

Tucker asked:


I love jam bands (i.e. The Dead, Phish) and have started jamming seriously on guitar for the past year or so. I’ve been playing for about five years, and have a ’67 Fender Mustang Reissue and an Epiphone Les Paul. My favorite guitarist is Trey Anastasio, and I was wondering what guitars (other than Languedocs) are good for jamming and/or sound like his, and are somewhat reasonably priced. Thanks in advance. Peace.