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Learn How to Play Guitar

In: Guitar

By: Timothy Woods

So you want to be a rock star? Learning how to play guitar is a fantastic but often difficult experience. Here are some essential pointers to help you on your way. more...

Les Paul Biography

In: Guitar

By: Michael Rowland

Biography of Les Paul, developer of the solid-body electric guitar and pioneer of modern recording studio techniques. more...

Learn Why and How to Tune a Guitar

In: Guitar

By: Alex Keshen

It's important to learn how to properly tune a string instrument if you're planning on learning how to play it. more...

How To Read Tablature Symbols

In: Guitar

By: Alex Keshen

Once you have the basic understanding of how to read a guitar tab, here are the basics to learning how to read and play bends, slides and hammer-ons/pull-offs. more...

Learn To Play Guitar by Tablature

In: Guitar

By: Alex Keshen

While they may be a lot easier to read than traditional sheet music for beginners, guitar tab users also need to be taught how to read them properly. more...

Guitarists Christmas Gifts

In: Musical Instruments (general)

By: Graham Lee

It's easy to find a wide range of gifts to suit the guitar player at your local music store. more...

How to Play the Musical Saw

In: Musical Instruments (general)

By: Sheila Gaquin

The music shop down the road probably doesn't offer musical saw lessons, but the aspiring musician needn't worry; most saw virtuosos are self-taught. more...

Introduction to The Musical Saw

In: Musical Instruments (general)

By: Sheila Gaquin

Give a saw as a present this holiday season , or become virtuoso yourself. This folk instrument, also called a singing saw, is easy to play and never fails to entertain. more...

Musical Kids Christmas Gifts

In: Musical Instruments (general)

By: Graham Lee

There is a wide range of gifts that suit younger children to be found in your local music store. more...

The Most Famous Acoustic Guitar

In: Guitar

By: Graham Lee

One acoustic guitar has been copied more than any other but never equalled. It is easily the most recognizeable and famous acoustic guitar ever - the Martin D-28... more...

The most famous Gibson Guitar

In: Guitar

By: Graham Lee

The fifties was a fertile period for electric guitar design. Both Fender and Gibson came up with solid body guitars that have remained essentially the same to this day... more...

I Want to Play the Bagpipes!

In: Musical Instruments (general)

By: Miranda Zinnel

Learning to play the Great Highland bagpipes starts with finding a teacher. more...

A Most Famous Twelve String Guitar

In: Guitar

By: Graham Lee

The chiming sound of the Rickenbacker 12 string guitar has a special place in the hearts of music lovers. George Harrison of The Beatles can be thanked for this... more...

The Most Famous Guitars

In: Guitar

By: Graham Lee

There are just a few guitars that even non guitarists would recognize, guitars that were used by someone so famous and influential that they are seared on the memory. more...

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