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Advice, Tips & Other Links - Want to learn more? Educate Others!

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Need some Playing Advice? Check the Discussion board or Ask a Question. Wish to Play Better? The best way to learn guitar is to Teach Guitar. Finding the Lessons Helpful? Share your opinion, Write a Review. Have a web site? Use our Free Lessons Feed and/or trade a Link with me. Would you like to Learn More? Visit some other Guitar Web Sites. Want to help me keep this web site up and running and the basic lessons free? Make a donation.

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Guitar Chords & More - Always Remember: Practice Makes Perfect!

The Basic Barre Chords - Learn these first. Major Triads: A - A#/Bb - B - C - C#/Db - D - D#/Eb - E - F - F#/Gb - G - G#/Ab Minor Triads: A - A#/Bb - B - C - C#/Db - D - D#/Eb - E - F - F#/Gb - G - G#/Ab Diminished Triads: A - A#/Bb - B - C - C#/Db - D - D#/Eb - E - F - F#/Gb - G - G#/Ab Major 7th. Chords: A - A#/Bb - B - C - C#/Db - D - D#/Eb - E - F - F#/Gb - G - G#/Ab Minor 7th. Chords: A - A#/Bb - B - C - C#/Db - D - D#/Eb - E - F - F#/Gb - G - G#/Ab Dominant 7th. Chords: A - A#/Bb - B - C - C#/Db - D - D#/Eb - E - F - F#/Gb - G - G#/Ab Minor 7 Flat 5 Chords: A - A#/Bb - B - C - C#/Db - D - D#/Eb - E - F - F#/Gb - G - G#/Ab Need to find a cool new exotic scale to build a song around or do you just want to know a different version of a inverted minor arpeggio?  Here's a good place to start... Arpeggios Chord Charts Church Modes Notes Guitar Music Chords Scales Tablature

Want to be a diversified player? Add many types of chords, arpeggios and scales to your fretboard vocabulary.

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Educational Products - You can never learn too much!

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Books: The "First Stage" Chord Chart, Fretboard Logic Se, How to Write Songs on Guitar, Guitar for Dummies, The First Stage Guitar Book, Fretboard Roadmaps, More... Videos: Guitar Now! - The Beginners Guide (Vol. 1), Ultimate Beginner: Guitar Basics Step 1, Riding the Rails, Guitar Basics, Step Two for Acoustic Guitar, Learning Guitar for Dummies, Guitar Now! Vol.2 Intermediate, Guitar Basics, Step Two for Electric Guitar & More... Software: eMedia Method, Vol.1, Electric Guitar Coach, Guitar Coach, eMedia Blues Legends, eMedia Intermediate Method, Finale Guitar, More...

Have you recently read an educational book, watched a video or used some guitar related software?   Tell everyone what you thought about it here!  Share your experiences by posting your reviews and opinions to the discussion board.

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Tablature, Music, & More - Tab makes learning your favorite songs easy! Everybody wants to learn a few riffs from their favorite bands.  Learn how to play all the parts of a song, the quick and easy way, by using tablature (tab). Bass Tablature Beatles Blink 182 Christian Tab Classical Tablature Country Tab Creed Green Day Guitar Music Guitar Tablature Incubus Jazz Tab Metallica Nirvana Punk Tablature Sheet Music Sublime Many people can play the first few chords of a popular tune, but try learning a whole song, if you can!

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Guitar Players - Study the works of all the great guitarists.

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Chet Atkins Eric Clapton Bob Dylan Jimi Hendrix John Lee Hooker BB King Wes Montgomery Jimmy Page Django Reinhardt Carlos Santana Stevie Ray Vaughan More... Do you have a favorite guitarist? Listen to them often as a source of education and inspiration! To enhance your playing abilities and to help you realize the infinite possibilities of the fretboard, listen to all their music you can get your hands on.

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Strings for Sale - Every player eventually needs new strings. Each set of strings offers a different type of tone.  Try many different brands and gauges to determine which strings sounds the best for you and the type of music that you play. D'Addario Dean Markley Elixir Guitar Strings Ernie Ball Fender Strings GHS Gibson Guitar Strings DR Martin Strings Rogue More... Larger gauge strings generate deeper tones.  Smaller gauge strings are easier to press and bend.

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Amplifiers, Effects & More - Having the right sound is a must!

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What sound are you going for? Want a heavy metal crunch, an alternative grunge, a country twang, or some new hip-hop/rap/rock mix thing?  Using a blend of signal processing & amplification, let your equipment create a sound that identifies your music as unique and pleasant to you.   Analog Delay Boss Pedals Capos Chorus Effects Crate Amps Digitech Effects Distortion Pedals DOD Pedals Flanger Effects Guitar Hero Home Recording Studio Marshall Amps Maxon Picks Randall Amps Reverb Effects Music Stands Straps Tuners Vox Amps Occasionally buy new equipment to enhance your playing experience, it's a fun thing to do, it will help keep you excited and it will increase your motivation to practice!  Tip: Before buying an effect pedal or amplifier, try out a few different selections at a music store.

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Guitars for Sale - Choose your weapon...

Want to know what to look for in a guitar?  Besides a good price, go for an instrument with dense wood, a nice tone, low fretboard action, and one that looks and feels good to you personally.

Acoustic Guitars Bass Guitars BC Rich Classical Guitars Cordoba Dean Electric Guitars Epiphone ESP Fender Hamer Gibson Ibanez Jackson Guitars Jose Ramirez Martin Ovation Paul Reed Smith Schecter Steel Guitars Takamine Vintage Guitars Washburn Yamaha

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"Whether you're learning the electric, classical or acoustic guitar, play it often and get good enough to show the world. If your music makes people have an emotional response, then it's good." - K.D. Malay

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