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The 7 Easiest Guitar Chords and How to Play Them

The 7 Easiest Guitar Chords and How to Play Them

Learning to play the guitar is a relaxing, enjoyable, and incredibly rewarding experience, and mastering the basic chords is the first step on the journey for any beginner. Chords are the foundation of every song ever written, and learning just...

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Baritone Guitar - Everything You Need To Know!

Baritone Guitar - Everything You Need To Know!

Do you enjoy playing your favorite guitar but wish you could get more of the low-end frequencies you love so much? If so, then you need to get your hands on a baritone guitar. The baritone is a fascinating and...

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How to Play the 3 Easiest Taylor Swift Songs on Guitar

How to Play the 3 Easiest Taylor Swift Songs on Guitar

Taylor Swift is renowned for writing chart-topping songs with catchy melodies and relatable lyrics. A lot of them also have basic structures, which makes them some of the best songs for guitar beginners to learn. That’s why I decided to...

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Pentatonic Scale Guitar - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know

Pentatonic Scale Guitar - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know

If chords are the building block of music (see c chord on guitar if you're interested), then scales are the cement that holds them together. Scales allow you to create melodies, and add harmonies, as well as construct solos and...

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How to Choose the Best Bridge for a Jazzmaster or Jaguar

How to Choose the Best Bridge for a Jazzmaster or Jaguar

Fender’s iconic Jazzmaster and Jaguar are renowned for their unique offset body shapes, rich tonal qualities, and great playability. However, the floating tremolo system and bridge often cause a lot of frustration to guitarists. Whether you’re considering an upgrade to...

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Top 10 Habits for Proper Guitar Care and Maintenance

Top 10 Habits for Proper Guitar Care and Maintenance

Guitar maintenance is the number one way to keep your guitar rocking and always sounding at its best. You might not even think about it that much. Still, faulty electric or acoustic guitar maintenance might even shorten your instrument’s life....

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Should I Buy a 12 String Guitar?

Should I Buy a 12 String Guitar?

12 String guitars are wonderful instruments that are well worth investing in and mastering. However, lots of guitarists aren’t convinced that they’ll get enough use out of them to justify the purchase. So, I’ve decided to take a closer look...

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7 Easy Christmas Songs on Guitar for Christmas Vibe

7 Easy Christmas Songs on Guitar for Christmas Vibe

The best Christmas songs and other popular holiday favorites are usually quite easy to play on guitar. Although you rarely hear a guitar-driven Christmas tune, most will sound great played on either an acoustic or electric guitar using only a...

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Learn the Guitar Fretboard in 90 Minutes

Learn the Guitar Fretboard in 90 Minutes

Wow, what a bold claim that many of you will think is some sort of clickbait title, but I assure you, it isn’t. It’s 100% true, as long as you have a little bit of guitar playing experience. I was...

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What Guitar Strings are Best for My Guitar?

What Guitar Strings are Best for My Guitar?

There are so many myths about guitar strings, with players always debating whether thicker strings produce a better tone, whether coated strings sound worse than uncoated, what are the best brands and why, etc., etc. So, let's address each of...

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C Chord on Guitar - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know

C Chord on Guitar - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know

Chords are the fundamental building blocks of songs and one of the most commonly used is C. The root/open position version is among the first chords any beginner learns, and the root C major scale is usually the major scale...

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Left-Handed or Right-Handed Reversed Necks? All You Need to Know is Here

Left-Handed or Right-Handed Reversed Necks? All You Need to Know is Here

I know you’ve seen them too, players the size of Keith Urban going out on stage to thousands of screaming fans with a reverse-headstock telecaster neck on their guitar. But, why reverse-headstock guitars have become increasingly popular? Well, there was...

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Bass Guitar vs Electric Guitar - Which is Better for Me?

Bass Guitar vs Electric Guitar - Which is Better for Me?

Bass guitars and electric guitars look incredibly similar but are unique instruments that are played in completely different ways. But what are the differences and which is the best option for you, let’s get started with… The similarities between a...

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7 Easy Electric Guitar Songs for Beginners

7 Easy Electric Guitar Songs for Beginners

A lot of songs are actually far easier to play than they seem to be from listening to them. One of the best pieces of advice I give to guitar beginners is to search online for ‘easy songs by …..’...

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Best Gifts for Guitar Players This Black Friday

Best Gifts for Guitar Players This Black Friday

Black Friday is the best day of the year to buy a gift for the guitar player in your life. Whether it's for your guitar-playing husband/wife, son/daughter, father/mother, another relative, or a friend, Black Friday sales make your money go...

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