January 2010

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Does playing the guitar make your fingers grow?

I have recntly started playing the guitar, and I have noticed that many good guitar players have very long fingers. Are they so good because their fingers were always long, or did their fingers grow from all that exercise they had while playing an instrument involving fingers? My cousin also plays guitar and piano, and [...]

Filed under: playing guitar by admin - 31 January 2010, 5 Comments

How do I learn to play the guitar?

I really wanna be like awesome guitar players, like the guy in Hannah Montana’s band. What’s the fastest way to learn guitar really well? Like as good as him?
I need to learn how to play several of Hannah Montana’s songs in 2 months so I can perform at my school’s Battle of the Bands.
I think [...]

Filed under: learn to play the guitar by admin - 31 January 2010, 8 Comments

How can I learn to play the guitar?

I have always wanted to learn how to play guitar, but I have never been able to. We cannot afford an instructor, money is tight. I have tried the instructional books, but they have not helped me any. I cannot tune a guitar. Can anyone give advice on how to learn guitar?
I used this site:
http://www.zentao.com/guitar/guitar-lessons.html
It [...]

Filed under: learn to play guitar by admin - 31 January 2010, 5 Comments

Some metal guitar riffs to play that sound sick and that are not too complicated?

Playing guitar for 3 years. Just to let you know. So i want some good metal riffs to play. I actually want metal not Marilyn Manson or any of that shit. perfereblysomething in drop D tuning .
Unholy Confessions by Avenged Sevenfold..
not too hard but still sounds pretty cool

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Filed under: guitar riffs by admin - 31 January 2010, 4 Comments

How to figure out guitar licks, solos, and appeggios…?

I know how to play the electric guitar very well, but do not know the music theory behind it. Lets say a song was int he key of G and the chords progressed as follows- G,D,C…
Would you play stuff from the G or do chord progressions using the pentatonic scale? Please advise… do [...]

Filed under: guitar licks by admin - 31 January 2010, 1 Comment

Guitar lessons what do you think?!!!!?

hey Im nearly 25 do you think it’s too old to get guitar lesons i know nothing at all but have always wantesd to try.
I know your never too old but most ppl learn really young/ do you know where i could learn im in birmingham england
No any age is fine to start. But don’t [...]

Filed under: guitar lesons by admin - 31 January 2010, 13 Comments

I would like to make an educational web site for guitar instruction? What is a good computer program?

How do I get advertisers to post on my page?
Here is the procedure in short.
Buy domain from namecheap.
Buy web hosting from websites like http://aplis.net/
Upload few html files to your webhost, you are done. Or else you may contact a web designer to set it up for you. Check websites like http://getafreelnacer.com/

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Filed under: guitar instruction by admin - 31 January 2010, 1 Comment

Can you play guitar hero with two guitars?

I have guitar hero 2 and rock band, is it possible to play guitar hero 2 using both the guitar provided by guitar hero and the one provided by rock band?
If so, how?
I don’t think GH will work with the RB guitar, though it will work the other way around. Because GH was made [...]

Filed under: guitar by admin - 31 January 2010, 6 Comments

How can I get better at blues guitar?

I really want to learn more about playing blues guitar and need to know the basic chord progressions and anything else that may help. Thanks
I can really recommend this book:
http://www.skepticalguitarist.com/blues.htm
It’s available from Amazon.

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Where can I get a low-priced guitar lesson in New York area?

My friend told me she got a bass lesson for $15 a month! That sounds like a pretty good price considering that she knows how to play fret-less now too. I wanted to know if I could get any good electric guitar lessons around New York/Queens. Good, thorough lesson.Thanks.
That is a good price but [...]

Filed under: bass lesson by admin - 31 January 2010, 1 Comment