Alternate tunings are a way to explore your melodic and songwriting capabilities, and DADGAD is a great one. This alternate tuning is easy for guitarists of all skill levels and is great fun to play and compose on. Not to mention, you will find some of the most iconic songs by bands like Led Zeppelin …
It takes skill to play the guitar. Singing and playing the guitar at the same time takes even more skill, but with some practice, it’s so much fun! In this article, we’ll be covering all the best sing along guitar songs. So, if you’re looking for campfire songs or songs to simply enjoy with your …
Electric guitars come in various shapes and sizes: from solid body guitars, semi-hollow body to hollow-body guitars. Even among the solid body guitars, there are hundreds of shapes and sizes to choose from. Guitars vary greatly in body shape, neck shape, and material. They also come in at a wide range of prices, and many …
Utilizing alternate tunings can add a whole new dimension to your guitar playing. For the characteristically growly and heavy tones, D-standard is simply “Standard tuning,” aka “E Standard,” but dropping each string one full step to D-G-C-F-A-D. Although widely used in metal, D-standard has also found a place in several iconic grunge, pop, and folk …
A 12 string guitar, whether it be acoustic or electric, can open up a new avenue of sound that 6 string guitars simply cannot reach. Ringing out big thick open chords and adding a harmonic “fullness” to your tone, a 12 string guitar can be an extremely valuable addition to your guitar rack. This is …
Les Claypool is known as a modern bass-playing powerhouse and a punk-rock virtuoso. His mastery of the bass has made him genre-defying. He is as well-versed in jazz fusion as he is in heavy metal or progressive rock. His band Primus mixed funk, metal, and other genres to create something unique. Known for his crazy …
In this article, we’ll take a look at how to play the C guitar chord and some C chord variations that will make this great beginner chord easy to find on the fretboard and use in various genres. The C chord and the key of C are stepping stones to launch your guitar playing skills. …
Steve Vai, innovator of “stunt guitar” and mercurial, enigmatic solo artist. His unique playing style is rooted firmly in precision and infinite expression, and over five decades remains at the forefront of potent shred guitar. Appropriately, his first job as a guitarist came with Frank Zappa, who often referred to Vai, then aged eighteen, as …
Change is an unavoidable part of our lives, whether it’s changes in places, people, or in other aspects of life. And whether we like to admit it or not, we ourselves have either changed or need to change. There are many things or events that could bring us to changing ourselves, some of which may …
Love songs have a very uncanny way of talking directly to our hearts. Even if we don’t have a hand in the composition and writing of the song, we still feel moved by the lyrics and the melodies of the song. Love songs can be a very powerful cocktail that gets us drunk with emotions. …