Today I’m posting one of my friend Colin’s videos, one that he did on the Open G Major tuning for guitar. This is just an introduction to the tuning, giving you an idea what you can do with an open tuning. Alternate guitar tunings are a ton of fun, and this is one example. When…
When you’re playing guitar dynamics are very important. The same is true for any instrument, but how do you add dynamics to your guitar playing? Although there are many ways of adding dynamics to your playing, one great way to do that is to change the intensity you play with. One way to do that…
It seems as though there’s a widespread myth out there that the acoustic guitar is a completely different instrument than the electric guitar, and that subsequently, you can’t play things on an acoustic guitar that you can play on an electric guitar. Well, for the most part, that’s a load of hooey. The fact is,…
If you’ve been on my email newsletter for any amount of time, or if you’ve been hanging around Guitar Tips Weekly very much, you’ve probably heard me talking about guitar theory at some point or other. So what IS guitar theory, and how in the world is it going to help us become better guitar…
Improvising is probably definitely my favorite aspect of playing the guitar. When I used to play trumpet, there was very little improvising involved; we would simply play off the sheet music that we were given. That can be fun, to be sure, but it is a completely different story from creating something entirely new and…
