Memorizing Songs Can Be Very Difficult at First Source: Guitar Basics I have found over the years that people have (3) differing abilities for song memorization. You and your kids will find that you will fall into one of these groups: Instant Memorization: These are lucky people indeed. The can play any song right on [...]

One of the most important things you will have to learn about playing from music on the Staff is how notes carry time. There are many different types of notes that we will be learning and each one of them has a different length of time that you let it ring. With the music you [...]

Olivia Hard at Work Source: Guitar Basics After the Newness Wears Off… In all of my years of practice the more things change, the more things stay the same. When the newness of the guitar starts to wear off and the drudgery of daily practicing sets in, it’s time to come up with creative methods [...]

As we go through these lessons, I will be talking about certain parts of the guitar. I may say something like, “put your third finger on the 3rd fret”, or we may talk about the sound hole or the guitar top etc. etc.. So it is the intent of this article to give you a [...]

The Bass Strings: Bass means low or lowest. The lowest strings on the guitar are the 4th, 5th and 6th Strings. The 4th String is the second wound string on your guitar and it is made from plain steel wire core with bronze windings. The 5th string is the third wound string and is also [...]

Notes in the C scale: Since most of our songs for the first several weeks to months will be played in the Key of C, we will go over the C Scale notes and have you memorize just where they are and teach you how to play them. Ready? Here they are! There are 7 [...]

Proper Left Hand Thumb Placement Source: Guitar Basics One of the most import things about holding the Guitar Neck with your left hand is how you place your thumb. As the above photograph indicates, place the thumb of the left hand in the center portion of the neck. Again notice the space between the palm [...]

When you learn to read music you will need to learn definitions of music symbols called “music terms”. These are basic things you will need to know before you pick your first note, because it is important that you learn how to read music. I have included a couple of diagrams along with the musical [...]

The Treble Strings: Treble means high or highest. The highest strings on the guitar are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Strings. The 1st String is the thinnest string on your guitar and it is made from plain steel wire. The 2nd string is the second smallest string and is also made from plain steel wire. [...]

Johnson Guitar – 3/4 Size Source: Kid Guitar Reviews Kids Guitar Lessons – Let The Search Begin: We had our daughter ask if she could learn to play the guitar. Having given lessons for a long time, 8 years old was quite young to get kids started on lessons, but it is do-able. She was [...]