What is a Position: Up to this point you have been playing almost all of your notes on the guitar in what is called the first position. This is also called the open first position or the “home” position. A position is just a fancy term for shifting your right hand to play up higher [...]
Waltz Timing is also known as 3/4 timing. There are quite a few differences from that of the common time or 4/4 timing. We will teach you the differences and how to play rhythm chords or accompaniment chords in waltz timing too.
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Month 2, Lesson 4: Old MacDonald – Rhythm Chords – Text Source: Guitar Lessons – Rhythm Chords Old MacDonald – Rhythm Chords – Text This week we are going to go back and visit one of our songs from last month – Old MacDonald. By now you should know this song quite well. After all [...]
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Month 2, Lesson 3: It’s a Small World – Verse Text Source: Guitar Lessons – In-Fill Notes It’s A Small World Verse – Text It’s a Small World will bring back memories of Disney World or Disney Land if you are lucky enough to have traveled there. Kids love the ride and they love the [...]
Down Up Pick Strokes For Guitar Source: Guitar Basics Down Up Pick Strokes: This is one of the very basics that will separate an OK guitarist from a good one. If you can get going on your down ups, you will be able to pick faster and outplay all of your guitarist buddies. Just What [...]
First Position Open Notes Source: Kids Music Theory The First Position: With playing guitar, you will be playing in what is called “positions”. This is not a difficult thing to understand once you get the hang of it. If you look at your guitar, you notice that you have either 12 or 14 frets before [...]
Oops Pick in the Sound Hole – Now What? Source: Guitar Basics Do You Carry All Your Extra Picks Inside Your Guitar By Accident? Alright don’t laugh about this one. I can’t tell you how many kids play their guitar with at least one guitar pick rattling around inside the guitar, but I know it’s [...]
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 [...]
