Being a musician isn’t easy. It takes hard work, practice, dedication, then more hard work and practice. It can be a grueling experience just trying to learn the basics, let alone mastering them. Lucky for the musicians of today, technology has made learning and practicing, along with mastering, easier than ever before. With tablets, armed […]
If you leave your guitar exposed to seasonal changes without practicing any preventative maintenance, your instrument isn’t going to be able to withstand the test of time. By not controlling the humidity levels in your home or in the case of your guitar, the chances of your guitar warping will be increased, which will lead […]
There is one common problem in the guitar community that reaches across both new and experienced musicians. Learning how to play guitar with small hands Is quite the challenge. However, just because you’re struggling to reach the proper finger placement, doesn’t mean that you should give up on playing! Playing guitar with a set of […]
If you’ve never had any professional training, lessons, and didn’t learn any music theory while you were in school, the chances are that you aren’t somebody who can read sheet music. Typically, when you learn how to play guitar in a school or private lesson session, you’re going to learn how to play scales, how […]
If you're serious about learning how to play guitar, you’ve probably spent some time looking around the internet for some free sheet music to download. If you’ve spent some time looking for sheet music, you’ve also probably discovered that finding sheet music or free guitar tabs is extremely difficult to find. I know that I […]
Changing guitar strings on an electric or acoustic guitar actually isn’t too difficult of a task, but it can be very intimidating if you’ve never done it before. Whether you’re a beginning or advanced guitarist that has never changed strings before, changing strings is a skill that be easily acquired through some simple instructions and […]
I like to be honest in reviews, so let me say straight off that I had never heard of Jamorama before I needed to review it. I have to say, approaching it, I was a mixed mindset of intrigued and skeptical. This predominantly came from the way it labels itself as a social network for guitarists. […]
If you are a guitarist who is working with a tight budget, you’re probably not able to afford a high-quality professional tuner that’s going to last you years and years. That’s totally okay, too! Since smartphones have such a heavy influence in our lives, some companies have decided to take their market to the whole […]
Back when smartphones were first released to the market, musicians used the microphone on their smartphone to tune their guitars. This type of tuning was great to use if you were in a pinch and needed to tune quickly, but it didn’t give you spot on results. Since technology has improved, the guitar tuner apps […]
In the music industry, vibrato vs tremolo are two guitar effects often confused by not only musicians and guitarists but manufacturers as well. For example, many manufacturers have guitars that have been labeled with a tremolo arm, when in fact, it’s actually a vibrato arm. Both vibrato and tremolo modulation effects produce a similar movement […]