http://www.guitaristsjourney.com Learning to play guitar Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:48:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Were you ever amazed by how fast professional guitar players find their way around the fret board? Imagine having this ability and what amazing things you can do: play any song you'd like, make beautiful improvisations, and impress everyone with your guitar licks. The good news is that this impressive ability ... http://www.guitaristsjourney.com/2010/the-secret-to-mastering-the-guitar-fretboard/ By Kenn Bell A lot of beginning guitar players get bored with traditional lessons early on, and would like to learn some easy songs to play on the guitar in order to break up the monotony of learning basic notes and chords. We will take a look at some easy to ... http://www.guitaristsjourney.com/2010/easy-guitar-songs-easy-songs-to-learn-on-the-guitar/ [rating:5] "Best home guitar course ever!" "Top of the league guitar course!" Learn and Master Guitar is arguably the best home guitar course you can get for your money. It is published by Legacy Learning Systems and instructed by Steve Krenz. The course won multiple awards, including the 2008 Acoustic Guitar Magazine Players' ... http://www.guitaristsjourney.com/2010/learn-and-master-guitar-review/ [rating:4.5] Quick facts Product name: Jamorama Target user level: Beginner and intermediate guitar players Publisher: Rock Star Recipes Ltd, New-Zealand Website: www.jamorama.com Format: Digital download or hardcopy version (including physical books, CDs and DVDs) Price: $49.95 (standard edition), $99.95 (Deluxe edition), $149.95+S&H (Hardcopy edition) Guarantee: 60 days money back Support: Via email. Description Jamorama is one of the more popular guitar courses online. It was first introduced in ... http://www.guitaristsjourney.com/2009/jamorama-reviewhttpwww-guitaristsjourney-comwp-adminpost-new-php/ Vibratos can add life to your playing. As its names suggests, vibrato is a technique that creates a vibrating sound around a root note. In classic guitar vibrato, we vibrate the string sidewards, right and left. This is illustrated in the following video: Rock guitar vibrato is slightly different since you ... http://www.guitaristsjourney.com/2009/guitar-vibrato/ The guitar bend is a technique that allows you to change the pitch of a string, after it has already been picked by bending it up (higher pitch) or down (to a lower pitch). You should bend with your entire wrist because a single finger alone may not be strong enough ... http://www.guitaristsjourney.com/2009/guitar-bend/ A guitar slide is a technique where you smoothly transition between notes by sliding your finger from one fret to another on the same string. Slides are marked with a diagonal line (or "/" and "\" on an ASCII tablature) with the beginning fret on the left and the end ... http://www.guitaristsjourney.com/2009/guitar-slides/ The pull-off is the opposite of a  hammer-on. Both techniques help you play a smooth transition between notes, called a slur, or Legato. Like a hammer-on, the pull-off allows you to play more than one note on the same string with a single pluck. Unlike the hammer-on, the first note ... http://www.guitaristsjourney.com/2009/pull-off/ Like a pull-off, a guitar hammer-on is a type of slur, a smooth transition between notes. It allows you to play two or more notes on the same string with a single pluck. As opposed to a pull-off, the first note on a hammer-on is always lower pitched than the ... http://www.guitaristsjourney.com/2009/hammer-on/ What are guitar tablatures A guitar tablature is a simplified form of music notation for playing guitar music. It physically resembles the arrangement of the guitar neck, unlike standard sheet music notation, that consist of note staffs. Since tablatures are more intuitive (represent the physical arrangement of the strings) than standard ... http://www.guitaristsjourney.com/2009/how-to-read-guitar-tablatures-tabs/