Posted on February 7th, 2009 by learn acoustic guitar
This is a you tube describing the string damping technique used by John Lennon when he covered the old rock and roll song Stand by Me. The technique is called right hand damping because you use your right hand, or strumming hand, to damp the strings. It’s really easy to do and sounds great, especially on acoustic guitar so try it out.
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Posted on February 7th, 2009 by learn acoustic guitar
If you have ever spent some time learning guitar tab, or reading sheet music, you will have come across the concept of inverted guitar chords, also called slash chords. They are chords that have two different names separated by a slash such as D/F#.
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Posted on February 7th, 2009 by learn acoustic guitar
Learning how to strum your acoustic guitar correctly is often the biggest difference between sounding like an amateur and sounding like a pro. A really good acoustic guitarist can a make even the simplest guitar chord progression sound great with great strumming technique. A guitarist with poor strumming technique however will struggle to impress even the enthusiastic audience.
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Posted on February 5th, 2009 by learn acoustic guitar
Diminished chords are starnge type of guitar chord that can add an extra dimension to your guitar playing without the need for a lot of practice.
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Posted on February 5th, 2009 by learn acoustic guitar
The 12 bar blues are an easy chord progression that can be played in any key. When you have learned the basic twelve bar blues patterns you will have the basis for thousands of popular songs.
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