Whether that’s guitar or violin, if you’re just starting your musical journey then you might think that strings are strings, and it doesn’t matter which instrument you use them on. Perhaps you’re a frustrated young violinist, tired of spending so much money on costly violin strings especially when there are so many cheap guitar string …
I think we can all agree that musicians are crazy and among them, I consider guitarists the wildest of the bunch, but then you have electric guitarists, and I must tell you, we are from another planet! That’s why I’m not surprised that someone would actually ask this question, I mean playing under the pouring …
Before I started playing the guitar, I was a piano kid and I kept getting compliments for my long fingers. Some people kept telling me that that was the reason I was good at it, while others kept insisting that I had long fingers because I was playing the piano. When I moved to guitar …
As a huge rock and metal fan, I’ve seen guitarists of this intense genre do crazy things. I’ll never forget seeing Rory Gallagher’s beat-up Stratocaster on TV, imagining the amount of moisture and sweat it had absorbed over the years. I was also impressed to see Metallica performing in England in 2019 under the pouring …
When you’re a rookie even holding the guitar feels awkward and alien, for me that feeling was multiplied tenfold when I first touched the strings of my guitar. Nowadays I know quite well the difference between having trouble pressing down on strings as a newbie versus someone with years of experience, but I will still …
Why Are My Guitar Strings So Hard To Press Down? Read More »
When I began my guitar journey, I was mostly afraid of failure. Like most of us, I was thinking about the end goal not the journey of exploration. My best friend however had a different fear, one that I wasn’t even aware existed and that was the fear of guitar strings. He was especially scared …
The guitar must be one of the most popular instruments out there because it’s portable, it’s relatively easy for beginners and it’s simply cool. But no matter how approachable it may seem there are plenty of guitar techniques you’ll need to learn in your musical journey, one of the most common ones is fingerstyle and …
Fingerstyle Vs Strumming (What’s The Difference?) Read More »
I can’t help but start by referencing one of my favorite nerd pickup lines of all time. In Frasier, the geeky Trekkie Noel purrs to his coworker Roz, “set phasers to stunning!” Alright, it’s a different kind of phaser- or is it? The two phasers have some strange overlap, especially when it comes to bass …
In 1982, The Ramones had already Bopped to the Blitzkreig and fully expressed their desire to be sedated. Hell, they had already moved on to working with Phil Spector and making a movie. Loud guitars and driving drums were nothing new, and you might be forgiven to think punk rock had come and gone. And …
What’s more gorgeous than the lush tone of an acoustic guitar? How about an acoustic guitar that’s two acoustic guitars! Well, it’s slightly more complicated than that, but that’s the basic idea of the 12-string guitar. As subtle and complex as music can be, sometimes it’s really as simple as “the same, but more!” Or …
