Learn to Play Guitar

You were all surely very excited when you got your first guitar. Then, if you are like most beginners, you were probably met by the frustration of not being able to learn how to play it. A serious guitar teacher could help you with that problem, but not all of us have the cash to afford private lessons.

Fortunately, there is an answer. You can learn to play the electric guitar free online. There are countless websites dedicated to help you learn the basics on playing the guitar and overcome the frustrating feelings you often come across when you’re trying to be your own teacher.

Resources For Free Guitar Lessons

If you’ve decided you want to learn to play the electric guitar free online, the first thing you’ve got to do is find a good resource. Look for one written by a professional guitar player. It is also important that they offer feedback, so that you will have someone to ask for help when you come across some difficulties.

Dan Cross, the guitar writer at About, has many useful tips for beginning guitar players. However, there are plenty of resources you can find to learn to play the electric guitar free online. Choose one that suits your learning style best. Most of them are written in standard notation and guitar tablature.

Learning Guitar Chords

Here is what most resources designed to help you learn to play the electric guitar free online will probably teach you about chords:

l How to read a chord diagram
l Open position guitar chords: major, minor, seventh chords
l How to switch from one chord to another effectively
l Guitar songs that use open position guitar chords
l How to make up your own music
l How to create and play barre chords

The Pentatonic Scale

Some of you will want to learn more than the basics and learn to play more complicated guitar riffs. Whether you want to play in Zack Wilde’s style, blues licks like Eric Clapton or Page or jazz songs like George Benson and Larry Carlton, they all have something in common. They all use the pentatonic scale.

l Free online lessons on the pentatonic scale will teach you:
l Practices for learning any scale
l Playing 5 different patterns of pentatonic scale
l A few pentatonic blues songs to get you started
l Learning about passing tone and how you can use it
l How to make up your own guitar riffs

If you want to learn to play the electric guitar free online, you will probably have to subscribe to a specialized website. Most of them will provide lessons starting at the beginner level and increasing in difficulty as they go further. However, to make sure they meet your learning style and your current level; you can always contact the guitar teacher and ask.

Online guitar lessons will not replace a private teacher, who can provide you with personal attention, monitor your progress and offer constant feedback. But, if you are a good self teacher, you will probably find some very useful online guitar lessons to get you started.

Illuminasty Duo and Friends

Howdy, folks. Here Is another performance I was so honored to particeipate in, painting to some really rad music by the Illuminasty Duo and friends at the Sebastopol Brewery Company on March 28. This was on a small stage, unfortunately, but I was happy to paint even in the corner where I could be inspired by the hot tunes these top notch musicians were belting out. Sorry, I’m on the road and don’t have pics of the paintings yet, so the paintings on the wall behind the band will have to do for now. But, hey, it’s not always about the PR, besides, if you check out my journal on Modern Guitars you can see what I look like while painting…

Shannon Curfman in Hollywood

Hey everyone, thanks for checking out my performasnce journal. This was my 3rd performance with Shannon Curfman. I met up with the band after a performance at the Last Day Saloon in Santa Rosa, then took a Vietnamese tour bus to hollywood. This time she had her full band and space was limited on stage. Thanks to her guitar player for working with me on that. She is on a tour right now. Wish I could get to Texas to do those shows with the band.

OHM at the Coach House

Ok, it’s been awhile. another kick ass show with OHM but this time at the Coach House and with their new drummer, Joel Taylor, Robert Pagliari on bass, and Chris Poland guitar. To hear their music check out www.chrispoland.com. The crowd went crazy and Chris is always great on the guitar allthough if you ask him he will tell ya he sucked like hell. He allways says that. Anyway, the music is unbelievable to paint to. I feel so privileged to be onstage with them…

New Soul Underground, Larry Carlton and Kirk Fletcher

Hey everyone, thanks for checking in. I can’t wait to tell you about this show - a top notch performance by New Soul Underground with guest appearances by guitarists Larry Carlton and Kirk Fletcher (Fabulous Thunderbirds).

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