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The 30-Day Guitar Challenge

30 Day Guitar ChallengeWhich of these describes you?

  • Total beginner. I’ve never touched a guitar before.
  • I play another instrument or sing and I want to pick up guitar.
  • I’ve played on and off over the years, but never could really put the skills together or make a habit of playing regularly.
    I’ve got something cool for you that will help immensely.

The 30-Day Guitar Challenge

Now’s your chance to start playing guitar or shore up the skills you already have in the 30-Day Guitar Challenge starting on January 16th.  It’s totally free to sign up and participate.

You’ll learn 3 full songs in 30 days with just 5 minutes of playing time each day.  It’s such a small amount of time that it’s dumb NOT to do it.  It’s like having a goal of brushing one tooth or walking ten steps.

Which songs will you learn?  Check out the FAQ here to see.  The songs themselves really don’t matter.  What you’ll get is the confidence of being able to learn a whole song and the good habit of playing guitar daily.

 

Who’s it for?

– Total beginners who have never touched an instrument before
– People who play other instruments, but would like to learn guitar and add it to their arsenal.  Especially singers who want to learn to accompany themselves
– People who have attempted to learn guitar in the past but had trouble sticking with it and making progress that seems usable in real playing situations.

If you’re already an intermediate or advanced player you won’t get much out of the 30-Day Challenge.  You might still get something out of Less Is More Guitar when that’s released, but it’s designed for beginners.  It’s also geared for teen and adult students.  Kids need a little more hands on from a live teacher.

All that said, the 30-Day Guitar Challenge starts on January 16th and it’s totally free to participate.  If the thought of picking up a guitar and rocking your cares away excites you, sign up for free right here.

 

 

 

How To Read Extended Chord Symbols For Guitar

How To Read Extended Guitar SymbolsIn Beginning Chord Theory For Guitarists I showed you how to construct basic three note chords, get them on the fretboard, and understand their relationship to one another.

In this post we’ll talk about how to read extended chord symbols, meaning those 7’s, 9’s, 11’s, and 13’s you’ve probably run across.  These chords add a lot more depth and complexity to your chord progressions than regular 3 note (triad) chords. Continue reading

How To Learn A Whole Song On Guitar

Maybe you’ve been playing for awhile.  You’ve got some chords and scales under your fingers.  You’ve been playing your exercises diligently.  But then you realize that you’ve yet to learn a whole song!  Something you know and love and can play for your friends!

Let’s dig into the process of how to learn a whole song on guitar.  Some of these steps may be changed or altered depending on what kind of song you’re learning.  There’s a big difference between Andres Segovia and Green Day.  But the basics should work across the board.

A couple of caveats… Continue reading

Beginning Chord Theory For Guitarists

As a guitarist you’ll spend 85% of your time playing chords.  And you probably have a few chords under your fingers already.  G, C, D anyone?

What you and I will accomplish with this article is helping you understand 3 things about chords.
Step 1 will be learning how they’re constructed.
Step 2, how they’re placed on the fretboard.
Step 3, some basic chord relationships.

To follow this article on beginning chord theory for guitarists, you’ll need to know how to find notes on your guitar fretboard.  If you haven’t yet, be sure to read these two articles first:
Guitar Notes For Beginners – This teaches you all the open position notes.
Easy Guitar Fretboard Reading Tricks – How to read all the rest of the notes on the fretboard.

And be sure to read all the way to the end for a cool bonus item…

And away we go….

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