One of the most common problems that new students come to me with is how to accurately play the rhythm notation written on a page. Figuring them out by ear comes into play here too. With a little knowledge and a few simple steps you can become the rhythmic groove dragon you’ve always dreamed of. And don’t call your band Rhythmic Groove Dragon… That’s a horrible name. Continue reading
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When I was studying music as a kid, just the word “intervals” would make me groan. “Ah, crap… I get it. It’s the distance between two notes. Whooooo cares!?”
But the longer I played, the more I realized that my sight reading skills and ability to understand the construction of a song all thoroughly depended on what I’d learned about intervals. The longer you play, and especially on guitar, the more you’ll think in terms of intervals than note names.
By the way, if you’re not yet familiar with how to read all the notes on your fretboard, that will help to give you an even better understanding of the stuff we’re talking about here. Check out my easy fretboard reading trick here.
So, what are intervals? Continue reading
For a beginner guitarist, learning to play eighth notes can be a little confusing at first. But with a few quick little exercises you’ll be flying along with them in no time.
In your last lesson, “How To Read Guitar Notes For Beginners“, we talked about the different parts of the staff and how the pitch notations are used.
One definition of music is that it’s sounds laid out over time. We’ve talked about the sound part. Next we’ll get into time. In this article we’ll talk about rhythm. There are two parts to every note: what note to play (pitch) and how long to play it for (rhythm).
We’ll start with the five basic kinds of rhythm notes. Continue reading
Among many of my new students, the biggest fear is learning to read music notation. Learning how to read guitar notes is much easier than everyone makes it out to be. There’s two things I want you to remember here: Continue reading
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