Learn To Play Guitar

This is something that most beginner guitar players learn last. And this is also perhaps learned without anyone teaching you how to. It’s like talking, nobody taught you how to talk, someone maybe assisted you but to totally teach you, I guess not. Phrasing is very much important in guitar playing especially in guitar solos, in fact, it is always used in guitar solos, especially in blues. So if you want to know more how to blaze with phrasing, I have just the right info for you that you might find useful. This is to assist you on proper phrasing of notes so that your guitar solos would sound great. After you read this you would have a very vivid idea on what phrasing really is and you’ll start to appreciate it for what it is. So I urge you to read this post.

Phrasing is properly squeezing in notes in a measure or beats. It doesn’t matter how many as long as you can play it all in and the most important note that you should play in time with the beat is the first and the last note. For example, you have the 4 / 4 time signature, you can play however you like it inside the 1 and 4 counts but be urea to hit the 1 and the 4 count with the right note.

Have you experienced performing the worst gig of your lives due to sound system problems? There are so many factors that might affect it but here are some tips just to make sure you don’t experience screwing up on your gigs because  of a lousy P.A. system.

1. There are so many sources that result in blurry sound. However, and almost all the time, it is always an amplified instrument. Guitar amps are usually the suspect. This is because guitar players always turn up their amps after the first song, because they find it hard to hear themselves as they begin to play those first few chords.
2. To rule out this problem, always give the guitar player more of himself in his monitor mix. This will keep him from turning up on stage. Thus, you will be able to get a clear, legible vocal sound over everything else. The reason is that the guitar and vocal frequencies operate within similar ranges, but the guitar is always louder. So, if you can get the guitar at a reasonable volume onstage, you will have plenty of gain before feedback with your vocal channel at the front – of – house.

Naming your group is the second hardest thing to forming a band. It’s easy to go out and grab a band mate. The hardest part is creating songs, sometimes, and more so often, it isn’t the hardest because there are instances that your band mates has got all these creative juices flowing out of them. So we could optionally scratch that. But naming the band, this is one crazy task that a band has to do. A band must come up with something that they all like. Nowadays, they would just name their band from almost about anything. And the band names today are pretty long. Anyway, there are a few things you should consider before you go create a band name if you plan to get serious with your group. First things first, you should check up your band name with the registry for duplicate names. This is very much important if you don’t want to end up with a law suit because naming your band something similar to a registered band name is not legit. Many bands have experienced this. But don’t worry, you won’t get sued right there and then. You’ll get a warning first and then the judgment day.

To looking for ways to improve your guitar playing which is currently mediocre, here’s something that would boost up your performance.  Guitar techniques are displaced if that makes your guitar playing sound good and delicious.  Mastering all the guitar techniques would make you become one bad ass guitar player.  Since I cannot place all the guitar techniques all at once in one article, here’s one technique that is very useful.  It is called the hammer on.  Together with the pull off technique they are more popularly called slurs.  Hammer ons could help you create a smoother solid sound between notes.  It’s like saxophone playing a flurry of notes in one blow.

Now to do a hammer on, you must first determine which two different notes you are going to include on your hammer on.  For example, you have the G note on the second string and the A note on the same string.  Not to do the hammer on, you should pluck the first note and produce a sound on the second note by slamming your other finger on the other note.  That is the basic hammer on technique that beginners should firs practice.  Once they get the hang of it they could move on to more complicated hammer ons.

And you still in the band and have no plans of becoming famous, everything is so simple because you’re doing it for itself.  But once you step the foot forward, things will become different.  The industry is a monster that could be a ally or an enemy that would eat you all up.  Prevent that from happening here are some helpful tips that would help you on your way to stardom.

Always remember that no matter how good your music is, there will be people will hate it.  As long as more people love it and you hate it, you’re on the right track.  But flaws about rejection and don’t cry about it and also all the NO’S that you will hear.  Focus on the number of positive answers.  If no one eats a music or head over heels in love with it, that is not good.  A strong reaction is always better than indifference.  Never worry about making something with artistic or commercial value.  If either is done right, there’s no distinction between the two.  Should know how to choose the right repertoire when performing two different market or crowd.  You should have songs that fits with crowds A and also songs that would fit crowd B and C.

OK, since it’s blues month, I will let you all into a little secret of mine.  Ever since I started playing the guitar or even before that, we back when I was kid, I was really fascinated with the blues and rock and roll.  While the other kids are interested on something else, I was busy imitating my favorite musicians.  Up until now, now that I know how to play guitar, I have my own set of guitar players that I use as influence.  And I would like to share my top five best blues guitarists in the whole world.  Warning: this is just my opinion and not based on some sort of survey or something.  So don’t hate me for it.

Top five- john Mayer

-          I know that he’s a new guy in this field of music, not as big as the legends but admit it, he’s got the talent he’s got the blues.  It was clear from the exhibited on east john Mayer trio band and on his continuum album.

Top four – Eric Clapton

-          He’s the king of the so-called electric blues.  From his yard birds, cream, another acts, you know that the blues within him.  No argument of that.

Top three- BB king

-          He will never be out of the newest because he’s one of the most influential blues guitar players in the world.

Top Two – Jimi Hendrix

-          Although he’s not totally a blues guitar player, you could definitely county man because he I in fact one of the greatest guitar player who ever lived.  And that didn’t come from me.

Top one – Stevie ray Vaughn

-          There’s simply no argument here.  SRV is definitely the winner when it comes to blues music.  Influenced by Hendrix, rush, Lonnie Mack, buddy guy and other blues artists, he came out with his own original sound.