by Jo Bywater | Nov 19, 2024 | Learning Guitar, Online Guitar Lessons
How important is: a) Your guitar being in tune? b) Learning to tune your own guitar? (answer: VERY!) Sometimes tuning a guitar can get overlooked. I’ve seen it a LOT from students and even at gigs watching some performers. It’s never enjoyable to...
by Jo Bywater | Nov 16, 2024 | Music Theory, Online Guitar Lessons, Teaching Guitar
Learning how to build chords using the notes from scales is one of the most useful things I ever learned in music theory. It has joined so many dots together for me that I urge people to learn how to do this if they are at all interested in the theory side of playing...
by Jo Bywater | Nov 4, 2024 | Guitar Gear Reviews, Guitar Tools & Accessories, Online Guitar Lessons, Teaching Guitar
There are gadgets and gimmicks and things that look useful but the reality is that not all of the things you’re told to add to your guitarist kit are…. I have put together a list of 8 things I KNOW are used over and over as a guitarist. These things I have...
by Jo Bywater | Oct 29, 2024 | Guitar Gear Reviews
G7th Performance 3 Capo Review Capos are a HOT topic for guitarists. There are all sorts of shapes, makes, sizes and prices. I’ve used capos a lot for gigs, teaching etc and I have my trusty faithful Dunlop Trigger capo (2 of them in fact) that have been in my...
by Jo Bywater | Oct 21, 2024 | Beginner Guitar Lessons, Guitar Tools & Accessories, Online Guitar Lessons
What is a capo? A capo is a small device that clamps onto the neck of your guitar, effectively shortening the scale length. This means that you can play chords and scales in different keys without having to move your fingers up and down the fretboard. Why use a capo?...
