by Jo Bywater | Sep 30, 2024 | Learning Guitar, Online Guitar Lessons
When we’re first learning to strum we have to master the basics. It’s enough as a beginner to get our heads (and hands) around remembering the order of up and down strums, how many of them to play and how they’re spaced (counted). Once we can remember this we have...
by Jo Bywater | Sep 23, 2024 | Learning Guitar, Online Guitar Lessons
Tuning your guitar is a fundamental skill that every beginner musician should learn. When your guitar is in tune you’ll be able to play chords, riffs, melodies and solos accurately. When your guitar is out of tune everything will sound terrible, and...
by Jo Bywater | Sep 17, 2024 | Learning Guitar, Online Guitar Lessons
So, you’ve decided to embark on the exciting journey of learning to play the guitar! Whether you’re drawn to melodies, rhythmic strumming, fingerpicking patterns, soaring solos, catchy riffs or the ability to express yourself through music, this guide will...
by Jo Bywater | Sep 7, 2024 | Music Theory, Online Guitar Lessons, Song Lessons
Me and Bobby McGee written by Kris kristofferson has been covered by some awesome artists. In 1971 it was posthumously released performed by Janis Joplin. This is the version I’ll be referencing today. I’m a fan of looking at the way songs are played,...
by Jo Bywater | Sep 3, 2024 | Learning Guitar, Online Guitar Lessons
How do you work out the speed of a song? This is a common question I hear from beginner guitar students. Knowing when to strum or if the strumming pattern you are practising is at the right speed is a real right of passage. It’s a super skill to develop and...
