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How To Work Out The Tempo Of A Song
Today I will show you how to work out the tempo of a song or any piece of music for yourself, with confidence and accuracy. Let’s get started! Find the beat Straight away, let me tell you that working out the tempo of a song is very straightforward. Anyone can
Blues Guitar Backing Tracks
Practicing and jamming with backing tracks is one of the best ways there is to improve your playing – especially when it comes to blues guitar. There are lots of good backing tracks available on Youtube, but it’s not always easy to tell what key they’re in, what tempo they’re
The singlecoil pickup instant noise fix
Single coil guitar pickups have a distinctive character and gorgeous sound, but they have also have a significant disadvantage – background noise. Single coils sound great clean, but they start to hum and buzz with noise when you use them with distortion or overdrive, even when you’re not playing (which
Metronomes don’t make you faster – YOU do
Today I want to clarify a common misunderstanding among guitar players who are starting to think seriously about their technique. This is the widespread belief that “practicing with a metronome” makes you faster, or builds your technique. Now, virtually every technically-able musician uses a metronome at least some of the time,
Why the fretboard is hard to learn | In defense of guitar players
If you’ve ever tried to learn the notes on the guitar fretboard then there’s a good chance you’ve heard a comment like this: “You don’t find players of ANY other instruments who don’t know the names of the notes they’re playing. It’s ridiculous! If a piano player didn’t know this
The Jimi Hendrix Chord explained – What it is, how to play it, and why it sounds so good
Jimi Hendrix was a one of a kind musician who revolutionised the guitar. Although he is often best remembered for his incendiary solos and lead work (and rightly so), his rhythm playing style was no less innovative and influential. Like a scientist having a new species or planet named after