Archive | December, 2009
The Beatles: Guitar Heroes 10

The Beatles: Guitar Heroes 10

Gretsch 6119 Tennessean – vintage ’62 or ’63 – Harrison found the perfect country-rock twang he’d been looking for when he got this double-pickup, single-cutaway “Type 2″ model — with painted-on f-holes….

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Get Out And Play Part 3

Get Out And Play Part 3

Understanding various ways in which the I IV V can be used will help you fake your way through thousands of songs you’ve never heard before. If a singer….

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The Science of Shredding

The Science of Shredding

Applying scientific laws to the art of shredding involves some physiological factors. Although a higher tension with regards to tonality raises a frequency….

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The Beatles: Guitar Heroes 9

The Beatles: Guitar Heroes 9

This updated, solid-top 325 was designed with Lennon in mind but not yet ready when Rickenbacker president F. C. Hall arrived in New York to meet with the Beatles before their Ed Sullivan debut….

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Get Out And Play Part 2

Get Out And Play Part 2

The reasons you’re likely to blow chunks the first time you attend a blues jam is simple. The construct of the blues jam is set up for people who play blues jams regularly….

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Chord Progressions and How They Work in the Minor Scale

Chord Progressions and How They Work in the Minor Scale

After getting tired of asking myself those same questions, I taught myself theory. Sure at first it seemed a bit like math or kinda weird and the punk rocker…

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Music: A Doorway to Self-Realization

Music: A Doorway to Self-Realization

Realization is the awakening of a certain level of understanding, in which something that appeared unclear has revealed its secret and the mystery behind it has been exposed….

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Get Out And Play Part 1

Get Out And Play Part 1

Dude, you gotta get out and play. Get away from the computer. Get outta your mom’s basement. I’m not talking about going to Guitar Center and showing off how well you can play “Seek & Destroy” either….

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