Chord Buddy

Tabs are not always posted on the Internet by a professional musician Sometimes are written by amateurs or talented young kids who fail to apply the concept of putting yourself in other’s shoes. A very talented young musician may not take the trouble (courtesy) to take into account the difficulties a beginner has to face […]

SORE FINGERS? Sore fingers from playing guitar is an important subject because for many beginners when they start practicing regularly, like you should, their fingers get sore. This is particularly an issue on the steel-string acoustic guitar, not so much of an issue on the nylon string or electric guitar, because of the different kinds […]

Dear Guitarists, I don’t think there’s a single guitarist that doesn’t strum sometimes. It’s very common for guitarists to learn the CAGED chords, and some simple strumming patterns, as the first thing they ever do with the instrument! Strumming just means holding a chord and moving a pick or fingers across the strings, right? It’s a […]

Like everyone else, we aren’t immune to making mistakes -regardless of our constant effort and hard work. Often these mistakes are due to lack of guidance, or too much of it, or just the plain confusion of trying something totally new. Below is a list of the biggest mistakes most beginner guitarists make and how […]

This lesson is designed to give you all of the basic information that you need to know about different types of acoustic and electric guitar strings. We will talk about string gauges, types of acoustic strings, types of electric strings, coated vs. non coated strings, nylon strings, flatwound vs. roundwound, what strings are made of, […]

I’ve talked to a lot of my on line students and discovered that many are not only struggling with the basics of guitar… but also need help playing their favourite and most popular songs BETTER. I’ve always said, the best way to get better on guitar is TO PLAY! (don’t squeeze a stupid tennis ball) […]

  1. You will feel clumsy. Remember when you first learned how to type? You wanted to hammer out 100 words per minute, without ever making an error. The reality? You constantly had to look down at the keyboard, and you’d get frustrated whenever you made a mistake. Guitar is the same way. As much […]

Learn how to practice guitar chords