Guitar 101
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Buying an Amplifier: Part 4
Record players and tube amps...
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Buying an Amplifier: Part 3
Practice amps and power questions.
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Buying an Amplifier: Part 2
Acoustic guitar amplifiers and their features.
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Buying an Amplifier: Part 1
Things you need to think about when looking to purchase an amp.
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Alternate Tunings
Retuning your guitar can add an element of variety to your playing.
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Listening: "Not For You"
Pearl Jam and simple, effective song structure.
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Listening: "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"
A critical look at Clapton's version of an old favorite.
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Hands-Free Guitar: Listening
Your hands may be important, but just as important to your playing are your ears.
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Theory: Tri-tone Chords, Part Two
Two more versatile chords to add to you repertoire.
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Theory: Tri-tone Chords
How to play many different chords using just three fingers or less...
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Guitar Playing Is Not Mundane!
How we can come to grips with playing the guitar in the wake of September 11th.
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Performing Under Pressure
How to keep your cool in front of a crowd.
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Eddie Van Halen
How one man changed the face of guitar playing.
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Techniques: Harmonics
The wonderful world of harmonics.
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Techniques: Part 4
How to tremolo pick and use harmonics.
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Techniques: Part 3
How to bend notes and create vibrato.
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Techniques: Part Two
The pull-off, the trill, and the muted string.
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Techniques: Part One
How to "slide" and "hammer-on."
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Maintenance Tips
Some tips for extending the life of your guitar.
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Electric Ladyland
A review of a great guitar album.
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Chicago Bluesman Buddy Guy
The life of arguably the greatest living Chicago bluesman.
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The Fender Telecaster
The first mass-produced solid-body electric guitar is as popular today as it ever was!
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The B-L-U-E-S: Part 3
How to solo over a blues progression.
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The B-L-U-E-S: Part Two
12-bar blues is the most basic of the blues progressions.
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The B-L-U-E-S
The blues is the heart and soul of rock and roll. Every guitar player should know how to play 12-bar blues.
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Modes: Part Two
Methods for practicing your modal scales.
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Understanding the Fretboard: Modes
Modes are one of the more technical aspects of guitar playing, and this week we will look at how to find and construct them.
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The Fender Stratocaster
History of the most popular electric guitar ever.
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Songwriting: Through to the Finish
Finishing a song can be a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be.
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Songwriting: Methods
There are many ways to go about writing a song. Which one is right for you?
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Songwriting: Inspiration
Every song has to have a start somewhere. Where will your hit song come from?
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Jimmy Page
One of the greatest session musicians and songwriters to ever pick up a guitar.
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The Pentatonic Scale
How to construct and use one of the most versatile scales in a guitarist's repertoire.
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Chords Within a Key
How to figure out which chords you can play when you are in a certain key.
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Muddy Waters
The life of a great bluesman who influenced the likes of the Rolling Stones and many others.
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The Dominant Seventh
How to play a dominant seventh, a very important chord in the progression of guitar music.
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Basic Minor Chords
Another chunk of very important chords that every guitar player should know.
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Bluesman B. B. King
The story of one of the hardest working bluesmen in show business.
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Guitar History: Part Two
The transition of the guitar from acoustic to electric.
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Guitar History: Part One
A look at the history of the acoustic guitar until the early twentieth century.
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Basic Open Chords
Chords in the open position are the most basic and fundamental of all the chords. This week we will learn the major open chords.
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Understanding the Fretboard: Scales
Scales are the fundamentals of lead guitar work. They can help you add flavor to your playing, and they also help you to understand some musical aspects of playing the guitar.
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The Legendary Son House
The life of an influential early blues master.
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Understanding the Fretboard: Basic Barre Chords
A look at chord formation and basic barre chords that help the patterns on the fretboard make some sense.
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Understanding the Fretboard: Transposing Riffs
A method for moving riffs around the fretboard.
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New Year's Resolutions
Some ideas to help improve your guitar playing in the new year.
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Jimi Hendrix
Highlights from the life of the greatest guitar player ever.
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Basic Tuning
Tuning the guitar, and a few basic chords.
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Strings
What to look for when buying strings, and how to put them on your guitar.
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Anatomy of the Guitar
A brief anatomy of the guitar.
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Why Play Guitar?
The benefits of playing the guitar.
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