Category: Guitar

Guitar Primer: Plectrum, Fingers and TAB (pt2)

previous article: Guitar Primer: Plectrum, Fingers and TAB (pt1) CLICK Once you’ve got to grips(ahem) with holding your plectrum you need to get your hand position correct when striking strings. Getting a comfortable position to stike the strings of your guitar is very important. If you look at the above picture you can see that […]

Guitar Primer: Plectrum, Fingers and TAB

In the first part of this  primer I’m going to introduce how to hold your plectrum. This article is part of the free online guitar lesson material that is hosted on untidymusic.com Choosing your plectrum. The above picture is of the typical plectrum shape, of course there are others, A lot of of plectrums though […]

Guitar Accessories Under £10: Capos

If you’re looking for Guitar based gifts for stocking fillers and know very little about guitar then this hopefully should be the article for you. Guitar Accesories are excellent christmas and birthday presents epesecially for guitarists who are always grateful of a new item to chuck in their guitar case. The following Guitar Accesories are […]

Electric Guitars 2009: Budget and Beginners

Getting ready for this years Christmas? Looking for the ideal guitar for the complete beginner? Hopefully this article on what is available this year and what I personally recommend will help point you  in the right direction. The guitars in this article will be budget/beginners style guitars so the scores out of 10 will reflect […]

A Minor Arpeggio

Arpeggios are excellent exercises for both fingers and mind. When playing them on guitar they break up the tendency to play scalic patterns. Also there are techniques involved that can push your playing further. You can either do alternative picking or sweep picking: V = Down Stroke X = Up Stroke Alternative picking: V X […]