It is important to shop around do your homework when shopping to find a used acoustic guitar or electric guitar. What may seem like a great deal on a used guitar at first may just be someone trying to unload a crappy used model or some other guitar scam.
Don't be fooled by low prices alone. Guitar Today has a great guide on How to buy a used guitar that you must not miss.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
10 Things every guitarist must have
- An electronic tuner
- A guitar stand
- A capo
- A slide
- At least 3 patch cables
- A guitar strap
- String peg winder
- A guitar case or gig bag
- A guitar amplifier
- A polishing cloth
3 ways to tune your guitar
If you want to play awesome shred guitar solos you need to be in tune. There are actually more than three ways to tune your guitar. There are endless ways. However these are three quick ways of getting your guitar in tune when you mean business.
1.) Use an electronic guitar tuner - Duh. Of coarse. But make sure you use a chromatic guitar tuner because it will automatically guess which string you are playing and indicate with colored lights when it is in tune.
2.) Tune from one string - If you have the note of one of your guitar strings from a source such as a bass guitar or a piano you can tune your other strings according to the string of that note. By playing the fifth fret of the string in tune (4th if its' the b string) you can obtain the note from which to tune your next guitar string. The 7th fret of the guitar string (8th if its' the b string) is the note of the open guitar string above it.
3.) Use harmonics to tune your guitar. The 5th fret harmonic of an E string should sound identical to the 7th fret harmonic on the A string and so on.
So those three ways can help you when you need quick results. But in all honesty you should just get yourself a good electronic chromatic tuner. There are plenty of handy solutions you can use. Such a clip on chromatic tuners for acoustic guitars or there are guitars available with built in tuners. For electric guitars it is best to get a chromatic tuner pedal.
1.) Use an electronic guitar tuner - Duh. Of coarse. But make sure you use a chromatic guitar tuner because it will automatically guess which string you are playing and indicate with colored lights when it is in tune.
2.) Tune from one string - If you have the note of one of your guitar strings from a source such as a bass guitar or a piano you can tune your other strings according to the string of that note. By playing the fifth fret of the string in tune (4th if its' the b string) you can obtain the note from which to tune your next guitar string. The 7th fret of the guitar string (8th if its' the b string) is the note of the open guitar string above it.
3.) Use harmonics to tune your guitar. The 5th fret harmonic of an E string should sound identical to the 7th fret harmonic on the A string and so on.
So those three ways can help you when you need quick results. But in all honesty you should just get yourself a good electronic chromatic tuner. There are plenty of handy solutions you can use. Such a clip on chromatic tuners for acoustic guitars or there are guitars available with built in tuners. For electric guitars it is best to get a chromatic tuner pedal.
Guitar fretboard chart diagram
Learning the notes on the guitar fretboard is an essential part of becoming a master of shred guitar. Here is a chart that will show you the note for each fret on the guitar strings in standard guitar tuning.
A good strategy for memorizing all of these notes is to remember that all of the notes after the fifth fret will be the same as the notes on the string under it. That is only up untill the B string but under it is an E string so it is the same as before.
A good strategy for memorizing all of these notes is to remember that all of the notes after the fifth fret will be the same as the notes on the string under it. That is only up untill the B string but under it is an E string so it is the same as before.
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