Guitar Basics: Natural Harmonics
Natural harmonics produce a chiming sound that lots of players use in their music. They are produced by placing your fingers lightly directly over the frets and can add contrast to a rhythm part,...
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Guitar Basics: How to Use Your Amp
For most budding guitarists, the big attraction of the electric guitar is that it lets you rock out, and rock out loud. However, it's no good plugging your guitar into an amplifier if you don't know...
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Guitar Basics: Hammer-Ons
Guitar basics: Hammer-onsYou can change between two notes by picking them separately, but if the second note is higher than the first in pitch, you can play what's called a hammer-on.A hammer-on will...
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VH1 Save the Music: An Effective Strategy for Teaching Young Beginners the...
Hello. My name is Ted Meyers, and I teach guitar classes at the Ella P. Stewart Academy for Girls Elementary School in Toledo, Ohio.Being assigned the ongoing mission of teaching a new crop of middle...
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VH1 Save the Music: How to Break Away from the Open Position and Discover New...
Hello, everyone. My name is David Haiman, and I teach guitar classes to fourth- through sixth-graders at PS/IS 180 in Harlem, New York City. In this column, I’d like to share with you a neat, fun...
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VH1 Save the Music: The Art of the Jam — How to Teach Young Children to...
Hello. My name is Mark Hale, and I teach general music and guitar to elementary school students, grades K-4, in Nashville. Having done this for a few years and experimented with various approaches, I...
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VH1 Save the Music: How to Change Chords Smoothly and Explore the World...
Hello, my name is Richard Giannotti. I teach guitar classes to middle school kids at PS 83 in Bronx, New York. My biggest challenge on a daily basis is addressing 30-plus young teenagers at a time and...
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VH1 Save the Music: The Importance of Rests, and How to Use Fret-Hand Muting...
Hello, my name is Matt Blake, and I teach guitar classes at Wells Station Elementary School in Memphis, Tennessee. In this column, I’d like to share with you a useful lesson that I teach my students,...
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VH1 Save the Music: How to Use Fingering “Extensions” to Make Open Chords...
Hello, my name is Joe Egan. I teach guitar, piano and voice at Holland Elementary School in Boston. One thing I like to do after teaching my students basic chord forms on the guitar is show them how to...
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