Bike Trip to the Heavenly Roof of the World – Leh, Laddakh

Hello everybody,

Regular readers would have noticed that the blog hasn’t been updated for quite some time now. And there is a reason for that which I would like to share with everybody.

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Teaser Video Released

Warner Brothers have released a teaser video of the the final installment of the movie in the Harry Potter Series.

Take a look! It’s small but mindblowing !

Wishing You A Colorful and Enlightening Diwali 2009!

This Diwali, enlighten yourself and everyone around you, eat more (and more) sweets, don’t sleep in the afternoon, fire a few crackers, send Diwali messages to near & dear ones (including your boss!), go to your terrace at night and discover the scenic beauty of lights around you and finally, impress the next-door girl with your new dress!

Understanding Root Note – Your Ticket to Intermediate Guitar Techniques

This short lesson is completely dedicated to the concept of Root Note. It is very important to understand this concept as it will help you in learning the intermediate guitar techniques including power chords and barre chords.

Which Guitar Technique did you Find Most Difficult to Learn? [POLL]

With the results of last poll out, it is time for the next poll!

Through this poll we are trying to find out what technique do students find more difficult while starting out with a guitar?

Is it chords, which require memorizing certain finger patterns and being able to change from one pattern to the another subconsciously.

Or is it tabs / leads which require dexterity of fingers so that it moves smoothly among the frets?

Acoustic Guitar Rules Over Electric [Poll Results]

Last Month, I ran a poll asking my readers about their favorite guitar type.

The results are quite interesting and it really heartened me to see that people still prefer to start learning guitar with an acoustic version rather than an electric one.

Acoustic Guitar clearly dominated with 254 of the 411 people opting for acoustic while 63 people chose electric guitar. 82 people are good with both acoustic as well as electric which is a positive sign.

Back to Regular Posting after Small Break

Well, not that small really. Four months of inactivity is quite significant for a blog, ain’t it?

I have been very busy with my first day job at Tech Mahindra. Being a fresher, I had to undergo training for 3 months which meant putting invisible chains and locks on this blog! What with classes during the day and practice through the night, it was impossible to update the blog on a regular basis. I came to know the meaning of hectic life during that time. But my training days have been amazing and it warrants a post of its own. Maybe I might think of writing on that sometime later…

New Bandbaaja Section at Abhinav Sonkar dot Com

I am pleased to inform my readers that my friend and professional musician Mr. Padmanabhan N. S., popularly known as bandbaaja, has joined this blog as a Regular Contributor. As he is a very busy person, he has very kindly agreed to share all his guitar stuffs with the readers of this blog. I will be posting his works on a regular basis. Meanwhile, he will himself be posting occasionally in free time.

All his works will carry the logo shown here. I am sure my readers will be pleased to read all he has got to share!