The Art of Guitar Strumming

Photo by Justin Shearer

While learning the guitar and the notes, and chords, some students find it difficult to actually play the chords of a song in a basic strumming pattern. To some it comes naturally, but for others it requires a lot of practice. I had to go through major patience levels to grasp chord positions, but I got through with the strumming barrier quite naturally.

So this post here is not for the naturally gifted strummers, but for people who find problems in the DOWN / UP movement of strumming.

Raise Your Guitaring Level By Mastering These Basic Effects

Photo by rocketjim54

Why is it that you simply love listening to a particular person’s guitar playing while just acknowledging another person though they may be equally experienced? What sets them apart?

Apart from being a genius, there are few basic skills which can be mastered to notch up your guitaring skills. I see beginners avoiding these easy effects thinking it is very difficult to master it which is actually not the case. Wet your hands in it and you will realize how easy and rewarding it can be.

How to Read Guitar Notations: A Quick Guide

Photo by bennylin0724

I had been getting a lot of request in the form of comments asking meanings of certain notations that were alien to them. These were mostly beginners who had picked up guitar only a while ago and had decided to learn from the internet. So I thought to write a quick post explaining all the basic notations which will help you understand everything that is posted on this blog as well as all over the internet. If I forget something here and there, please let me know in the comments and I will update the post accordingly. So here we go…