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Learn to Play "This Little Light of Mine"
Posted by Kelsey Holt on
“This Little Light of Mine” was a popular song in the ‘50s and ‘60s and was often sung at civil rights rallies. This song introduces B7, Em, and A7 chords, which serve to spice up this otherwise three-chord arrangement in G.
Get Your Fretting-Hand Fingers Moving in New Ways
Posted by Anita Evans on
One good way to learn the fingerboard is to give your fingers things to do that they’re not used to. And one easy way to do that is to create short melodic patterns and repeat them on successive steps of the major scale.
How to Play Notes Legato with Hammer-Ons, Pull-Offs, and Slides
Posted by Kelsey Holt on
Hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides provide a great way to play notes legato, or connected to one another. They can also be used to connect grace notes to the primary notes of a musical line. These legato techniques can also be considered an articulation in themselves—especially when they are used to embellish a musical phrase.
How to Play Easy, Movable Arpeggios that Work with Any Chord Progression
Posted by Anita Evans on
Most guitarists start playing leads by learning how to play scales, which is a great way to begin, but scales are just one way to play solo lines. Learn more in today’s excerpt from Acoustic Rock Basics.
Use the Flat VI Chord in Your Blues Rock Songs
Posted by Tricia Baxter on
Note that in this excerpt, you’re playing all rock-style power chords, which have no thirds so are not explicitly major or minor.