http://www.guitarbeginners.com Guitar & music lessons for absolute beginners and beyond Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:15:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.guitarbeginners.com/absolute-beginners/the-fingers-of-the-right-hand-preparation-for-arpeggios/ http://www.guitarbeginners.com/absolute-beginners/the-fingers-of-the-right-hand-preparation-for-arpeggios/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:42:13 +0000 Amar Guerfi http://www.guitarbeginners.com/?p=13 Playing with the fingers of the right hand gives the song a softer sound and makes it possible to chain chord progressions more easily using arpeggios. This technique will eventually allow you to play the melody and bass simultaneously. To allow you to understand and learn what you are doing, the left hand will not play during these exercises.]]> http://www.guitarbeginners.com/absolute-beginners/the-fingers-of-the-right-hand-preparation-for-arpeggios/feed/ 0 http://www.guitarbeginners.com/intermediate/barre-chord-7-exercises-to-master-the-barre-chord/ http://www.guitarbeginners.com/intermediate/barre-chord-7-exercises-to-master-the-barre-chord/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:00:19 +0000 Amar Guerfi http://www.guitarbeginners.com/?p=15 To bar means to press several strings, on a single fret, with only one finger. Barre chords will always be indicated by the letter C followed by a Roman numeral to indicate the fret where the bar occurs (ie C III represents a bar on the 3rd fret). These exercises are graded by order of difficulty. Start with the first exercise and do not pass onto the next one until you play it correctly. The mastering of the barre chord requires a little perseverance...]]> http://www.guitarbeginners.com/intermediate/barre-chord-7-exercises-to-master-the-barre-chord/feed/ 0 http://www.guitarbeginners.com/absolute-beginners/the-guitarist-right-hand-how-to-use-a-pick-also-called-a-plectrum/ http://www.guitarbeginners.com/absolute-beginners/the-guitarist-right-hand-how-to-use-a-pick-also-called-a-plectrum/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:43:12 +0000 Amar Guerfi http://www.guitarbeginners.com/?p=12 The pick (also called plectrum) is held between the thumb and the index finger of the right hand. It can play the guitar string(s) in two different ways: either down-stroke, from top to bottom (noted ^ at the top of the tablature), or upwards, up-stroke (noted v at the top of the tablature). It is necessary to alternate these two picking directions, although certain guitar parts are played only with down-strokes.]]> http://www.guitarbeginners.com/absolute-beginners/the-guitarist-right-hand-how-to-use-a-pick-also-called-a-plectrum/feed/ 0