tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37427835390558103942024-02-20T06:05:12.456-08:00Richard Guitar ClinicRichard Chowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001255496584416689noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742783539055810394.post-11633149164254955152010-03-29T03:23:00.000-07:002010-03-29T03:44:53.381-07:00Lesson 6, Bass Line ProgressionSorry as recently I am quite busy, but Ill surely post back all the post that I had owed you guys. Today will be 5 lessons in 1 shot!<div><br /></div><div>Ok, without further bluffing, here, we have a look on bass line progression which will make your plucking sounds better. Ill show you a great example. Be alert that this is not a post for advance player as you guys might already knew it.</div><br /><div>Here we go~</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAXmbmZfvIZOQUOIdxVJjyvrLBkXxtyBfSTCCJyC4j81Z33XekhfTHz57o8FnWSiVTVtN588SMLlMSBAVWXQWrN6z5unjjCF-0QSWzmVx3ttL0TRov7zbuJAJkJVCIhqbPHeebSL5f5-i/s1600/bass+line.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAXmbmZfvIZOQUOIdxVJjyvrLBkXxtyBfSTCCJyC4j81Z33XekhfTHz57o8FnWSiVTVtN588SMLlMSBAVWXQWrN6z5unjjCF-0QSWzmVx3ttL0TRov7zbuJAJkJVCIhqbPHeebSL5f5-i/s400/bass+line.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454004587910639458" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 100px; " /></a></span></div><div>This is a bass line with standard C key Major progression. Have a look at it~</div>Richard Chowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001255496584416689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742783539055810394.post-18875392592167501632010-03-25T02:11:00.000-07:002010-03-25T02:20:06.812-07:00Lesson 5, Blue Moon, the smooth romantic song<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ok, today we will gonna see a famous song, Blue Moon. This song, personally now I am trying to compose it into a jazzy song but still in progress. But, you guys might be able to do it in your own way through. We will try to do the front part first as I have did the demonstration here. The first part is Tommy Emmanuel country style of blue moon, second part is my play through with a little jazz chord in between and some romantic line and the last part would be for those who wanted so much to compose a song but dunno where to start off. It is a simple folk playing style and I think it is not hard for you guys.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Blue Moon</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">chord progression : <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">C Am F G</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxcn0CjC76R7eccMkdfBo9jXmkDAUkfLxsYXZIUMeQChaluIgRMS0YlMaH2r03RNg7pZKT0UsmDxxZ_qn3Daw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*the video sound quality is bad, so please use earphone to listen to the music.</span></div><div><br /></div>Richard Chowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001255496584416689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742783539055810394.post-50790922865683235152010-03-22T09:46:00.000-07:002010-03-22T10:56:17.260-07:00Lesson 4, C Key Song, Birthday Song Solo Playing (Important)For those who think that this is a simple and useless page, then they are wrong. Congratulation to those who enter this page as in the future, you will know the usefulness of this page. Without further talking, let see the tablature.<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEgQ52Zup3xzBQ6iA2g7E4PDNe912QUYb33z5XD7g32gxm0sU2qFPXV8y6rmUQ5C9VlvfK9q5vUJqLUEW35VHsioM8gRnXapJawOe9FSGCR2T8csJF-U2D3mIgu5GPUnyI416G6Fi_RO0n/s1600-h/birthday.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEgQ52Zup3xzBQ6iA2g7E4PDNe912QUYb33z5XD7g32gxm0sU2qFPXV8y6rmUQ5C9VlvfK9q5vUJqLUEW35VHsioM8gRnXapJawOe9FSGCR2T8csJF-U2D3mIgu5GPUnyI416G6Fi_RO0n/s400/birthday.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451503209761880466" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 222px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiaEpjaqFoMWPRaX1kJizxS5kGXQ0x1qgExAT9c64DsmXCOPkzNXsjZrnau0vGbDbVzPLSL_6gpB2HtZWPSMEfmg4rHVQKShYGqjn6ikaQIg8WGq4VlaKEzV2t2-LXHOVIsPx6oMfqEHJJ/s1600-h/birthday2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiaEpjaqFoMWPRaX1kJizxS5kGXQ0x1qgExAT9c64DsmXCOPkzNXsjZrnau0vGbDbVzPLSL_6gpB2HtZWPSMEfmg4rHVQKShYGqjn6ikaQIg8WGq4VlaKEzV2t2-LXHOVIsPx6oMfqEHJJ/s400/birthday2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451503453844917938" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div>Richard Chowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001255496584416689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742783539055810394.post-89379516720632308572010-03-22T00:20:00.000-07:002010-03-22T00:38:33.261-07:00Lesson 3, Chords' in C major scaleMost of the songs around us have various key for the song like the Canon in D means it is in the key of D. But most of the book and tablature will play it in C. The reason for it is because chords for C major key are rather simple. The chords for C major key is as follow.<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><b>C major</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/chord-images/c-major-1.gif"><img src="http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/chord-images/c-major-1.gif" border="0" alt="" style="cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 236px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>D minor</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/chord-images/d-minor-1.gif"><img src="http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/chord-images/d-minor-1.gif" border="0" alt="" style="cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 235px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><b>E minor</b></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/chord-images/e-minor-1.gif"><img src="http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/chord-images/e-minor-1.gif" border="0" alt="" style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 236px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><b>F major</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/chord-images/f-major-1.gif"><img src="http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/chord-images/f-major-1.gif" border="0" alt="" style="cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 219px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><b>G major</b></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/chord-images/g-major-1.gif"><img src="http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/chord-images/g-major-1.gif" border="0" alt="" style="cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 236px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><b>A minor</b></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/chord-images/a-minor-1.gif"><img src="http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/chord-images/a-minor-1.gif" border="0" alt="" style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 235px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>B diminished<br /><br /></b></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/chord-images/b-diminished.gif"><img src="http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/chord-images/b-diminished.gif" border="0" alt="" style="cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 806px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I think most of the people already know the first 6 chords and can play it smoothly, for the B diminished, just ignore it as it hardly appeared in a song.</div><div><br /></div><div>Try play these progression:</div><div><b>Canon in C progression</b></div><div>C->G->Am->Em->F->C->F->G</div><div><br /></div><div>Try to master these few chords as it will come in handy in the future. Happy playing~</div>Richard Chowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001255496584416689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742783539055810394.post-32262969253054077422010-03-21T08:25:00.000-07:002010-03-21T08:58:32.404-07:00Lesson 2, A minor scale<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Since I feel so excited as I had created my blog, here comes the second lesson, which is the A minor scale. Actually, C major scale and A minor scale are at the same position. The only different is the roots so pay attention to this.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">------------------------------0-1-3-5-3-1-------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-----------------------0-1-3--------------3-1-0-------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-------------------0-</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">----------------------------</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-0-------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-------------0-2-3-------------------------------------3-2-0------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-------</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">0</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-2-3--------------------------------------------------3-2-</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">0</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-----------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">0-1-3----------------------------------------------------------------3-1-0----</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">bold </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">character is the root of the scale which is </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Try the below chord progression, and you should be able to see the different of the feeling for Major scale and Minor scale.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Chord Progression Example</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Am->Dm->Am->E</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Am->Dm->F->E</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I think thats it for today, enjoy playing.</span></div>Richard Chowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001255496584416689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742783539055810394.post-28336930477463731882010-03-21T05:32:00.000-07:002010-03-21T05:37:35.943-07:00All about tuning<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: small;">Step 1 the E string</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><a href="http://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/audio/6e.mp3">Low E (1st string) mp3 files</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: small;">Step 2 the A string</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">Place the first finger of your left hand just behind the fifth fret on the </span></span><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">E</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "> string. That’s an </span></span><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">A</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "> note. Keep your finger on that fret. Your first and second string should sound as similar as possible.<br /><img src="http://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/images/tuning-the-a-string.jpg" alt="How to tune the A String on a guitar" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: left; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: small;">Step 3 the D string</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: -webkit-xxx-large; line-height: 18px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: left; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">Place the first finger of your left hand just behind the fifth fret on the </span></span><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">A</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "> string. That’s a </span></span><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">D</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "> note. Keep your finger on that fret. Your first and second string should sound as similar as possible.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: left; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><img src="http://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/images/tune-the-d-on-a-guitar.jpg" alt="Tuning the D String" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: left; " /></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: small;">Step 4 the G string</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">Place the first finger of your left hand just behind the fifth fret on the </span></span><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">D</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "> string. That’s a </span></span><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">G</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "> note. Keep your finger on that fret. Your first and second string should sound as similar as possible.<br /><img src="http://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/images/how-to-tune-g.jpg" alt="Tune The G" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: left; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: small;">Step 5 the B string</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; ">Place the first finger of your left hand just behind the forth fret. Keep your finger on that fret. Your first and second string should sound as similar as possible.<br /><img src="http://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/images/tune-the-b-4th-fret.jpg" alt="Tuning the B String, from the 4th fret of the G" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: left; " /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: small;">Step 6 the E string</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: -webkit-xxx-large; line-height: 18px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: left; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">Place the first finger of your left hand just behind the fifth fret on the </span></span><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">B</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "> string. That’s a </span></span><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">E</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "> note. Keep your finger on that fret. Your first and second string should sound as similar as possible.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: left; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><img src="http://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/images/how-to-tune-guitar-high-e.jpg" alt="Tune the high e string" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: left; " /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: left; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">Then you are done your tuning and ready to get started on the real playing~</span></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>Richard Chowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001255496584416689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742783539055810394.post-29815466776002747862010-03-21T04:48:00.000-07:002010-03-21T05:17:40.278-07:00Lesson 1, C Major scale<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Guys, this is the first lesson I post to this blog, hopefully it will help u guys. Today I'm going to talk about C Major scale that being widely used in most of the songs as the chords are quite simple as most of the guitar player surely know. Ill show you guys the scale first.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">C Major Scale</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">---------------------------------------------0-1-3-5-3-1-0-------------------------------------</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">------------------------------------0-</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-3---------------------3-</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-0-----------------------------</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">------------------------------0-2---------------------------------------2-0-----------------------</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">---------------------0-2-3---------------------------------------------------3-2-0---------------</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">------------0-2-</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">--------------------------------------------------------------------</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-2-0-------</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-0-1-3-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-1-0-</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">bold</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> character is the root of the scale which is </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">C</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Since we already know the scale, so lets come to the chord, Ill show you few example of the chord progression and you try to play with these few picking style.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">style 1</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">t2324232</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">style 2</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">t234t234</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Chord Progression Example</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">C->F->C->G</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Am->F->G->C</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">C->Am->F->G</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">F->G->C->C</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">C->Em->Am->F</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Is it sounds familiar? What I'm trying to say is that the scale is quite useful once you master it because you can use it to color your songs.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Good luck to you guys and happy playing.</span></div>Richard Chowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001255496584416689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742783539055810394.post-84344485363728852392010-03-21T04:28:00.001-07:002010-03-21T05:18:43.311-07:00Guitar playing technique<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ok here are 4 technique that is very essential to all the guitar player as it will be widely use in various kind of guitar performance especially solo playing. So take notes to it.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">hammer on and pull-off</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxlBC3I0mYx40WwTjKfwfIl8iUEchBRUxd4rN5zL4YVgSmqTk4w-WagXEOLjic_5k_pz_EDncBVS5JnKGKQUg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">sliding</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz4IXqVfaTGYGYHh8VEhCTL9rb4zcnq_TsvHRI6JWJN-7q4R5yq5ob_qxkEc6u59BcHZuoSfayBLHejQpLx0g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">bending</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzXZs1PC4ATonbfLHbfWYm9zU0Z9pNCrTNoLTpLMaAJFuxPFtqXk9XuvtHL1YpSMa2gFSmJhLLIzQu7PBFIHg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">vibrato</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyh1sly8ZKVkXDN5-ey9QLHXRJ5Zvrt9Xdoxb2sHaG_SJeCiTwvNiUe7beUDABS_F1WU26E_sHckRSDSDHggA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span>Richard Chowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001255496584416689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742783539055810394.post-53665815695462324892010-03-21T04:12:00.000-07:002010-03-21T04:15:46.968-07:00Guitar neck and strings<div>As a guitar player, you should know clearly what each open string represent, from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;">6th string - Low E, 5th string -A , 4th -D, 3rd -G, 2nd -B, 1st -High E. Whereby the 6th is the thickest and 1st is the thinnest. See the diagram below for clearer picture.</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/images/l1_f2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/images/l1_f2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Richard Chowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001255496584416689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742783539055810394.post-14581394831935169382010-03-21T03:58:00.000-07:002010-03-21T04:06:46.858-07:00Guitar parts<div>To start play guitar, you must first understand the guitar. Below is a diagram of all the guitar parts you should know~</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/images/l1_f1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/images/l1_f1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><p><br /></p>Richard Chowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001255496584416689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742783539055810394.post-79539497005463282572010-03-21T02:51:00.000-07:002010-03-21T02:56:35.840-07:00Richard's ProfileHi, everyone, I am Richard, from UTAR. I am a guitar player and I had played guitar for years and the purpose I started this blog is to try to help those who are really interesting in learning guitar. You guys are welcome to post your request and I'll try my best to answer your question as soon as possible. I am going to post a lesson every weekend, seems little but the number of lesson might be increased as the number of members increase. Happy playing~Richard Chowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001255496584416689noreply@blogger.com0