Drop A is the point where a guitar stops sounding like a guitar and starts sounding like a different instrument. It is a long way down, and getting there with the strings you have on now will not...
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C major is the key with no sharps and no flats, which makes it the first key most people meet on paper and one of the last they get comfortable with on a guitar. Nothing in it falls under the fingers...
D major is the key the guitar was arguably built for. The open D, A and G shapes sit under the hand, the bottom two strings ring underneath almost anything you play, and a huge amount of folk,...
The nineties are where a lot of guitarists find their reason to start. The decade turned away from technique for its own sake and towards songs a person could actually play, which is lucky for anyone...
Every chord family as a chart, major and minor, showing which chords belong in each key and what each one does in a progression.
Some guitarists insist on buying an expensive amplifier with their electric guitar. They assume that this is a must for every type of guitarist out there. However, in some situations, this isn’t...