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How to Create Unshakable Guitar Habits

June 13, 2019 By Klaus Crow 6 Comments

Guitar habits, we want them, we need them, and we have to give them a place into our daily lives in order to reap the rewards of our efforts, to discover the boundless possibilities on the guitar neck, to learn the endless shapes and sounds and fulfil our vocation to the musicians life.

Guitar habits give you purpose, structure, growth and fulfilment. Its the habit that changes your life instantly, Its all about the process. You have to learn to enjoy not just the beauty and victory of your practice efforts, but also the struggle of the challenge you face. You have to enjoy the practice itself. Cultivate pleasantness in finding your way to make the guitar sound the way you want it. Be mindful, calm and focused on tiny improvements. It’s all about the tiny improvements that add up and move you towards an accomplished guitar player.

The Guitar habit sticks when not the goal but the proces has become your greatest friend. When you find a way to enjoy the process to the fullest, and learn to love and appreciate every aspect that comes your way you have created a friend for life. A beautiful, deeply embedded, musical and rewarding friend. The guitar habit.

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How to Play House of The Rising Sun by The Animals – Fingerpicking Pattern

May 24, 2019 By Klaus Crow 12 Comments

Today I’m going to show you a simplified fingerstyle version of The House of the rising sun by the Animals. This is ideal for beginner guitar players.

You will recognize the song instantly and most people probably wouldn’t notice the difference. In fact there are many guitar players who just play it this way, and aren’t even aware they are playing the simplified version.

It’s an easy and widely used fingerpicking pattern that you will also come across in many other popular songs. I’d say a win-win situation.

Tip: Try to memorize chord progression of the song in the video. That way you will likely to pick up your guitar several times throughout the day to practice the tune and make progress much faster.

The song and the fingerpicking pattern is a classic, it’s fun to play and should definitely be part of your repertoire. A perfect beginner fingerpicking song.

Enjoy!

Please share your comments below. I appreciate it.

15 Easy Beginner Jazz Guitar Chords

May 4, 2019 By Klaus Crow 4 Comments

So why do you want to learn jazz chords? Well, jazz chords will spice up and enrich your playing. It doesn’t even matter if you want to play jazz or not, the chords are perfectly suited for/and regularly used in pop, blues, country, flamenco, and other styles of music.

It’s a good collection of chord types and flavors to add to your chord vocabulary, and expand your skill set. You will come across these chords one way or another in the songs you always wanted to learn. So, if you don’t have these chords under your belt yet, now is the time.

If you do want to step up your playing and learn jazz, these chords are a great start and a solid foundation. There are an endless amount of chords used in jazz, but you can already come a long way with just these 15 easy and popular beginner jazz chords.

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Awesome Guitar Factory & Workshop Videos

April 17, 2019 By Klaus Crow 8 Comments

Always wanted to know how your favorite guitars are made? Today you’re gonna see how some of the best guitars and brands are being produced and crafted in state of the art guitar factories or handmade by the best luthiers in the workshops.

The videos are highly educational and a real joy to watch for every fan of the instrument. Take a moment. Make yourself a nice cappuccino and pick a few of your favorite guitar brands. Sit down, relax and watch the beloved craftsmanship that goes into these beautiful guitars.

Enjoy and learn!

ACOUSTIC GUITARS:

  • Martin
  • Taylor
  • Lowden
  • Larrivee
  • Santa Cruz
  • Guild
  • Yamaha
  • Seagull guitars (Godin)
  • Ovation
  • Takamine
  • Eastman
  • Cort

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