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How to Become The Best Guitar Player You Can Be

May 14, 2019 by Klaus Crow

We all want to become a great guitar player, but what does it really take? Well first and foremost, you want to become the best guitar player YOU can be. You have to focus on your own path, and not somebody else’s. While that might sound obvious, for many it isn’t.

A lot of guitar players have the tendency to compare themselves with other musicians and follow their journey instead of their own. The fact is, we are all destined to become different kind of guitar players. Your mind, taste, anatomy, emotions and daily life are all unique. These things determine how you play, what you play, and the musical path you will follow. You will only succeed if you do that.

Second, you’ve got to stop making excuses! Stop telling yourself or anybody else why you can’t do it, why don’t have the time, why you’re not fast enough or why you’ll never be a badass. You are unique, and if you cut all that shit, you can become the best guitar player you can be. And that is pretty darn good!

Now, here is the guideline that will take you on this amazing trip, no matter what kind of guitar breed you are. Here are the keys that will improve your playing to the max and make sure you become one hell of a guitar player.

Follow the keys and you’ll be on your way!
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How to Play The Most Common Types of 6th Chords

By Klaus Crow 3 Comments

September 4, 2023 by Klaus Crow

How to play the most common types of 6th chords for guitar

The 6th chord has a really nice flavor of it’s own. It’s probably not one of the first obvious chords you will learn when you start out, but the 6th chord is used in many popular songs and is a favorite in jazz music.

The chord is often used in intros or as a final chord at the end of a song, but also to add a breath of fresh air throughout a chord progression.

Today we will learn the most common types of 6th chord shapes:
– Open major 6th chords
– Minor 6th chords
– Moveable (closed) 6th chords

Let’s spice up your chord vocabulary and play a bit out of the box.

Enjoy the flavors!

OPEN MAJOR 6TH CHORDS

There is often confusion over the chord symbols 6 and Maj6, but these are interchangeable. So “C6” is the same as “Cmaj6”.

50 of The Best Country Guitar Songs of All Time

By Klaus Crow 6 Comments

May 18, 2021 by Klaus Crow

My guitar students can’t understand me. Even my wife, who knows me better than anyone else. It’s that one day I will turn on my favorite heavy metal records as loud as I can and indulge in these amazing killer riffs, and the next day I will be just playing and singing country music or some of the most easiest guitar songs as if my life depends on it. What can I say? I just love music.

There is so much love and heartache put in every song of every band and artist. If you take the time to really, really listen you can feel and understand it. No matter the style.

Besides that, there is so much to gain for your playing from learning all these different types of music. I can’t stress it enough.

So today we’re going to dive into 50 of the best country songs of all time. Wow, did I have fun creating this list and listening and playing all these songs. I hope you will too.

As always, note that the list is in no particular order and incomplete. If your favorite artist is not in this list, then it should be :) The list is here to inspire you, to take that guitar out of the stand and play.

Click the song title to listen to the song on Youtube, click the “chords” link to show you the chords of the song, and next to it, more great songs from your favorite country artist or band.

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Please share your favorite country guitar song in the comments. I appreciate it.

Enjoy the list!

1 – I walk the line – Johnny Cash – Chords – More Chords on Amazon

2 – I’m so lonesome I could cry – Hank Williams – Chords

3 – He stopped loving her today – George Jones – Chords

4 – Crazy – Patsy Cline – Chords

5 – Mama tried – Merle Haggard – Chords
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34 Ways to Expand Your Guitar Skills Horizon

By Klaus Crow 6 Comments

March 29, 2021 by Klaus Crow

You wake up, you take your guitar out of the stand and what do you play? Nine out of ten times you will play things you already know. Well, at least most guitar players do.

And there is nothing wrong with that. Repetition is good and important to train your muscle memory and build a repertoire of songs. You want to play what you love? Great! Another good reason to play things you already know. But repetition is entering the danger zone if you’re lacking inspiration to play something else.

Trying new things, other styles of music, working on different guitar chops, studying the unknown, will broaden your vision, spice up your guitar vocabulary, expand your musical horizon, and boost your creative output.

Oh yeah, and it’s just great fun.

So today, I’ve made a list to inspire you to learn some new cool things (Just click the links).

Enjoy!

– 1 Country licks

– 2 Rockabilly licks

– 3 Jazz chord progressions

– 4 Flamenco style

– 5 Fingerstyle Blues

– 6 Bottleneck / slide guitar

– 7 Sight reading

– 8 Learn the fingerboard

– 9 Combining major and minor blues scales and licks