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Top 10 Most Important Scales for Guitar

June 25, 2021 by Klaus Crow

Scales serve many purposes. They will help you understand music, how to solo, improvise, analyze chords, chord progressions, songs and many other applications that will benefit and expand your musical ability.

You need to learn and practice scales thoroughly and then use them as a tool to create music. The amount of scales out there can be overwhelming for a lot of beginner and intermediate guitar players. So do you need to learn all the scales from this top 10? No, you only need to learn the scale(s) relevant to your style of music.

A lot of musicians only use one or two scales throughout their entire musical career. Depending on your skill level and musical aspirations very few or many scales will get you where you want to be.Continue Reading

Top 10 Best Low Budget Electric Guitars For Beginners under 300 Dollars – 2021

By Klaus Crow 12 Comments

March 28, 2021 by Klaus Crow

These days you can buy a pretty decent guitar for an affordable price. Low budget guitars are getting better and are really popular. Almost every major guitar brand has a low budget series to serve beginner to advanced guitar players.

If you don’t want to spend a lot of money on a Fender Stratocaster you can take a look at it’s more affordable younger brother Squier also by Fender. Gibson also has a cheaper companion, Epiphone guitars, which are much easier on the pocket and they rock!

You have to take into account that these are low budget guitars, so there will be compromises in terms of materials, pickups and hardware. The experienced guitar player might require a higher standard. That being said, if you have between a 100 and 300 dollars to spend and you do want to learn to play guitar than these guitars are really worth the investment.

They are perfect guitars for the beginner but also for the intermediate or advanced guitar player who is looking for a low-cost backup guitar on stage, one to bring on a holiday, a party or a guitar to modify to personal needs. An excellent choice for all kinds of players, styles and goals.

Here are some the best low budget electric guitars that can take your playing to the next level in 2021:

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Enjoy!

How To Practice Guitar for Extremely Busy People

By Klaus Crow 4 Comments

May 14, 2019 by Klaus Crow

For a lot of people playing and practicing guitar is a luxury that they almost can’t afford timewise. The busy schedule of work, school, parenting, homework and errands get in the way big time. It can all be too overwhelming.

Still, we don’t want to forget ourselves and our passions. You know, you only live once and what is a life without music and guitar playing? I mean guitar playing enriches our souls and enhances our lives. It’s one of the essentials of our existence.

Yet it can be on the edge of extinction if you’re not careful and don’t take matters into your own hands. So if you feel like you’re losing control over your schedule and struggle to keep all the plates spinning in your life, but don’t want to give up practicing and improving, then here are the keys to keep rocking the place:Continue Reading

5 Robert Johnson Style Blues Turnarounds

By Klaus Crow 11 Comments

May 14, 2019 by Klaus Crow

Robert Johnson died at the age of 27 and today known as the Master of the Delta Blues (one of the earliest styles of blues music). His music has been a great influence on guitar players like Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and many others. In other words, Johnson’s music is the real deal!

His blues chops and turnarounds are a really nice asset to your blues vocabulary. Memorize these 5 Robert Johnson style blues turnarounds so you can take them out of your back pocket and put them into use whenever you need to play a 12 bar blues.

Practice them, get ‘m under your fingers and experiment with different turnarounds at the end of each 12 bar blues section.

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