Author: Frank Claeys
Guitar player, writer, photographer, and song writer.
Note Roadmap – Essential Guitar Playing Skill
Whatever your level of guitar playing, one of the key ingredients to improving your skills as a guitar player is knowing where all of the notes are on your guitar between the first and twelfth fret. Continue reading Note Roadmap – Essential Guitar Playing Skill
Lesson 12, How to Play a Three-Chord Song, If You’ve Never Played Guitar Before
The last in the series, on how to play a three-chord song, if you’ve never played guitar before. Continue reading Lesson 12, How to Play a Three-Chord Song, If You’ve Never Played Guitar Before
Bringing It All Together – Essential Major Chords
There are three essential chords you need to learn to get you going on playing a whole variety of pop, rock, and country songs. There are very many written using those chords. Continue reading Bringing It All Together – Essential Major Chords
Cover Songs, Part 2…the ambiguous list
Sometimes, the cover version of a song is better than the original. Sometimes, not so much. That’s why this is the ambiguous list of cover songs. Continue reading Cover Songs, Part 2…the ambiguous list
One-Four-Five, That’s the Whole Point of the Series
If you’ve ever heard of the term I-IV-V (1-4-5) song, this is what we are talking about in this article. And G, C, and D is about as common a combination for a 1-4-5 song as you can find. Continue reading One-Four-Five, That’s the Whole Point of the Series
Lesson 11, How to Play a Three-Chord Song, If You’ve Never Played Guitar Before: The G Major Chord
This is a continuing series of videos to teach novice guitar players how to play a three-chord song, if they’ve never played guitar before. In this lesson, we will learn how to play the G major chord. Continue reading Lesson 11, How to Play a Three-Chord Song, If You’ve Never Played Guitar Before: The G Major Chord
How to Play Guitar While Standing Up
Learning to play guitar in the standing position can sometimes be a bit of a challenge. Transitioning from sitting down to standing up, when you’re not used to it, can be difficult. In this video, I share with you a few tips and tricks that helped me make that transition. Continue reading How to Play Guitar While Standing Up
Five Things You Can Do Now To Improve Your Guitar Playing
Continuous learning in the world of guitar can be an arduous and frustrating endeavor. But if you truly have desire to improve, learn and perfect your craft, don’t despair because there are certain concrete steps you can take now to help you on your journey to guitar mastery. Continue reading Five Things You Can Do Now To Improve Your Guitar Playing
Lesson 10 – How to Play a Three-Chord Song, If You’ve Never Played Guitar Before
In this lesson, we see some real progress. Now we are learning to switch from chord to chord, using two of the most common chords on the guitar. Continue reading Lesson 10 – How to Play a Three-Chord Song, If You’ve Never Played Guitar Before
