Beginner Guitar Lesson Backstage Blog

These free guitar lesson sites are popping up all over the web - so how do we know which ones are any good or not? Anything that’s free has to have a catch right? Well no actually - or yes and no, or was it no?
I’ll stop that before I completely confuse myself (easily done) [...]

I just came across this video on Youtube - it’s one of my favourite guitarists Tommy Emmanuel playing a 12 bar blues that goes beyond brilliant.
I think I’m going to make it a habit of watching incredible guitar playing before any practice session - starting with this clip here, enjoy!

Today I’m going to look at the quickest and most effective way to learn the guitar there is bar none – it’s no secret but it’s also something people don’t do enough – it’s all very well saying “I know that” but if you know it but don’t do it then you need to start [...]

It can be hard fitting in guitar practice every day, especially with a hectic 9-5, going to the gym, trying to reset and recouperate. But without it it’s nearly impossible to advance.
You see it’s every day practice that develops ‘guitar fingers’ that don’t hurt when holding down difficult chords for extended periods of time. One [...]

It sounds obvious but when you’re learning shortcut style and not from qualified teachers but just other people and going the self taught route it’s very easy to form bad guitar habits. Of course there is some grey area between bad habits/technique and play style but some things just shouldn’t be done – for example [...]

It’s tempting to skip all the basic stuff having played semi professionally and still being able to pick up a guitar at a party or gathering and become the cenre of atention. But that’s not why I’ve invested in some video guitar lessons. I want to go back and learn again this time from a [...]