Category: Beginner Acoustic Guitar

The D Major 7 Guitar Chord (also known as D Major Seventh, DMaj7 or D Major 7th) is a beautiful, dreamy and jazzy sounding chord. It is a fairly easy chord to play as it only requires that you press down three strings on the second fret. The D Major 7th Chord is found by...

The C Major 7 Guitar Chord (also known as C Major Seventh, CMaj7) is a beautiful, dreamy sounding chord. It is often used in Jazz Guitar.  It is a basic beginner chord and very easy to play.  There are several different ways to play this chord, but this lesson will demonstrate the easiest way. The...

Here is another great song for you to learn.  It is called “Old Man” by Neil Young. Neil Young was inspired to write Old Man after he purchased Broken Arrow Ranch in Northern California back in 1970. Old Man was released as a single back in 1972 and eventually made it to #31 on the...

A capo is an inexpensive yet very useful tool. You clamp the capo onto the frets of the fingerboard of your guitar and it allows you to instantly change the pitch of your guitar strings to a higher pitch. How high you make the pitch of your guitar depends on the fret you clamp the...

A difficult hurdle to overcome as a beginner guitar player is mastering your chord changes. You must be able to change from one chord to another quickly and without error. You are likely to get frustrated in the beginning as your fingers won’t do what you want them to do.  This is normal and it...

Familiarizing yourself with the notes on the guitar is an important part of guitar playing.  I know it isn’t the most exciting part, but if you take time during your practice routines to learn them, you will be a better musician because of it. Instead of just popping up a chart with all of the...

The exercises in the videos below are going to take your playing to the next level.  It is fitting therefore, that the videos below are from the folks over at NextLevelGuitar.Com.   These folks produce excellent training videos for guitarists that are very educational, entertaining and easy to follow.  After watching the videos below, click the...

The C7 Chord (also known as the Dominant C 7th Chord) is often referred to as a Blues chord. Once you learn to play it, you will understand why. It just has a real bluesy sound to it. It is definitely one of the easiest beginner chords to learn how to play. There are several...

The D7 Chord (also known as the Dominant D 7th Chord) is often referred to as a Blues chord. Once you learn to play it, you will understand why. It just has a real bluesy sound to it. It is definitely one of the easiest beginner chords to learn how to play. There are several...

The A7 Guitar Chord (also known as a Dominant A 7th Chord) is often referred to as a Blues chord. Once you learn to play it, you will understand why. It just has a real bluesy sound to it. It is definitely one of the easiest beginner chords to learn how to play. There are...