Thursday Tip
July 4th’s Thursday Tip (below) included Woody Guthrie’s iconic song This Land is Your Land. His writing abilities are legendary and, interestingly, quite simple as described in this Acoustic Guitar magazine article Woody Guthrie’s Songwriting Wisdom. After reading the article perhaps you’ll be inspired to write a song!
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Marlene
Whew, the heat is on! Depending on your location the heat may bring on low humidity or excessive humidity and neither is good for your guitar. In order to maintain the integrity of the wood the ideal relative humidity level is 40-45% and this Humidipak demo shows an easy way to get the job done ~ so don’t sweat it!
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Marlene
P.S. Video bonus: I thought the idea for the ironing board was cool, I’m going to try it!
Here’s another song to play today ~ 4th of July ~ or just about anytime, Woody Gutherie’s iconic anthem This Land Is Your Land. You’ll use the same chords as in last week’s song, God Bless America; G, C, D, G7 & D7. Happy 4th of July!
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Marlene
Play patriotic inspired songs on 4th of July. Irving Berlin’s God Bless America is a great one to play using G, C, D, G7 & D7 chords (note: if you don’t know the G7 & D7 chords be sure to hover over the chord to see the chart). Celebrate the U.S.A. in a musical way!
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Marlene
P.S. Here are 5 more patriotic songs from my 2018 pre-4th of July Thursday Tip!
Your travels may take flight and so can your guitar. After 9/11 a law was enacted spelling out a musician’s (that’s you) right to carry-on their instrument as described in this Guitar World article. In the words of John Denver, you’ll be Leavin’ on a Jetplane with your guitar!
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Marlene
Summer’s here and that usually means travel, take your guitar along too. Simply follow this helpful guitar car travel advice from Godin Guitars and then as they used to say in the American Express commercials, “…don’t leave home without it.” ~ same goes for your guitar!
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Marlene
It’s important to clean and polish your guitar about every 6 months +/-, and it’s super easy to do! In this video I show you the 3 simple steps (dust, oil, polish) to giving your guitar a little TLC!
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Marlene
Give bar (barre) chords a try. Playing a bar chord on guitar can be tough, in fact it might sound icky at first, but in this video I show you how to play a bar chord and tips to getting a good sound. Soon you’ll be a great bar-(chord)-tender!
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Marlene
Here’s a song to play this weekend, Toby Keith’s American Soldier. It’s fairly easy, pretty much using the C, G and D chords, and here’s the lyric/chords link (note: capo on fret 2). Thanks to all who serve, have served and to those who made the ultimate sacrifice ~ we’re a grateful nation.
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Marlene
Want to give your non guitar playing family and friends a chance to ‘jam’ along with you? As explained in this Making Music article, small percussion instruments can really help them to be involved. Your jam session will shake and roll!
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Marlene