Thursday Tip
Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival is a fun song to play this time of year, or just about any time. You’ll find the chords are pretty easy; D, A, G, and it can be played with a basic strum or a calypso strum. Get that moon ah rising!
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Marlene
If you would like to learn to read music, watch this excellent and simple explanation of how to read notes on a staff of music. Let’s F.A.C.E. it, sometimes Every Good Boy Does Fine!
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Marlene
Seasonal songs can be fun to play like this popular Halloween themed song Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon. It can be helpful to listen to it first to get reacquainted with the tune and then give it a try with these lyrics and chords. Ahhh-oooo!
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Marlene
Yes, I know, singing can be intimidating, but it goes so beautifully with your guitar playing. From Making Music Magazine, here’s 8 Tips To Help Build Your Singing Confidence. Sing your songs, loud and proud!
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Marlene
This is a beautiful song that's perfect to play this month, or any time. It's called September Song by JP Cooper and it's basically played with 4 chords; A, Bm* (B minor), G and D as you can see here in this tab. Song-of-the-month!
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Marlene
*I recommend you play the Bm like this
Try ‘string slapping’ with your picking. Fingerpicking is beautiful and fun to play, and incorporating a ‘slap’ into your pattern adds a unique percussive element to your music ~ as seen in this Acoustic Guitar article/video How To Play Fingerpicking with a String Slap. It’s slap happy guitar playing!
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Marlene
Warming up your fingers before you play your songs is like stretching before you exercise, you’ll find that your fingers are more nimble and better prepared to play. There’s some pretty simple exercises you can do like the ones seen here in this Acoustic Guitar video. Stretch your playing abilities by warming up!
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Marlene
Live music has so many benefits that can enhance and improve your playing abilities/styles. In fact, this Making Music Magazine article gives you 12 Reasons Live Music Will Make You A Better Musician. For me, numbers 1 and 8 really resonate!
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Marlene
Do you know how string thickness, tension, length and frequency affect the sound? Learn how a guitar works in this interesting and informative video How Instruments Work ~ Guitar*.
Got guitar vibes?!
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Marlene
*This video is the work of learning design and development firm ansrsource for the MIM (Musical Instrument Museum).
In honor of the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock I thought you might enjoy reading this Acoustic Guitar article, Cataloging the Acoustic Guitars at Woodstock. It describes the acoustic guitars used by Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens, Joan Baez and more, including videos of their performances. Peace, Love & Acoustic Guitars!
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Marlene