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Learning the Guitar Basics: 4/4 Rhythm Strumming

Monday, November 13th, 2006

If you are learning how to play the guitar, the basic 4/4 strumming technique is one of the first guitar playing techniques that you must be able to master. This is usually used by beginners to hone their guitar skills and get the feel of the instrument.
In learning the basic 4/4 guitar strumming, you [...]

Learning 3/4 Guitar Strumming

Monday, October 9th, 2006

Learning how to strum is one of the most basic steps in guitar playing. After a beginner learns to do the basic 4/4 strumming, he can then move on to learning the 3/4 strumming technique.
If one wants to play a 3/4 song using a guitar, he must first know what 3/4 means: 4/4, 3/4, 2/4 [...]

Guitar Playing and Capo

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

Despite the similarity of the words, the capo is not your regular trigger-happy Mafia leader although it does come from the Italian word “capo tasto” which means head of finger board. Instead, the capo is a harmless gadget or device attached to a stringed instrument like a guitar, to raise its pitch.
Capos come in [...]