Playing an instrument is an exciting journey despite the hard work required to master this art. This activity helps you develop your social skills, enhance creativity, and improve your overall health. It will teach you how to improve your posture and breathing, express your emotions and relax doing the things you enjoy. Let’s delve into […]
1. Get a capo A capo is a moveable clamp that can be placed across the fretboard of a guitar (or similar stringed instrument such as the bouzouki or mandolin) to raise the tuning of the instrument (from E standard to F standard if placed on the first fret in E standard tuning). Essentially, it […]
1. Start With The Basics Of Playing Guitar The first steps are always the most difficult. But you have to learn to crawl before you can walk — building up strength and confidence before you can get going. Little things like learning the names of your strings and the different parts of your guitar can help you […]
How Many Strings Does a Guitar Have? Most guitars consist of six strings. Around mid 1800s, the modern six-string classical guitar design was born with six strings and EADGBE tuning. Why EADGBE? The short answer is that the standard tuning is the most practical and comfortable way for your hands to play both chords and melodies, a […]
1. Wash Your Hands Before A Practice Session This is pretty straight forward. Your hands gather throughout the day a lot of unwanted elements such as dirt, grease, and dead skin cells. These elements will activate a faster corrosion rate on your guitar strings. By consistently washing your hands, not only do you get rid […]
1. Don’t Play With Sweaty Hands Excess sweat and grease are two of the most common problems when it comes to strings rusting. The main reason is that both sweat and grease contain minerals such as sodium, calcium, magnesium, and potassium. When these minerals pair with the natural toxins your body secretes, corrosion takes place. […]
When to Replace Guitar Strings Regardless of how long a guitar string is “supposed” to last, sometimes it doesn’t make it that long for any number of reasons. Here are six signs it’s time to change the strings on your guitar. 1. A string is broken We’ll start with a self-explanatory situation — if a string breaks, […]
