Guitar Music Studio

Here are my favourite guitar music videos and some professional guitarists' works! ( I posted some of them on my posts earlier, however, there will be more awesome video that you might not watched before! I think you will like them!) XD

This guy is my most favourite guitarist, Estas Tonne.
He is so awesome! He plays six stringed acoustic guitar.

This person plays electric guitar, 
the video below is a guitar solo. 


Here are my favourite ones~ I posted before, 
but still want to post them again.

                             Hope you enjoy!
                                            *^o^*

Guitar Album

Bass Guitar

Bass Guitar













Acoustic Guitar

Acoustic Guitar

Electric Guitar

Electric Guitar

Classical Guitar 

Classical Guitar

Twelve String Guitar

Twelve String Guitar

Seven String Guitar

Seven String Guitar

Double Neck Guitar







Double Neck Guitar

Pedal Steel Guitar

Lap Steel Guitar

Resonator Guitar

Semi Acoustic Guitar

Electric Acoustic Guitar

Arch Top Guitar



              Hope you enjoy!
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Tips for Guitar Players

If you want to be an excellent guitar player, you will absolutely need a lot of tips from others.

I've got some great methods here to improve your guitar playing skills and help you reach the top. You don't have to be the person with special skills and intellect to become a great guitarist. But you should have these qualities for sure-

- Willingness to put in your heart and soul for guitar and work hard.

- Willingness to take risks by challenging your own skills.

-Always learn new things.
The most important tip is to always try to learn new things and update yourself. Come out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself with difficult riffs, solos, new techniques and so on.
It is highly recommended that you learn it from a tutor than learning it on your own. Believe me, it makes a lot of improvement in your playing. 

-Set new goals and try your best to reach them. 
Use your practice time in the best possible ways. Do not just waste your time on messing around with your guitar. But always try to learn a new riff, solo or even a whole song, part by part on a daily basis, and also make sure you always do your best to play it.
Also make sure that you start practicing a new stuff in a slow pace and slowly develop the speed, this will develop your finger memory and make your playing perfect, confident and smooth. Do not hurry things.

-Listening is the key to becoming a successful guitarist. 
Make sure you listen to the type of music that you love the most and also listen to different styles of music and try to learn them. 

-Be with better players. 
If possible make friends with guitarists who play better than you and  who are also good listeners and willing to share the time and space with you. It would be useless to waste time on someone who's got some negative attitude, no matter how great he plays.

-Show your guitar playing skills to others. 
You could join a band, or directly record an album in the studios. It's up to you where you decide to show your skills. But make sure you play it out for others rather than just for your bedroom walls.

-Share your guitar knowledge with others. 
Sharing your knowledge with others is one of the best services that you can do to the society. Let others also learn what you have learned. That way you will learn new things and also refresh your knowledge regularly.

-Always be positive. 
A positive attitude is very important for your success. So believe in your talents and be true to yourself. There may be a thousand of people trying to pull you back or let you down. Do not ever listen to them. Always try to be with those people who likes and supports you. 

-Use the way that really works for you, this way you will enjoy practicing and playing guitar and won't feel bored at all.

If you develop these qualities, then nothing can stop you from reaching your goal. No one is born with skills, you need to develop and improve them.

                                    Hope you enjoy!
                                             *^o^*

Guitar Notes

Notes

Notes of a normal music sheet(top one)
Notes of a guitar music sheet(bottom one)

string #1 = high E

(highest pitch,   thinnest string,  closest  to ground)

string #2 = B       
string #3 = G
string #4 = D
string #5 = A
string #6 = low E

(lowest pitch, thickest string, closest to ceiling)

Video Time~

This video is all about the sound of each string. ;)

From the lowest E to the highest E (EADGBE / from the sixth string to the first string).

        Hope you enjoy! 

               *^o^*

                   Picture from Google image

                        Video from YouTube

Guitar Brands

                                              Brands

·Armin Hanika Guitars  

·Aria      ·Alvarez

·B.C. Rich            

·Benedetto 
·Bunker Guitars

·Carvin       ·Cort

·Danelectro

·Epiphone  ·ESP Guitar

·Fernandes

·G&L Guitars  ·Gibson ·Godin

·Gretsch   
·Guild Guitars

·Hamer         ·Heritage     ·Hohner

·Ibanez

·Jackson    ·Jose Ramirez Guitars

·Klein

·L'Arrivee

·Musicman         ·Martin & Co.

·Ovation

·Parker           ·Peavey             ·PRS Guitars

·Rickenbacker     ·Ruokangas Guitars

·Samick           ·Santa Cruz Guitar   ·Seagull

·Takamine         ·Taylor

·Washburn Guitars

·Yamaha [my favourite brand~]

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Acoustic Guitar

Acoustic guitars date back to the 16th century. Over the course of 100 years, they became the most popular guitar instrument. Acoustic guitar is played all around the world, making it the most common played guitar instrument. It is the type of guitar that the music teacher will recommend for beginners because you don't really have to know how to read music. Once you've learned acoustic guitar, you will have lots of options of guitar: electric guitar, classical guitar, and etc.

Acoustic guitars have a basic design, including a head, neck, body and six strings. However, there is a wide variety in the styles of this type of guitar. The differences in strings and style of body give each guitar its special sound. Acoustic guitars can be played with or without amplifiers, that is an advantage for the beginners because they can decide that if they want the amplifier or not. Top-quality acoustic guitars have bodies, backs and sides that made of solid wood.

Acoustic Guitars are really similar to classical guitars, but they are not the same. Acoustic guitars have steel strings and thinner neck. A steel-stringed acoustic guitar produces rich, long-lasting notes. A nylon-string guitar(for example classical guitar) is less rough on the fingertips and has a softer tone.  It is the the most versatile guitar instrument that plays different styles of music: classical, jazz, rock, pop, country, and punk music. It is an ideal instrument for beginners because playing it does not require you to use lots of accessories.

Video Time~
This is one of my favourite guitar music named Birds Poem, played by acoustic guitar~ It's from an anime named Air. The original one was played by piano and violin. I think the person who played this changed some of the parts from the original music. However, it's still so awesome! I think he played much better than the original one(my very own opinion).

     Hope you enjoy! 
                 *^o^*
      Pictures from Google image
                 Video from YouTube   












The original one(from anime)

Bass Guitar

The bass guitar(also called electric bass,or simply bass) is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb, by plucking, slapping, popping, tapping, thumping, or picking with a plectrum(often known as a pick).Since the 1960s, the bass guitar has largely replaced the double bass as the bass instrument in the rhythm section. Bass guitars can play many styles of music, including rock, metal, pop, punk rock, country, blues, and jazz. It is often a soloing instrument in jazz, funk, and some rock and metal styles.

A bass player may rest the thumb on the top edge of one of the pickups or on the side of the fret-board. The thumb can also be rested loosely on the strings to mute the unused strings. 
Most bass players stand while playing, although sitting is also accepted, particularly in large ensemble settings, such as jazz big bands. Some bassists switch position between standing or seated playing. It is a matter of the player's preference as to which position gives the greatest ease of playing and what a bandleader expects.

Bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but they are not the same. Bass guitars usually have four or five strings with longer and thinner neck, and electric guitars have six strings.  Just same as the electric guitar, bass guitar is plugged into an amplifier for live performances. In music, electric and bass guitar are being responsible for different parts. Electric guitars usually responsible for mid-range and treble parts, and bass guitars usually responsible for the bass part, that's why it called bass guitar.

Video Time~
I wasn't really interested about bass guitar so I can't really recommend my own favourite bass guitar music, but I found a pretty good bass solo on YouTube, hope you guys would like it! ·w· 

                                                                                                                Hope you enjoy!
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                                                                                               Pictures from Google image
                                                                                                      Video from YouTube    

Electronic Guitar

     Electric guitars may have a hollow body and in many different shapes and styles. Most of them have steel strings. They require an amplifier with speakers for the sound to be heard. Electric guitars usually have a strap button on the bottom and on the left side of the body as well. They usually have both a volume and a tone control and may also have other controls as well as two or more pickups that can be selected individually or together for a variety of sound options. Many accessories are available for the electric guitar providing a wide range of effects. 

     There is no reason a beginner can’t start on an electric guitar. Playing the electric guitar can be very motivating for the student whose goal is to play rock or popular music. If they start on the classical guitar, they may not be getting the sound that they expected.

     The strings on an electric guitar are closer to the fret board making it a little easier on the fingers than a classical guitar.
Also if the student uses an amplifier that has a headphone, they can practice without disturbing others. This can be a huge advantage in a small home and could result in the student practicing more frequently since there is no embarrassment to others hearing the beginner's mistakes.

     But the disadvantage of electric guitar is the electric guitars and the required amplifiers are a bit more expensive than beginner classical guitars.
An amplifier is required, making the guitar less portable.
And if the student prefers the acoustic style and sound, the electric guitar will not create the fit sound, so the beginners might not meet their expectations, and may result in discontinuing playing.        
           
Video Time~

Here are two of my favourite awesome guitar music played by electric guitar. My most favourite guitar type is classic guitar, but these two songs are really good as well as the ones that played by classic guitar.



       Hope you enjoy! 
                                                           *^o^*

           Pictures from Google image
                            Video from YouTube 

Classical Guitar

         Classical guitar is the big member of guitar family. All the classical guitars have nylon strings, with wider necks that allow the strings to be farther apart to finger picking. Individual strings plucked with the fingernails or fingertips is the common instrumental finger technique to classic guitar. If you want to get tremolo, fluent, and rapid effects, you must practice alternation, never plucking a string with the same finger twice in a row.  Classic guitars usually don’t have a strap button on the bottom, and some of them have decorative artwork around the sound hole. Classic guitars are traditionally used to play classical and folk music, because they have a mellow sound. Since the neck is not reinforced to hold the stronger pull of the steel strings, note that it is not recommend putting steel strings onto a classical guitar.

         
     If you are a beginner of learning classic guitar, nylon strings are easier for the fingers because nylon strings won’t hurt your fingers, so you may be more willing to practice and continue lessons.

And classical guitar doesn't have amplifier, which makes the guitar more portable.

       













  
But the problem is, the neck of the guitar is wider, so the beginners with small hands may have difficulty fingering some chords. Also the mellow sound of the classical guitar may not match the expectations of the student who wanted to play popular music. This may affect the student's motivation to play.

 Classical guitars have different sizes and there are for different ages-
Ages 4-6          up to 3’ 9’’ tall    ¼ size (30”) guitar

Ages 3-8          3’10”- 4’5” tall     ½ size (34”) guitar

Ages 9-11         4’6”-4’11” tall      ¾ size (36”) guitar

Ages 12 and older 5’ and taller        7/8 or full size guitar

Video Time~

There is one of my favourite guitar music named Canon played by classic guitar. This music is so amazing, I like it so much! I think you will love it as well!

     Hope you enjoy!                                                                                        *^o^*
                                         
                                                Pictures from Google image
                                                                                                                         Video from YouTube