http://playtheguitar.com Guitar info & instruction, with an emphasis on acoustic guitar Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:47:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello folks, Here's a link to an interview I recently did for an on-line radio show. Lots of fun. Enjoy, John http://playtheguitar.com/general-interest/radio-interview-indepth-you/ Hello to anyone who may be reading this. Playtheguitar.com has been around for awhile but mostly as a static Q & A type of page. Recently I've been brought - kicking and screaming - into the blog world. My buddy and web-meister Chuck says this (blogging) is the think to ... http://playtheguitar.com/general-interest/new-kid-in-blog-ville/ tabledit file of Redemption Song http://playtheguitar.com/tabs-2/redemption-song-bob-marley/ I'm 13 years old, and i just got an electric guitar (Gibson) and i am so confused. Do you have any tips for me? - yasmin Yasmin, Congratulations on getting a guitar for Christmas. The guitar is a great instrument – lots of fun to play but it takes a little effort to ... http://playtheguitar.com/beginning-guitar/getting-started-on-guitar/ Many years ago I was playing with a band at Christian Coffee House in a Northeast Ohio resort town, just a seagull's swoop from Lake Erie. Late in the evening, a fellow who had been imbibing freely at one of the many local watering holes wandered in. He stared at ... http://playtheguitar.com/fretboard/understanding-the-fretboard/ How can I read tabs in the guitar!!!!! Tablature (Tab for short) is a kind of musical notation that works very well for guitar and other fretted instruments.  Unlike the piano and single note instruments such as the trumpet, flute and clarinet, the guitar can play the same note in more ... http://playtheguitar.com/tabs/yet-another-question-regarding-tab/ I am having trouble playing notes on tabs because my fingers wont stretch far enough or they're just too short. i try really hard to get it right, but it just doesn't work. do you have any suggestions that would help me? Natalie Natalie, I’m not sure what specific problems you are ... http://playtheguitar.com/technique/finger-stretches/ First off thanks for answering my last question it was really helpful. So here's my next one you know those tone knobs on electric guitars, what are they supposed to do exactly? because whenever i turn mine the sound doesn't change. Oh wait i just thought of another one is ... http://playtheguitar.com/hardware/those-knobs-on-the-guitar/ (This response was given to a question regarding how to begin teaching a your child - 8 years old - guitar. - JDM) Ellyn, The first thing you want to do is get in tune. If you have some kind of reference point (i.e. a piano, keyboard, a pitch pipe or an ... http://playtheguitar.com/beginning-guitar/teaching-a-child-to-play-guitar/ What do the letters mean like the song? Example: e |------------------------------------------------------------------|X2 B |------------------------------------------------------------------B| G |-------------------------------------------------------------------| D |--------6---------4---------6-------4p2----------------------------| A |-0-0-2-----0-0-2-----0-0-2----0-0-2--------------------------------| E |-------------------------------------------------------------------| Caleb   Caleb, The letters on the left side of the diagram are the names of the strings - the notes that each string is tuned to. The lower case "e" is the 1st string (unwound), the B is ... http://playtheguitar.com/tabs/tab-what-does-this-mean/