How to Strum a Guitar With a Pick (Fundamentals + Technique!)
Learning how to strum a guitar with a pick is a fundamental skill for any budding guitar player. And on the surface, it looks pretty basic – hold the pick…
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Tony Polecastro
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My name is Tony Polecastro and I’m an acoustic guitar geek.
I LOVE the idea of learning guitar online but I was fed up with the overwhelming, “more is better” approach that takes the fun out of learning guitar…this is my journey from 60 to 36,534 guitar students...
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How to Tune an Acoustic Guitar: A Beginner’s Guide
In this post, I’m going to show you how to tune a guitar and share a few reliable tips to help you get the hang of it. In fact, these…
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Tuning Your Acoustic Guitar a Half-Step Down
Learning to tune down a half-step is a part of any guitar player’s journey once you’ve decided that you want to progress past the standard tuning. Don’t get me wrong,…
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How to Create Melodies Over Chords: A Simple Guide
Every guitarist has that moment when they realize they want to write a song. You’re listening to your favorite album, and you think, “I can do that!” I remember having…
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How to Get Better at Picking Guitar
Establishing a good picking technique is not only a crucial part of learning to play guitar, but it’s also a fun way to inject some personality and flair into your…
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The Best Way to Learn a Song on the Guitar: A Step-by-Step Guide
There’s something exciting about learning new songs to play on the guitar. You take a song you’ve heard a hundred times before, start to strum, and then suddenly, you’re not…
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Best Guitar Learning Apps in 2023 (Beginners, Tabs, & Tuning)
I’m about to say something that’s going to make me feel very old, but learning guitar isn’t what it used to be. Gone are the days of tracking down a…
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Best YouTube Acoustic Guitar Lessons (Learn to Play With Videos!)
There’s no doubt that YouTube is an incredible resource for learning how to play the guitar. The sheer number of different channels dedicated to teaching everything from beginner basics all…
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The Best Way to Learn the Guitar: 11 Easy Tips for Success
Just like most things in life, getting good at the guitar doesn’t happen overnight. But here’s the thing – you don’t want it to. While being able to shred, solo,…
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How to Write a Song on Your Guitar: A Step-By-Step Guide
Learning and performing easy songs on guitar is one of the great joys of being a musician. But writing your own songs is a way of taking that joy to…
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