Hello everyone! We made it! Six weeks ago I decided to learn how to play the guitar, and what a journey it’s been! Each week I introduced a new playing technique, physical component, or theoretical knowledge topic relating to the guitar and playing. Along with that, each week I had to find different online resources to help me with whatever skill/topic I was learning that week. I found TikTok and YouTube to be the most helpful. I also documented each…
Hey everyone! This was my last week of introducing a new topic to learn as part of my learning journey. This week I tackled riffs! I honestly LOVED this week’s topic and had fun trying out different riffs. A riff is a short musical phrase that is a repetitive rhythmic figure. I remember when I was younger, my brother always played the ‘Seven Nation Army’ riff by The White Stripes, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. I…
Hey everyone! I’m super late posting this, BUT I just held off as my following week’s learning topic coincided with this week’s a little bit! Anyway! This week of my guitar journey, I tackled strumming! Strumming is a sweeping motion using the pick or your fingers (or both!) over the strings. I was unaware that strumming had more parts to it than just brushing the strings. I first searched on TikTok for ‘beginner guitar strumming,’ and a video by @gregorhuntercoleman…
Hello everyone, this week of my guitar journey, I was learning how to fingerpick. Fingerpicking is picking the strings one at a time using your right hand. I learned that the thumb picks the bottom three strings (E, A, D), and your index, middle, and ring fingers pick the three top strings (G, B, E). I watched YouTube videos and some TikToks to learn beginner fingerpicking. One of the TikToks taught me an abbreviation for the fingers on your right…
Hello everyone! This week of my learning journey, I focused on chords and working on reading guitar tabs! The chords I’ve been working on are G, C, D, and E minor, which was the first (and easiest) one I learned. My brother mentioned to me most songs played on guitar frequently use the three chords G, C, and D. I tried practicing the chords with the song “Here Comes The Sun” by The Beatles, but I need to practice the…
Hey everyone! Welcome back to this week’s portion of my guitar learning journey! This week I started with the basics of the guitar, including learning how to hold one properly. I’m learning on an acoustic guitar, and there are six strings, so six notes. The notes are E, A, D, G, B, and E. My brother taught me an acronym he learned to help remember the notes and their order: “Eddie Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddie. I have been utilizing…
Hello, everyone! For my learning project, I chose to learn how to play the guitar! The guitar is one instrument I’ve always wanted to know how to play, so I’m using this opportunity to kickstart the journey! My two older brothers as well as my sister-in-law all play the guitar, and my goal is to be able to play alongside them one day. Unfortunately for me, I don’t have a single musical bone in my body. I was in band…