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How Learn To Play Guitar Video Tutorials Could Improve Your Guitar Playing

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I recently came across one of the many learn to play guitar video tutorials now available online, and it had the extraordinary effect of converting the heap of wood and string which has been gathering dust for a rather long time into something I am actually enjoying learning to play, and which is already starting to sound less like a cat being strangled by a snake in a bucket of ball bearings, and almost like something resembling music.

Like many people I decided to buy a guitar because there are now so many available at very affordable prices, it’s not hard to find one and get started. In fact I know someone recently who bought a really nice quality guitar for just five pounds from the local market, and my new guitar only cost a shade over thirty pounds. I understand that with more money comes better quality, but when you’re just getting started learning how to play guitar all you need is something you can hold, twang and strum whilst attempting to make a sound that won’t get you arrested for cruelty to animals.

The problem is that having seen other people with guitars playing a range of tunes in a way that makes it all seem so easy, I thought it really was easy. I mean, a tightrope walker might make it look easy, and a Formula 1 racing driver might make it look easy, but in my heart of hearts I know I probably couldn’t do it. But somehow when you see someone strumming away on the street corner, or ripping out a great tune on a small stage at your local pub, or entertaining crowds of people at a large show, I can’t help but see myself there, in their place, performing with equal ease.

I knew this dream was somewhat farfetched when I first picked up the guitar. My first impression was that I’d bought an extra large size by mistake as it seemed almost impossible to hold the guitar comfortably and naturally whilst twisting my left hand almost ninety degrees around the fret board to try to hold down the right notes for the first chord.

I had a small booklet which I got at the same time as the guitar, but compared to watching a learn to play guitar video online, a diagram, no matter how carefully drawn, just doesn’t have the same quality. Watching how someone who knows how to play a guitar holds the instrument, holds their hands, and creates the right sound makes a huge difference. I had struggled so much with trying to play the first couple of chords, and sliding between them without making a sound that was mildly less appealing that nails on a blackboard that I gave up.

But after realising just how many online videos there are for everything you could possibly imagine wanting to try, it occurred to me that there must be some decent online guitar video tutorials I could use to help get me started. It was after just watching one learn to play guitar video that I realised how much simpler it can be compared to trying to be entirely self taught. I don’t know anyone else personally who plays guitar, and I’m loath to spend twenty pounds a week every week on music lessons, as it’s really just a casual pastime.

So my advice to you is this. If you have bought a guitar, or are thinking of buying a guitar, or have one you dust carefully each week before ignoring, why not pop online and do what I did. By watching an experienced guitarist demonstrate how to hold the guitar, play a few chords and move easily from one chord to the next in an easy to follow learn to play guitar video tutorial you could be one step closer to fulfilling your dream, or at least, a step further away from frightening the local wildlife.

For a wide selection of learn to play guitar video tutorials visit Allaxess.com where you can learn to play lead guitar, from beginner tips to advanced tutorials and demonstrations.

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Using Guitar Video Tutorials For Beginners And Intermediate Playing

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One of the huge advantages today for anyone looking to learn to play guitar is the many thousands of guitar video tutorials available online. Beginning to learn to play guitar is an eye opening experience, because when you see guitarists playing and performing you tend to assume it’s relatively easy. After all, most professional guitarists and performers seem fairly relaxed, and their hold on the guitar and positioning of their hands seems relaxed and natural.

It’s only when you first hold a guitar and try to contort your fingers into position you realise just how difficult it is. First of all you have to work out how the tab diagrams correspond to the strings, frets and fingers, and once you’ve achieved this you then have to work out how to get your fingers into those positions. You’ll usually find your wrist straining for some time, and you may even wonder whether you were born with extra short fingers, but had never previously noticed.

Although this period of time doesn’t last for long if you practise regularly, it is an inevitable part of the learning process, and a stage that sees many people being put off. But it’s in these early days of learning to play guitar that it is very easy to start to develop bad habits. If you adapt your own tab positions and hand positions because of comfort and convenience then you may find that not only is the quality of the sound less than ideal, but moving from one tab or chord position to another is not as smooth and doesn’t provide the same level of performance as you hear from other people playing.

This is why it is now such a good idea to take advantage of some of the really good guitar video tutorials online. There really is no better way to learn guitar tabs than seeing someone else do it, with a guitar, and going step by step through the process, demonstrating how to hold the guitar, and how to move from one tab to the next. This makes a good deal more sense than trying to work it out by looking at diagrams, and it also gives you a better understanding of how professional and experienced guitarists overcome the problems you’ll inevitably be experiencing whilst starting to learn guitar.

But in fact the guitar video tutorials available go far beyond simply helping to teach the basics to those starting out with the first few tabs. If you can already play guitar then you may find that there are some chords or chord changes which have you stumped. You may find a particular combination is a little tricky, resulting in a reduced level of sound quality, or a clumsy or uncomfortable change from one tab to another. In this way it is possible to find online guitar video tutorials which have been recorded by some professional guitarists, including many of those who play in well known bands and groups, demonstrating exactly how to accomplish what seems to be almost the impossible.

If you are trying to play a particular song, how great would it be to be able to watch a video online of the guitarist, composer or performer demonstrating exactly how they manage to achieve that particular sound? By watching how they do it you can learn techniques which otherwise you’d probably never come up with or read about, and which can often be adapted to help you overcome similar problems with other tab changes or songs. By taking advantage of the many guitar video tutorials online both beginners and more experienced guitar players can take their guitar playing to the next level, improving sound quality and comfort, as well as helping to further the dream of playing at Wembley one day!

Why not improve your guitar playing by browsing the many guitar video tutorials available at Allaxess.com, where you can learn guitar tabs from many well known and accomplished guitarists.

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