Posted in Guitar Lessons, Songs, Videos on Dec 1st, 2008 5 Comments »
Kirk Lorange of Guitar For Beginners & Beyond has recently posted some video guitar lessons of Christmas songs, just in time for the holiday season. In this video lesson, Kirk teaches how to play “O Little Star of Bethlehem”.
Tablature for the song, and more lesson details can be found here.
Kirk has posted many other [...]
Posted in News, Songs on Oct 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Guitar World Tabs has added new premium tabs by AC/DC , which can be viewed absolutely free at the Guitar World Tabs site. The premium tabs are for AC/DC songs that have appeared in previous editions of Guitar World magazine.
The songs are Thunderstruck, War Machine, You Shook Me All Night Long, Let There Be Rock, [...]
Posted in Guitar Lessons, Songs, Videos on Sep 17th, 2008 No Comments »
A 12 part video guitar lesson has been posted on YouTube for the song “The Day That Never Comes”, off of Metallica’s new album, Death Magnetic. Each video is short and contains helpful tips. There is also a link to the tabs, which are excellent. As the instructor, known only as “K” writes:
Be sure [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Songs on Aug 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
The Gibson Lifestyle site recently put together a list of 10 TV theme songs that had guitars as their central instrument.
Here’s the list they came up with. Links go to a YouTube video of the song, and are followed by links to the tablature for the song.
Peter Gunn | Tab
Bonanza | Tab
That ’70s [...]
Posted in Guitar Lessons, Songs, Videos on Jul 3rd, 2008 1 Comment »
JamPlay.com has posted some free video lessons in celebration of Independence Day here in the US. This video is an advanced lesson on playing the Star Spangled Banner, a favorite of many guitar players, and a great version of the song:
They have also posted lessons on how to play these patriotic songs:
The Star Spangled Banner [...]
Posted in Guitar Lessons, Songs, Videos on Jun 9th, 2008 1 Comment »
YouTube guitar instructor Mike Herberts has recently posted a video guitar lesson on how to play the classic Eagles song, “Hotel California”. You may know Mike from his video lesson series on Classical Gas. His lessons are very easy to follow. Here is the video lesson:
You can find more lessons from Mike at his web [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Songs on May 30th, 2008 7 Comments »
Rolling Stone magazine recently put a list together of the top 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time. All of these songs contain “an irresistible riff; a solo or jam that takes you higher every time you hear it; the final power chord that pins you to the wall and makes you hit play again [...]
Posted in Songs, Updates on May 27th, 2008 5 Comments »
Today, the GuitarMX Blog turns 1 year old. That’s right; the first post was one year ago today. To be honest, it doesn’t seem like that long ago. Time really does fly when you’re having fun.
To honor this blogs first birthday, let’s take a look at the song “Happy Birthday”, and how it’s played [...]
Posted in Guitar Lessons, Songs on May 21st, 2008 2 Comments »
JustAcoustic.com has created 20 free acoustic guitar lessons for various songs spanning many years. These lessons include tablature and sound, and in some cases video. Skill levels range from Easy to Advanced. See how many of them you can learn.
20 Acoustic “Betcha Can’t Play This” Songs
‘Wild World’ by Cat Stevens
‘Stay’ by Dave Matthews Band
‘Tears [...]
Posted in Songs, Videos on Apr 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Amazing Grace is a popular Christian hymnal that many guitarists try to learn. Guitar MX takes a look at this song, and some of the ways it’s played on the guitar:
The lyrics were written in 1772 by Englishman John Newton. Newton was a marginal Christian and slave ship captain who had a religious experience while [...]