Mike's Guitar World

Guitar Lessons

Drum Beats

There are many web sites which have scale finders on them but I really liked this one. Check it out and email me with any questions! www.all-guitar-chords.com

Find ANY Chord or Scale!

Blues in A

E Ride

Blues in E Boogie

Jam in A

Standard Tuning

Vacation

flat tuning

ROCK JAM IN C

iris tuning

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Lesson 6

Changing Strings

In this lesson I want to give all you aspiring guitarist some helpful advice on changing your strings.

First of all make sure your guitar is in tune before you start replacing strings, this will help you as you are adding the new strings in making sure they are tuned correctly from the start. Do not take all your strings off the guitar at once! By replacing the strings one by one it allows you to tune each string individually as well as giving you a guide for how to string the guitar properly (assuming it was strung properly to begin with). As you replace each string slightly stretch them until they stay in tune. This usually takes 4 to 5 stretches with tuning of the string in between each stretch. If you constantly break the same string then you may want to take some fine sandpaper (220), fold it and run it in the groove of the bridge saddle for the problem string. This should help. Anything serious and always take my guitar to a professional repairman.

Hopefully this will help,

Mike

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Printable Music Sheets

Buying music paper or tablature paper can be expensive, so to save yourself some money just click on one of the links and feel free to print as much as you like... For Free!!!

Blank Tab Paper
This page is designed to print a 10-stave page with 6 lines on each stave... the requirement for writing down guitar tab music. There is a space at the top for title, etc.

Blank Chord Sheets
All guitarists should find this handy. Here is a printable page that provides users with 24 blank chord diagrams. There is space above and below each diagram, to allow you to label the chords.

10-Stave Paper
This staff paper is spacious, so if you're planning on writing in standard notation with extensive chords and lyrics above or below each stave, you may want to opt for this paper.

12-Stave Paper
For those of you who write in standard notation, this should be of help. This staff paper is optimized to fit a large amount of work on one page.

all these links can be accessed @ http://guitar.about.com/library/weekly/aa041900a.htm

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