Guitar Articles at WholeNote

1. A Bit Of Blind Faith
   Blind Faith was either one of the great successes of the late '60s, a culmination of the decade's efforts by three legendary mus...(more)
   15629 Hits · Posted: 7/14/2004 by Laura Poston (243)
   
2. Scales, Who needs them? Why and What For, Anyway?!
   Somewhere along the way in our development as guitar players, we start to get the idea that it would be a good idea if we learne...(more)
   20828 Hits · Posted: 7/14/2004 by Jamey Andreas (731)
   
3. Why Aren't You a Better Guitarist?
   If you are like most players, you are desiring to become a better guitar player. Through my own learning experience and through...(more)
   21266 Hits · Posted: 7/14/2004 by Tom Hess (70)
   
4. Making The Complicated Simple - Jazz
   I have often heard young musicians who enjoy jazz music saying that they wish they could play jazz but there is too much to lear...(more)
   30534 Hits · Posted: 4/22/2004 by Brian Gough (32)
   
5. Moving In The Direction Of Skill
   I am fond of saying, to others and to myself, one of my guiding principles of life and guitar: "the most important thing in life...(more)
   22468 Hits · Posted: 4/22/2004 by Jamey Andreas (731)
   
6. The Pawnshop - Getting A Deal
   The pawnshop can be thought of as the world's oldest financial institution. It can be traced to ancient China, when merchants wo...(more)
   29743 Hits · Posted: 4/22/2004 by Inactive Member
   
7. Perfect Intention
   I had previously spoke about the necessity of recording yourself if you want to be all that you can be as a musician. It was all...(more)
   21223 Hits · Posted: 8/6/2003 by Jamey Andreas (731)
   
8. Double Trouble
   There are some aspects and levels of the teaching process for guitar that are very subtle, very hard to convey in words. I think...(more)
   19250 Hits · Posted: 5/20/2003 by Jamey Andreas (731)
   
9. Musical Frustration
   Are you musically frustrated with yourself? Are you not the musician that you want to be? Or not as good as you could be or sho...(more)
   33335 Hits · Posted: 5/20/2003 by Tom Hess (70)
   
10. Climb Every Mountain
    The longer I teach, the more I am impressed with one unassailable fact: most of what becoming good or great on the guitar is abo...(more)
    30698 Hits · Posted: 4/15/2003 by Jamey Andreas (731)
    
11. How To Buy A Guitar Amp, Part 1
    You go just into the store and buy whatever amp, right? Yes, it could be that simple. But, without proper information, one could...(more)
    94267 Hits · Posted: 4/15/2003 by Jeremy Ledford (14378)
    
12. Get the Juices Flowing
    Well, at the risk of employing a terminology that could lead to endless and possibly embarrassing metaphors, I will adhere to a ...(more)
    16759 Hits · Posted: 3/12/2003 by Jamey Andreas (731)
    
13. Phrasing
    Guitarists, pianists and percussionists have the luxury (or is it a curse?) of not having to provide wind for our instruments. ...(more)
    32998 Hits · Posted: 3/12/2003 by Jeremy Cotton (7730)
    
14. So I Didn't Become a Rock Star
    In 1976, I wanted to be a rock star. I was filled with energy and teenage angst and saw those Marshall Stacks and hard ear-spli...(more)
    32477 Hits · Posted: 3/12/2003 by Bud Sloniger (145)
    
15. Lost In Time
    It's interesting to think of the ways people speak about time, and their relationship to it. Certainly, the subject of time ha...(more)
    16924 Hits · Posted: 11/6/2002 by Jamey Andreas (731)
    
16. Originality, Ear Training and Never Losing An Idea
    I read <a href="http://www.wholenote.com/default.asp?src=a&i=137">Danny Shatz's killer article about finding yourself</a>, and I...(more)
    32718 Hits · Posted: 11/6/2002 by Danny Danzi (2039)
    
17. The Perfect Player Part IV
    Hello everybody and thank you for your patience. I know it has been a long time since my last article, but these are very busy t...(more)
    19559 Hits · Posted: 11/6/2002 by Andre Tonelli (361)
    
18. Choosing A Teacher
    The electric guitar has advanced far beyond the time when someone could teach himself (or herself) to become a world class playe...(more)
    22681 Hits · Posted: 9/18/2002 by Tom Hess (70)
    
19. Goalines Not Deadlines
    If we are dedicated to our growth as artists who play the guitar, we must be very smart to get the best out of ourselves. Part ...(more)
    13222 Hits · Posted: 9/18/2002 by Jamey Andreas (731)
    
20. Another Guitarist Brought Out of Musical Coma
    Yes, I have often felt that I run a Hospital For Dead And Dying Guitarists. The cripples hobble in to the emergency room, or are...(more)
    16211 Hits · Posted: 8/1/2002 by Jamey Andreas (731)