Page 1 of Ricky Sharples's writing

1. Free Guitar Lesson - Learning Scales This free guitar lesson lets a little light on the subject of scales. Guitar players are always looking for ways to make their solo playing sound more interesting. Our audiences only keep coming back to our gigs if they feel that we have more to... (posted by Ricky 2 years 334 days ago.)

2. Eric Clapton Guitar Settings - The Woman Sound Eric Clapton has used many guitar settings in a career that goes across several decades but people are still fascinated by the sound that people call the "woman" tone. If you don't know what that means listen to the Cream track, "Sunshine Of Your... (posted by Ricky 3 years 20 days ago.)

3. Download Guitar Backing Tracks To Become The Complete Guitarist Backing tracks are audio tracks you can buy or download that give you accompaniment to your guitar practice. As you grow as a guitar player, you will find that your backing tracks, sometimes referred to as "jamtracks" will be as useful a tool as... (posted by Ricky 3 years 20 days ago.)

4. Beatles For Classical Guitar One of the big events in fingerstyle guitar playing many years ago was the publication of a music book called "Beatles For Classical Guitar". This was the world's first attempt to mix the simplicity of the Beatles' tunes with the complexity of... (posted by Ricky 3 years 20 days ago.)

5. Learn To Play Blues Guitar Solos And Make Them Yours When you first think about learning to play blues guitar solos you will be faced with wanting to play the blues like the guitar players of the past, but at the same time you don't want to just play their material note for note. The sooner you get... (posted by Ricky 3 years 37 days ago.)

6. Learning The Acoustic Guitar Learning the acoustic guitar is not difficult but what can be a little tedious is wading through the swamp of advice from friends, family and the internet. Come to think of it, a lot of advice is better than no advice so maybe it's just a question... (posted by Ricky 3 years 41 days ago.)

7. Learn How To Write And Play A Guitar Solo If you want to learn how to write a guitar solo, you need to see yourself as the teacher. Most people start by learning riffs and licks from records. You don't have to learn whole solos note for note but you can just put together a collection of... (posted by Ricky 3 years 41 days ago.)

8. Learn Guitar - Tab Or Sheet Music? Many guitarists are adamant that the only way to learn guitar is by learning to read sheet music. Some even go so far as to say that if all guitar tab was removed from the world the level of guitar playing would be much higher. The main objection... (posted by Ricky 3 years 41 days ago.)

9. Is There A Fingerpicking Guitar? What is a fingerpicking guitar? There has always been a division of acoustic guitars between "folk" and "classical" which mostly refers to whether the guitar is fitted with nylon or steel strings. A nylon string guitar is ideal for fingerpicking... (posted by Ricky 3 years 55 days ago.)

10. Finding Guitar Tabs For Songs And Riffs People with a taste for guitar orientated songs often find themselves limited by their own tastes in music. We all have a fairly narrow range of musical experience and we often need some advice on what else is out there to add to our repertoire of... (posted by Ricky 3 years 61 days ago.)

11. Learn Guitar Parts - The Guitar Neck If your guitar neck is worn out maybe you're looking for someone who can replace or repair it. Or maybe you want to repair your guitar neck yourself. Your guitar's neck needs some understanding, so let's take a look at some common issues... (posted by Ricky 3 years 65 days ago.)

12. Very Easy Guitar Tabs Novice guitar players are always looking for very easy guitar tabs. That's okay as long as you are aware that if you persevere with your guitar playing, your easy guitar tabs will start to get old. When we start off as guitar players we are... (posted by Ricky 3 years 100 days ago.)

13. Acoustic Guitar Chords And Tabs The acoustic guitar, with its natural, unelectrified tone, is ideally suited to bringing out the best in some chords. I'm going to write tabs for some particularly good examples of power chords that not only ring out and catch your audience's... (posted by Ricky 3 years 111 days ago.)

14. Guitar Chords - Finding An Easy Way To Learn Guitar Chords The easy way to learn guitar chords is to pick out which chords you want to learn and practice them every day. Most guitar students have the constant question in their minds of "when am I going to be a guitarist instead of newbie?" It is natural... (posted by Ricky 3 years 142 days ago.)

15. Dobro Tunings - Tuning A Dobro For Maximum Musical Depth The resonator guitar, or Dobro, like the electric guitar, is the result of early pioneers of the guitar looking for some way to make their instrument heard above the other instruments in a band. Using metal resonators did not catch on as... (posted by Ricky 3 years 169 days ago.)

16. Beginner Guitar Chords For Rock Songs - Chord Techniques For Beginner Guitar Players All beginner guitarists who want to play rock songs are itching to get started playing chords right away. So let us get some insight into the process of learning beginner guitar chords for rock songs. Naturally you can apply the basic ideas you... (posted by Ricky 3 years 181 days ago.)

17. Guitar Chord Progressions - Where Do They Come From? Guitar chord progressions are like baby brothers - you cannot escape from them and they take some explaining. Let us do some analysis on the term "guitar chord progressions". In case you did not know, any time two or more notes are played, this is... (posted by Ricky 3 years 183 days ago.)

18. Is Bass Or Guitar Harder To Play? The question of whether bass or guitar is harder to play often comes up in the minds of guitar beginners. Some even think that the bass must be easier to play because it has less strings than the guitar. Right at the beginning of guitar playing... (posted by Ricky 3 years 184 days ago.)

19. Guitar Techniques - Developing Your Style If you are a new guitarist who is curious about the guitar techniques you will be learning in the future or if you are looking to develop a little more style in your guitar playing, this article will tell you about some commonly used guitar... (posted by Ricky 3 years 190 days ago.)

20. Using The Circle Of Fifths To Generate Guitar Chord Progressions This article is aimed at giving you some material to work with to come to your own understanding of chord progressions and to give you a working knowledge of the circle of fifths. You can stick with the proven formula of I-IV-V to arrive at chord... (posted by Ricky 3 years 192 days ago.)

21. Metal Guitar Solos - Can I Play One Now? Metal guitar solos are the product of an age where young men used the guitar as a way of venting their rage and at the same time attracting chicks. These men formed groups with such names as Black Sabbath, Iron Butterfly, Mottley Crue and... (posted by Ricky 3 years 205 days ago.)

22. Your Child And Guitar Lessons Some parents who feel that they want to give their child every opportunity in life will think about enlisting their offspring in a course of guitar or piano lessons at an early age. This article will look at some of the questions raised on the... (posted by Ricky 3 years 210 days ago.)

23. Computer Guitar Lessons Maybe you have thought about computer guitar lessons. If you could order your own tailor-made guitar lesson course for your computer, what would you request? It might help to think about the basic requirements of computer guitar lessons. Basically... (posted by Ricky 3 years 219 days ago.)

24. Get Guitar Effects For Your Computer Once you have learnt some chord progressions and riffs and you are beginning to sound like a guitar player it will be time to start getting yourself your own individual sound. These days guitar players can add effects to their playing in many... (posted by Ricky 3 years 220 days ago.)

25. Country Music - Guitar Tabs You Need Country music is about stories, and if you are going to learn country songs from guitar tabs, you will need to have a grip on what kind of stories you want to tell and how you want to get your musical message to the people. So we are going to take... (posted by Ricky 3 years 237 days ago.)