Submit a Story!
rickysharples

rickysharples

Ricky Sharples has been playing guitar his whole life, and is presently engaged in building a blog called Learn How To Play A Guitar For Free. The blog features free tools, lessons and resources for guitarists of all ages and stages. Ricky updates the blog regularly so if you are interested in learning to play guitar there will be an enormous variety of tips, tools and tutorials for you.

Web Site: Learn How To Play A Guitar For Free

Claimed Blog: Learn How To Play A Guitar For Free» Learn How To Play A Guitar For Free

GuitarWorldBlips Member since March 20, 2009

Music Theory For Guitar - Should I Bother?
playaguitarforfree.com - 42 hours ago
Music Theory For Guitar - Should I Bother?
— playaguitarforfree.com — If you already know how to play guitar but you play mostly by ear or with the help of tabs, you might be wondering if there is any advantage to learning music theory. Many guitarists who think about learning theory just want to be more complete, rounded musicians but an experienced player ... (more) Music Theory For Guitar - Should I Bother?
Comments vote down rickysharples rickysharples posted 42 hours agoposted this
Learn To Play Guitar Songs
playaguitarforfree.com - 3 days ago
Learn To Play Guitar Songs
— playaguitarforfree.com — There are two reasons you need to give some thought the songs you are going to learn to play on your guitar. When you are just beginning to learn how to play guitar you will need to learn songs that help you with your technique. Your repertoire of guitar songs should give you opportunities to ... (more) Learn To Play Guitar Songs
Comments vote down rickysharples rickysharples posted 3 days agoposted this
Finger Picking Guitar - Assigning Fingers To Strings
playaguitarforfree.com - 5 days ago
Finger Picking Guitar - Assigning Fingers To Strings
— playaguitarforfree.com — There’s a question that comes up for guitar players learning finger style techniques. Do we assign each finger to a specific string permanently or assign fingers to strings as the piece of music you are learning calls for? The answer is that you will find yourself using both ways of ... (more) Finger Picking Guitar - Assigning Fingers To Strings
Comments vote down rickysharples rickysharples posted 5 days agoposted this
How To Play Double-Stops On Guitar
playaguitarforfree.com - 8 days ago
How To Play Double-Stops On Guitar
— playaguitarforfree.com — A double-stop is when you play two notes at the same time. Some people might say that’s a chord but a lot of guitar players only consider a chord to be more than two notes, so we call two notes a double-stop. The basic effect of playing double-stops is of harmonizing with your solo ... (more) How To Play Double-Stops On Guitar
Comments vote down rickysharples rickysharples posted 8 days agoposted this
Guitar Practice Techniques - How To Save Time
playaguitarforfree.com - 12 days ago
Guitar Practice Techniques - How To Save Time
— playaguitarforfree.com — Let’s look at things we should all be doing in our guitar practice time. This is regardless of whether we play acoustic or electric, pick or fingerstyle, whatever. You need a space where you can practice at any time of day or night. Your space should be free from noise that might ... (more) Guitar Practice Techniques - How To Save Time
Comments vote down rickysharples rickysharples posted 12 days agoposted this
playaguitarforfree.com - 14 days ago
Orianthi Panagaris - Guitar Heroine?
— playaguitarforfree.com — I was reading a CNN article about Orianthi Panagaris which reminds us that: “live, you’re reminded that Ori herself is playing lead guitar, and that the searing guitar riffs aren’t courtesy of an anonymous studio musician who’s been hired for his or her chops.” - ... (more) Orianthi Panagaris - Guitar Heroine?

Comments vote down rickysharples rickysharples posted 14 days agoposted this
How To Find Free Guitar Lessons On Google And YouTube
playaguitarforfree.com - 16 days ago
How To Find Free Guitar Lessons On Google And YouTube
— playaguitarforfree.com — If you want to learn how to play a guitar for free, you will find the internet is your biggest source of free guitar lessons. To make the best use of the net you will need to know how to search without wasting too much time. First, make a folder in your bookmarks to keep your guitar lesson ... (more) How To Find Free Guitar Lessons On Google And YouTube
Comments vote down rickysharples rickysharples posted 16 days agoposted this
Where To Get Free Sheet Music
playaguitarforfree.com - 22 days ago
Where To Get Free Sheet Music
— playaguitarforfree.com — Experienced guitar players will know you can get guitar tabs from a number of tab archives and most will also have songs written in standard musical notation but this mostly applies to popular music genres. If you want some free sheet music for classical, folk, jazz or some exotic style of ... (more) Where To Get Free Sheet Music
Comments vote down rickysharples rickysharples posted 22 days agoposted this
Learning How To Play The Guitar - How Your Body Changes
playaguitarforfree.com - 26 days ago
Learning How To Play The Guitar - How Your Body Changes
— playaguitarforfree.com — When we learn how to play guitar our bodies and minds undergo certain changes. After some trial and error plus some advice from a teacher, we know the process of learning a new song, scale or chord. We get to know ourselves so we can make use of our joy in making music. We can make use of the ... (more) Learning How To Play The Guitar - How Your Body Changes
Comments vote down rickysharples rickysharples posted 26 days agoposted this
Learning How To Play The Guitar - What You Need In Your Head
playaguitarforfree.com - 30 days ago
Learning How To Play The Guitar - What You Need In Your Head
— playaguitarforfree.com — There are some stages you have to go through in learning how to play the guitar. In effect, you need to become a different person. You stop looking at music and playing guitar from the outside and you start to take action. You can be flexible in the order you take these steps in so don’t ... (more) Learning How To Play The Guitar - What You Need In Your Head
Comments vote down rickysharples rickysharples posted 30 days agoposted this
The CAGED System For Guitar
playaguitarforfree.com - 10/19/2009
The CAGED System For Guitar
— playaguitarforfree.com — The CAGED system is a handy way of helping you to get to know the guitar and guitar music. Many guitarists have found this way of seeing the notes and chords an easy way to begin to understand guitar music and improvisation. The CAGED system is not for raw beginners. You need to know the ... (more) The CAGED System For Guitar
Comments vote down rickysharples rickysharples posted 10/19/2009posted this
Learn How To Play Scales On Guitar - The Major Scale
playaguitarforfree.com - 10/14/2009
Learn How To Play Scales On Guitar - The Major Scale
— playaguitarforfree.com — Playing guitar solos and improvising begin with learning scales. This is basic boring grunt work which ultimately helps you mature as a musician and a composer. You may not be brilliant but if you persevere with learning scales, you will definitely surprise yourself. You will find yourself ... (more) Learn How To Play Scales On Guitar - The Major Scale
Comments vote down rickysharples rickysharples posted 10/14/2009posted this
Guitar Notes Made Easy - How To Make Sense Of Guitar Notes On Tabs
playaguitarforfree.com - 10/13/2009
Guitar Notes Made Easy - How To Make Sense Of Guitar Notes On Tabs
— playaguitarforfree.com — I have posted before on learning to play guitar tabs but many beginner guitar players are still confused by guitar tabs. Guitar notes are shown on tabs as numbers on lines. The lines are the guitar strings. The numbers represent the guitar frets. The guitar tab shown is of the C major ... (more) Guitar Notes Made Easy - How To Make Sense Of Guitar ...
Comments vote down rickysharples rickysharples posted 10/13/2009posted this
Guitar Improvising Tips
playaguitarforfree.com - 10/10/2009
Guitar Improvising Tips
— playaguitarforfree.com — If you are familiar with music theory and know where the notes are on the fretboard, you will be able to improvise using scales. It wouldn’t sound too good if you only played random notes from a scale, but if you know what you want to express you can use the root note of the song to ... (more) Guitar Improvising Tips
Comments vote down rickysharples rickysharples posted 10/10/2009posted this
Tab Guitar Software - Tab Generators And Editors
playaguitarforfree.com - 10/7/2009
Tab Guitar Software - Tab Generators And Editors
— playaguitarforfree.com — If you have ever tried writing your own guitar tab you know how long and boring a job it can be using your text editor. There are also free and paid guitar tab editing programs available that can allow you to write the tabs for you and play them back as MIDI files. TuxGuitar is one of the ... (more) Tab Guitar Software - Tab Generators And Editors
Comments vote down rickysharples rickysharples posted 10/7/2009posted this
Page 1 of 10