Did you know that there are two completely different “correct” methods of playing the guitar?

And that it makes a VERY big difference which one you learn depending on the style of music and type of guitar you want to play?

And now terms like Carpal tunnel and RSI (repetitive stress injury) are part of the guitar lexicon.

Why are modern players facing such debilitating injuries?

I can sum up the problem of modern guitar technique in one word:

 If you gave a guitar as a gift to someone for a birthday or the holidays, or just know someone who really wants to play better, you might want to consider purchasing them some guitar lessons.

Or maybe getting them a guitar for their birthday or the holidays just seemed like a much better idea before you began hearing your significant other torture themselves (and you) by mangling Smoke on the Water or Guns ‘n’ Roses' Patience for the eight millionth time.

Being good at guitar is fun, struggling is not!

They can play better, have a great time doing it, and you'll hear a huge improvement in just four lessons.  Guitar and Piano are the two hardest instruments to learn, Guitar has the much steeper initial learning curve. It takes about a month to get the basic technique down so its instinctive, and they can advance from there.

Incorrect technique learned early on will eventually block their progress and will have to be unlearned and be replaced with the correct tequnique. In other words, go back to the beginning. This is about as much fun as hitting the giant slide in Chutes and Ladders was back when you were five.

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I was recently interviewed by CNET.com regarding the video game Guitar Hero.

Various parts of the interview have shown up on news and gaming sites all over the world.

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Free! Download Guitar Frame Diagrams!

If you don't wish to buy the Guitar Frame Manuscript paper or a book, feel free to download and print this PDF.

In fact I like these fretboard diagrams much better  than most of the book versions.

I would avoid the 4 frame 'legal pad style" books they try and sell you at guitar center because they can never find the right one (its usually behind something).