Consider this. Up until the introduction of the Spanish guitar, the forerunner of today’s modern guitars, stringed instruments like the...

Let’s talk about learning by reading. Lots of young players like to brag about how they are self taught, and perhaps they are. You can be...

When people start discussing guitarists, they invariably speak of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Andres Segovia, John Williams, Pepe Romero,...

Let’s talk about learning on-line. My goodness. Such a good news, bad news story. I have taken on-line lessons from a young man in...

Watch this video and notice that everyone, when they hear the music, starts smiling. Music lights people up. It brings them joy, inspiration, fun, happiness. People are also deeply moved my music. Their emotions go grab their souls and many times they feel sorrow because music restores memories of past loves and loved ones, of experiences that were seminal in their lives, of joys long ago gone but still living inside. It’s a trite phrase to say that music is the universal lan

Time to get organized, to prepare for the great journey you are about to undertake. We’ll start with a little review. You want to play guitar or ukulele. Which one?

Learning to play a musical instrument improves your mental acuity - it may reverse your aging process. First of all, check out Justin...

In this day and age young people are ruling the tech world, and most everything else. People over 45 start thinking about playing guitar or ukulele. They feel like they now have time to devote to learning this skill and think that they would really enjoy being a guitar player—“a plucker.” (Let’s don’t get on to politics!)They are right. From 45 to 95 is a great time to start your musical adventure. One of the many things you will gain from it is an increase in your overall me

Congratulations. You are embarking on a difficult, rewarding journey. When you sit around the campfire and pull out your trusty Martin...