Five Reasons to Learn Guitar with the Whole Family

Are you looking to learn guitar as a way to bring everyone together? Learning to play an instrument, especially the guitar, can be a fun experience for your whole family.

Before you start thinking about collecting stamps or scrapbooking, consider the possibility of you and your family engaging in a world of music that will instill discipline and provide a fun time for everyone.

1. Family Bonding is Important

Whether it’s a family dinner once a week or the annual summer vacation, most people can look back and think of one common occurrence from their childhood that really brought the family together.

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Top Worship Songs To Learn On Guitar

Let’s begin by qualifying what we mean by “Top Worship Songs.” Songs of faith can embody many genres from Top 40 CCLI to Christian radio, to hymns (and some hymns are made modern, so you even cross genres).

It’s safe to say most worship songs are doable on an acoustic guitar. Maybe it requires a little creativity here and there, but it’s still possible.

In this article, we’re going to look at the top worship songs from CCLI, which is a go to place for churches around the world to license and use modern worship music in their churches. Let’s take a look.

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How To Choose the Best Guitar Picks: Materials, Shapes, Sizes & More

 

When you think about the different pieces of equipment that go into playing a guitar, you might think about amps, straps, cases, or other accessories. Guitar Picks are the smallest of these and also one of the most important.

 

Guitar picks are not going to break your budget, but they will have a profound influence on your playing abilities. Sure, the best guitarists out there will sound good no matter what they’re using to attack the strings; however, for everyday guitarists (especially beginners) knowing what kinds of picks are available is a key piece of information to have.

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Guitar Scales: The Top Five You Should Know

Scales are the building blocks of modern music. We get melody, harmony, and most important... shredding, face melting, Hammer of Thor solos from scales. Let’s take a look at five of the top guitar scales.

Master these, and you will be able to solo over any progression in modern music.

As an added bonus, while you’re practicing your scales, you’re improving your technique and dexterity. We’ve provided links so you can learn a shape for each of these scales but it should be noted that there are many different shapes that accomplish the same thing.

We’ll point out the tones in each scale so you can understand each scale and how to use them.

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Christian Music For Guitar: Where to Find it and How to Start Playing

There are a vast array of genres within the category of Christian Music. There’s everything from mainstream Contemporary Christian Music to Black Gospel. The Christian Music Industry has Blues, Bluegrass, Country, Southern Gospel, Rock, Metal and so on. Just about any secular brand of music is also represented within Christian music.

That’s good news!

You can find a style you love and be entertained, as well as ministered to. That’s double-dipping.

Christian Music for Guitar is just as vast. There’s everything from modern worship to awesome instrumentalist like the legendary Phil Keaggy.

Check Phil out on prolessons.com.

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