Kinks

The Kinks are one of England's preeminent rock bands of the 1960s. They released their first album in 1964, which featured the immortal "You Really Got Me."

Kinks was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Fingerpicking, if you'll pardon the pun, isn't all that hard to pick up. In fact, it’s quite easy for most people to get started.

Finger Picking Guitar was written by Guitar Noise Staff for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Welcome to the latest issue of Guitar Noise News, your free twice-a-month newsletter from Guitar Noise .My wishes for a happy February 2012.

Newsletter Vol. 4 # 20 – February 1, 2012 was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Learn to play The Wallflowers’ “Three Marlenas” - picking up some easy and interesting chord changes and strumming tips along the way!

Three Marlenas – The Wallflowers was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

It's an eternal debate as to whether or not a guitarist should learn to read music as opposed to tablature. Nick Minnion gives us his take on the topic.

To Read or Not to Read? Part 1 – The Tyranny of Tablature was written by Nick Minnion for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Welcome to Events Horizon for February 2012. This is our weekly blog post on upcoming shows featuring members and friends of the Guitar Noise community.

Events Horizon – Wednesday, February 1, 2012 was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

The latest addition to the new Fender American Select range is the Fender Select Carved Maple Top Telecaster and it’s certainly special.

Fender Select Carved Maple Top Telecaster was written by Special to Guitar Noise for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Time to dip into the "email bag" once again! Today's question concerns two of the song arrangements from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Guitar.

Q & A: “Gallows Pole” and “Midnight Special” was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

I'd like to start this week's Guitar Noise Events Horizon with a repeat announcement from last week (hopefully that makes sense!)

Events Horizon – Wednesday, January 25, 2012 was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

In our last post we learned there is only one kind of major scale. Now let's look at the minor scale - and there are LOTS of different minor scales!

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Scales – Part 5 was written by Tom Serb for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

"Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce draws together all sorts of things we have been learning. It uses capos, features two guitars, and even changes key mid-song.

Q & A: “Time in a Bottle” was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Hello and welcome again to the latest Events Horizon, our weekly blog post where we do our best to catch you up on upcoming shows all over the world.

Events Horizon – Wednesday, January 18, 2012 was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

We've gotten lots of questions from beginners about how to get faster at changing chords. While practice is important, here is one tip that can help a lot.

Guitar Tip: Faster Chord Changing was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Welcome to Volume 4, Issue #18 of Guitar Noise News! I hope that your New Year has been a good one so far.

Newsletter Vol. 4 # 19 – January 15, 2012 was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Our lesson of A Horse With No Name continues with advice on how to spice up your strumming as well as a look at the solo from the original recording.

A Horse With No Name – Adding Some Personal Touches was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

It's Wednesday again, which means it's time for the latest Events Horizon, our weekly blog post where we do our best to catch you up on upcoming shows.

Events Horizon – Wednesday, January 11, 2012 was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Now we'll get into the grand-daddy of music theory. The major scale is important to theory because it's the yardstick by which we measure all other scales.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Scales – Part 4 was written by Tom Serb for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

"Easy Fingerpicking Guitar" has to be the best step-by-step fingerpicking tutorial for beginners that exists. You'll learn great technique immediately.

Andrew DuBrock – Easy Fingerpicking Guitar – A Beginner’s Guide to Essential Patterns & Techniques was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

An excellent companion book for Gustavo Assis-Brasil's "Hybrid Picking for Guitar." A great source for lead guitarist whether you use hybrid picking or not.

Gustavo Assis-Brasil – Hybrid Picking Lines & Licks For Guitar for All Styles was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

A belated Happy New Year and welcome to the first Guitar Noise Events Horizon of 2012. There is going to be a lot of live music for you to enjoy this year.

Events Horizon – Wednesday, January 4, 2012 was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise