Olly’s Guitar World

Choosing a guitar book is pretty easy - Choosing a good guitar book is a whole different story.

As I have previously mentioned I have spent a small fortune impulse buying guitar books that I had hoped would help me improve as a guitar player. Almost all guitar books promised this but rarely did I find any that actually helped me. in this section of the site i will give you my favorite and worst guitar books with honest reviews. Hopefully this will prevent you from spending a fortune on what I would consider worthless purchases. Please bear in mind though, these are just my opinions and won’t necessarily mean that the guitar tuition books I did not get on with, will not work well for you.

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After the last lesson on bar chords we learnt that taking the A minor chord shape, we could create any minor chord by moving the shape in the form of a bar chord up and down the fretboard.

Whilst the A minor shape is certainly a popular (more…)

You may have already heard the term Barre Chord or, as it is more commonly known as, Bar Chord. It is a very common term amongst guitar players and learning Bar Chords is the next logical step.

The previous chords we have been working on are called open chords. This is due to the fact you are using open string (strings with no fingers on them!) These chords are not movable. They can only be played in this one place. Try moving the G chord up to another fret and, unless you are very lucky, it will sound naff. (more…)

I have spent thousands on guitar books trying to find the secret of becoming a better guitar player. Of course, there is no secret it just comes down to hard work and dedication. That’s not to sway some helpful guidance does not help.

If you are looking to by a guitar book or guitar books you will probably have already seen the blurb on the back of these books promising all sorts. Out of the hundreds of books I have bought only a very small minority have actaully helped.

There is one set of guitar books that I myself still use today. Not only have t (more…)

Ok so I am sure you are getting the previous chords down brilliantly and already you have the ability to strum along to hundreds, if not thousands, of songs.

Now it is time to increase your repertoire of chords which will allow you to play pretty much every song.

It is important to first get every note of the chord sounding perfect then work at slowly changing between one chord to another ensuring that quality is always there. (more…)