Why Guitar Strings Buzz–And What To Do About It        It’s so annoying. You’re fretting your chords beautifully, you’re strumming like a champ, but your chords sound less than ideal, because the strings are buzzing.      What’s going on?      The strings are slapping against frets along the neck, that’s what. And since the strings are vibrating hundreds of times per second–like the 44

Yes–If They Are Installed Correctly! And They Have Extra Benefits        Sometimes students will ask “Are guitar hooks safe?”       My first answer is: “I hope so, because there are eight guitars hanging right over my desk at NYC Guitar School and I sure would hate for them to fall on my head!” However, I’m not worried. In fact, there are over 200 guitars hanging on the walls of NYC Gui

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You may know that a chord is a little arrangement of your fingers pressing down on the strings of the guitar. Further, you may have heard guitar playing friends throw around many names of chords, such as “C major, D minor, E seventh, and F suspended flat five”. “How many of these things will I have to learn?” you ask yourself in dismay, for the prospect seems daunting. Fear not! With only a baker’

It turns out that many, or even most rock, folk, blues, funk, heavy metal, punk, and country guitarists are not particulary good note readers. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and John Lennon are examples of skilled guitarists who read notes not at all or poorly. If you want to play like them, you should begin as they did–learn to finger basic chords and to strum some of your favorite songs. In the defe

Watch Jeff from New York City Guitar School show us how to play the arpeggio lick from Steve Morse’s “Too Many Notes”! Click here to learn more about Jeff!

Eliane from New York City Guitar School helps us play the famous lick from Guns N’ Roses famous song, “Sweet Child O’ Mine”. Click here to see more of Eliane!

Deen from New York City Guitar School teaches us how to play the lick from Michael Jackson’s “Rock With You”! Click here to meet our teachers!

Watch Vincent from New York City Guitar School show us how to play the lick from Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog”! Click here to learn more about Vincent!

Eliane from New York City Guitar School helps us play the lick from MGMT’s “Time to Pretend”! Click here to learn more about Eliane!

Tia from New York City Guitar School demonstrate how to incorporate tapping into a lick! Click here to learn more about Tia!

Suke from New York City Guitar School shows us how to play a lick with a killer slide using the Am Pentatonic scale in 1st position. Click here to learn more about Suke!

Watch Matt from New York City Guitar School demonstrate this lick that uses the A minor Pentatonic scale in 5th position! Click here to meet our teachers!

Kyle from New York Guitar School shows us how to bend the strings behind the nut. Enhance your playing with this cool new technique! Click here to learn more about Kyle!

Michelangelo from Brooklyn Guitar School demonstrates how to play the lick from Dire Straits’ famous song, “Sultans of Swing”. Click here to learn more about Michelangelo!

Watch Dan Emery of New York City Guitar School play his very first Lick of the Month! This lick is based on the ever-famous blues vamp. Click here to learn more about Dan!

You may know that a chord is a little arrangement of your fingers pressing down on the strings of the guitar. Further, you may have heard guitar playing friends throw around many names of chords, such as “C major, D minor, E seventh, and F suspended flat five”. “How many of these things will I have to learn?” you ask yourself in dismay, for the prospect seems daunting. Fear not! With only a baker’