Archive for the ‘Guitar’ Category
Great Acoustic Cover - Kashmir (Led Zeppelin)
This is one of the greatest songs of Led Zeppelin, and I didn’t think that someone will make it sound this good on an acoustic guitar, he also sings it very good with the voice too. Check it out, from youtube:
Great Metallica covers on classic guitar
I never thought someone could play like this Metallica songs on classical guitar. Check out this duo from Mexic.
Orion sounds great:
One is interesting also:
Well I guess in the right hands a guitar can make wonders 
Guitar Speed World Record
Although playing guitar is not about speed, I think this is an interesting video, you can see guitarist Tiago Della Vega playing the classic song “Flight Of The Bumble Bee” by Nikolay Rimsky Korsakov at speed up to 320 bpm. This performance entered him in the Guiness World Records. I didn’t know that someone can play Flight Of The Bumble Bee at that speed, it is a great performance, it shows where you can go with perseverance but I still prefer the slower version of this song. Music is not about the tempo.
Anyway here’s the video:
World Record Guitar Speed 2008 Tiago Della Vega - The best bloopers are here
Virtual guitar, scales & chords
A useful resource for guitarists, chordbook.com website offers an interactive way to learn how to build chords and scales on guitar.
The site presents a virtual guitar on which you can build different chords or scales or you can search for a particular chord in a particular scale, the advantage is that besides the chart presented to the user there is the possibility to hear what you build on the virtual guitar.
If you’re just looking to build a scale, you can view and hear the different patterns available, the most used variations are presented.
Besides the virtual guitar, the site offers you more resources such as a virtual tuner, a video section with some tutorials, a jam session section and a forum where you can exchange ideas and opinions with other users.
Apart guitar lessons from other sites, chordbook.com is for guitarists of any level, the site can be used easily as a chord dictionary but may be a good start for beginners who want to learn how to apply musical theory to guitar.
Take a look at the site here.
There is also an accessible area on the site, for the blind, you cand acces it here.