Iris by Goo Goo Dolls

The original is kind of  weird :). It's in BDDDDD tuning. It you strive to play it like the original, you can find the tabs HERE.

But, I'm not going to share the original here. There's a version in standard tuning (EADGBE) that sounds great on a acoustic guitar.

Here are the chords. (Download PDF file)

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Dean girl

Buy the guitar, get the girl ;)

Walden D350CEB

I'm definitely not objective when it comes to Walden Guitars as I own one my self and I'm deeply pleased to do so. I bought a Walden Natura D670 some time ago and got truly surprised, positively of course, by the craftsmanship, look, feel and sound of this particular guitar. With the low price range it's definitely a great value for your money.

The model I want to present here is the D350CEB from the standard series. I was captured by its looks but I'm sure that it offers the same pleasure and performance as the other Waldens. I've always wanted to have a black guitar. This just might be the one.

Use the link to see the specs if you're interested in the details.

Just add a guitar

I know that it's not fair to compare music, especially if the songs are completely different style, but I'll be comparing the same song, or better said the original and its cover, so it's OK.

First just let me say that I didn't like this song when it became popular, but over the time I warmed up to it.

This is a perfect example of how you can turn a shitty song (my personal opinion!) into something nice when you add a guitar into the picture.

Enjoy!

* If you want to see the original (by 50 cent) go to YouTube and watch it there, since the author requested to disable the embedding option (which lowers my low opinion for that music even more!)

I Love Guitar

You know I do! If you're reading this blog probably you do as well.

I Love Guitar is the my new awesome discovery. It's the vault of guitar knowledge. It offers guitar systems, chords, scales, arpeggios, reading, theory and more in a structured manner. Unlike many guitar sites that offer loads of information, including lessons, without any or just some structure, here you have all the knowledge you'll ever need organized in easy to grasp blocks and categories.

If you are learning the guitar this is the first and last place you will have to visit, ever! So, good hunting.

Stay tuned!

Metronome and tuner

I've been busy in the past days and couldn't find the time for a new post. Sorry for that. Now, that asside, here's the new thing that I "discovered" yesterday and instantaneously made my guitar playing efforts so much easier.

I'm pretty sure that the experienced player uses a metronome all the time, but I doubt that a noveice player is aware of the benefits of such a tool.

I was planing to buy one when I had an "Ahaaa" moment and realized that there must be some sort of software that can help me. So I found Metronome Online. But my revelation didn't end there. Now I have a metronome/tuner as a Java application in my cell phone. this particular one is not freeware. You have a 7 days trial and after that it'll cost you $5.99 to get the full version.

But, there are a lot of other applications like this one. Apparently the idea is a common one :) Visit GetJar and type metronome or tuner in the search bar. You'll get a lot of hits, just pick the one you like the most. I'd have to say that Metronome Online is by far the best one, both in terms of design and functionality, hence the cost.

Yaay! :) I saved a descent amount of money and I spared myself from having to carry around another gadget.

Stay tuned!