Team Method Guitar

Finally, someone has come up with a better way to learn to play the guitar! In fact it's such a simple concept that it's amazing that someone hasn't done this until now.

Team Method Guitar is a guitar course put together and taught by a team of expert guitarists. They have specialists for acoustic, lead, theory and many more areas. By using a team approach the guitar player learns a variety of methods and styles and doesn't pick up bad habits or any one particular style.

You shouldn't confuse Team method Guitar with other guitar sites that offer lessons and tips from different teachers. TMG is definitely a GUITAR COURSE, not just random tips and tricks.

Team method Guitar is also a MASSIVE course. There are six books with almost 500 pages of information, 10 DVDs and CDs with video lessons and play along jam tracks, several mini courses covering playing by ear and acoustic guitar, and several software games to speed learning.

Perhaps the most impressive thing among some very impressive features of this course is that Team Method Guitar offers students live support. In fact you can talk online with the actual team members who helped put the course together. In this day of impersonal internet marketing this personal touch is in itself amazing.

Team Method Guitar is the Rolls Royce of guitar courses. It's hard to imagine anything that these guys have left out. About the only negative is that being the top end of the market means that this course isn't cheap, but you certainly get your money's worth, and if money is an issue they also offer a less-expensive downloadable version.

If you are serious about learning to play guitar then you really must consider Team Method Guitar. In my opinion it's a "10".

How To Play Hundreds Of Chords
How To Master Rhythm and Strumming
How To Read Guitar TAB
The Easy Way To Learn By Ear
How To Play Lead Guitar
Advanced Acoustic Techniques
Fingerpicking
How To Dominate The Entire Fretboard
Hammer Ons
Pull Offs
Slides
Bends
Vibrato
Legato
How To Play Scales
Soloing
How To Get Better By Practicing Less
Developing Your Own Style

Music Reading Software
Ear Training Software
Guitar Tuner
Metronome
Books
Video Lessons on DVD
Jam Tracks
Play by Ear Course
Chord Reference Book and DVD
Lead Guitar DVD
Acoustic Guitar DVD
Advanced Learning Techniques
Lead Licks
CAGED System
Multitrack Recording Software

This is probably the most important piece of knowledge that you can learn when it comes to tuning your guitar. The process of tuning your guitar to itself is one by which you tune each string to another string on the guitar. Basically, it means that you can tune the guitar without having to use a tuner or pitch tool. The only set back about using this method is that your guitar may not end up in exact concert pitch. What I mean by that is that the strings may not run E, A, D, G, B, E as they would if they were in correct concert pitch (you would need a tuner or pitch tool to do that), rather they will all be tuned to whatever note the top string happens to be at the time of tuning.

The first step is to get your fifth string in tune with your sixth string. Place a finger on your left hand on the fifth fret of the sixth string. The note that you are holding down is the pitch that string five should be tuned to. Keep your finger in position and pluck the sixth string and let that note ring. As you let the sixth string ring, pluck the fifth string. If the fifth string sounds exactly like the note you are holding on the sixth string, it is in tune. If it is higher, you need to tune down below the note on the sixth string and then bring it back up to match with the fifth fret note on the sixth string. If the fifth string note is lower, you need to tighten the string and bring its pitch up to the fifth fret note on the sixth string. It may take you a while to match pitches exactly but the more practice you get at this, the faster you will be able to do it.

The second step is to get your fourth string in tune with your fifth string. Place a finger on your left hand on the fifth fret of the fifth string. The note that you are holding down is the pitch that string four should be tuned to. Keep your finger in position and pluck the fifth string and let that note ring. As you let the fifth string ring, pluck the fourth string. If the fourth string sounds exactly like the note you are holding on the fifth string, it is in tune. If it is higher, you need to tune down below the note on the fifth string and then bring it back up to match with the fifth fret note on the fifth string. If the fourth string note is lower, you need to tighten the string and bring its pitch up to the fifth fret note on the fifth string. Keep tuning the string until you get an exact match for pitch.

The third step is to get your third string in tune with your fourth string. Place a finger on your left hand on the fifth fret of the fourth string. The note that you are holding down is the pitch that string three should be tuned to. Keep your finger in position and pluck the fourth string and let that note ring. As you let the fourth string ring, pluck the third string. If the third string sounds exactly like the note you are holding on the fourth string, it is in tune. If it is higher, you need to tune down below the note on the fourth string and then bring it back up to match with the fifth fret note on the fourth string. If the third string note is lower, you need to tighten the string and bring its pitch up to the fifth fret note on the fourth string. Keep tuning the string until you get an exact match for pitch.

The fourth step is to get your second string in tune with your third string. Place a finger on your left hand on the fourth fret of the third string. The note that you are holding down is the pitch that string two should be tuned to. Keep your finger in position and pluck the third string and let that note ring. As you let the third string ring, pluck the second string. If the second string sounds exactly like the note you are holding on the third string, it is in tune. If it is higher, you need to tune down below the note on the third string and then bring it back up to match with the fourth fret note on the third string. If the second string note is lower, you need to tighten the string and bring its pitch up to the fourth fret note on the third string. Keep tuning the string until you get an exact match for pitch.

The last step is to get your first string in tune with your second string. Place a finger on your left hand on the fifth fret of the second string. The note that you are holding down is the pitch that string one should be tuned to. Keep your finger in position and pluck the second string and let that note ring. As you let the second string ring, pluck the first string. If the first string sounds exactly like the note you are holding on the second string, it is in tune. If it is higher, you need to tune down below the note on the second string and then bring it back up to match with the fifth fret note on the second string. If the first string note is lower, you need to tighten the string and bring its pitch up to the fifth fret note on the second string. Keep tuning the string until you get an exact match for pitch and you will have tuned the guitar to its own strings.

You have just tuned your guitar to itself. If the guitar sounds a little out, you should go back and repeat the process - it is a little hard to master for a start but you should stick to it as it is a very useful skill to have.

If you want to seriously advance your guitar playing, you can check out Team Method Guitar right here.