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Best Guitarists On YouTube: Discover Amazing Guitar Players Online

Watch the best guitarists YouTube has to offer – and learn how to start your own YouTube channel.

If you want to hear great guitar playing — for free, whenever you want — then YouTube is the place to go.

Yes, there are many other places that guitarists hang out online, but if you want want to listen to, and learn from, great guitarists, then YouTube is king.

It’s also the best place to get your own music out there, and in front of other players and fans.

In this article, we look at some of the best guitarists on YouTube. We’ll also provide tips on how you can start your own YouTube guitar career…

***2018 EDIT: This article has been up for a long time and a lot has happened since it was written. If you have any suggestions for other awesome YouTube guitarists – in any genre – please let us know in the comments below: we’d really appreciate it!***

Big Minor 11th Guitar Chord

This week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is a nice, big, open-sounding, minor 11th chord. It has quite an ambiguous sound, and is very effective in slow moving chord progressions.

‘Big’ Minor 11th Chord Diagram

Guitar Chord Of The Week Big Minor 11th — Guitar Chord Of The Week: Big Minor 11th

Try the chord to hear how it sounds, then continue reading to learn more about it. An example chord progression is included, so you can hear the chord in context…

The following article provides information, hints and tips on how to record acoustic guitar. It covers microphone types, mic placement, effects, eq, mixing tips and more, giving you everything you need to create professional-sounding acoustic guitar recordings.

Let’s get started…

Welcome to another series of Guitar Chord Of The Week.

In this series we are going to explore a wide range of chord shapes, all of which go beyond the basic guitar chords that most guitarists know.

The chords that we are going to look at can be used in a wide range of musical styles, so whether you’re a shredder or a jazzer there will be something here for you.

So, without further ado, let’s introduce this week’s chord…

Mark Wingfield - Proof Of Light — Mark Wingfield – Proof Of Light

British jazz-fusion guitarist Mark Wingfield has recently released a new album entitled ‘Proof Of Light‘.

We’re enjoying the album very much in the Guitar Command office. If you like prog-influenced jazz guitar then it may be right up your street, too.

This is a list of the best guitar books currently available. It features books covering a range of styles and subjects, written both for beginners and for more experienced players. Many of these books are considered to be classics in their field.

We’ve included the best guitar books on beginning guitar, music theory, jazz guitar, sight-reading and lead playing.

This lesson provides an introduction to the 2 5 1 progression.

Even if you don’t play jazz, the 2 5 1 is a very important sequence of chords.

This lesson explains what ‘2 5 1’ actually means, and provides example chord progressions so that you can play it for yourself.

If you want to play some 2 5 1 progressions, examples can be found at the end of this lesson. Be sure to come back and learn the theory, too!

2 5 1 Progression Lesson: Introduction

Quick test: can you tell where the 2 5 1’s are in the progression below?

2 5 1 Example – Where Are The Changes? (See example song at end of article for answers)

Guitar Keys

Guitar music is written in quite a narrow range of keys. This is due to the nature of the instrument and how it is tuned: some keys are just naturally more suited to the guitar.

In this lesson, I identify these keys, and also list the chords in each of these keys. This is useful for composers and songwriters intending to write music for the guitar, whether or not they are guitarists themselves.

2 5 1 Progression Trick

In this lesson I’m going to show you how to play 2 5 1 progressions using a nice little trick based around chord synonyms. Useful not only for jazz guitarists, but also for songwriters who want a nice way of introducing key changes.

Read on to find out more…

Pink Floyd The Endless River Review

The Endless River is Pink Floyd’s 15th studio album. With a back catalogue featuring masterpieces such as The Dark Side Of The Moon and The Wall, the band have set the bar high. How does The Endless River fare against such classic albums? Read the Guitar Command review to find out…