How to Write Songs

The owner of a large chain of English schools in Brazil suggested to me that adult contemporary pop songs whose lyrics contained concentrated areas of grammar would be of great benefit to ESL students. The concept of using songs to aid in the teaching/learning of English is not a new one. When I looked into this area I found that the songs being used are either aimed at children, or standard songs whose only real “English learning benefit” is tha (more…)

Before you even attempt to play guitar songs, you should ensure your guitar is properly tuned. If you have not tuned your guitar properly before playing it will be obvious, the songs you try to play will not sound right at all. Another skill that you must learn to do before you can play guitar songs is how to read guitar tabs.

A key ability to help you play guitar songs is not just the ability to read guitar tabs but also to train your ear (more…)