Ravi Singh, Author at Guitar Confidence

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

April 18, 2021 by Ravi Singh Leave a Comment

Guitarist, songwriter, and singer Jimi Hendrix is by far the world’s greatest guitarist ever. Jimi ruled the heart and soul of audiences in the 1960s with his individual and original electric guitar playing style. In his short and successful career, Jimi Hendrix spread all the fiery probabilities of the electric guitar. He was an expert at mixing different types of music to produce unique sounds out of the electric guitar.

Jimi formed ‘The Jimi Hendrix Experience’ with Mitch Mitchell, the drummer, and Noel Redding, the bassist. After the band’s performance at the Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967, ‘ The Jimi Hendrix Experience’ became one of the most popular bands in the U.S.

Jimi’s innovative method, often testing with amplification, created astral-quality feedback and roaring distortion. Considering that Jimi could not read or write music, it was astonishing that his rise in the music industry took only four years. His musical passion had influenced and is still shaping some of the greats, from David Bowie, Robert Smith, and Freddie Mercury to moderns like Matt Bellamy, Dave Grohl, and Josh Homme.

‘The Jimi Hendrix Experience’ released its first single, ‘Hey Joe’ in 1967. ‘Hey Joe’ was so famous that it spent ten weeks on the U.K. charts. Hey Joe’s popularity led The Experience to come up with a complete album, ‘Are You Experienced,’ a musical compilation highlighting anthems of a generation. With tracks like ‘The Wind Cries Mary,’ ‘Purple Haze,’ ‘Foxey Lady ”Fire’, ‘The Wind Cries Mary’, and ‘Are You Experienced?’, ‘Are You Experienced’ album is considered one of the most famous rock albums.

Back in the U.S., Jimi was still not as famous as in England. In June 1967, he performed at the Monterey International Pop Festival, where he played ‘Wild Thing’ and set fire to his guitar with a lighter. Since then, he became an overnight star in the U.S.

Hendrix soon became a rockstar. He followed his first album, ‘Are You Experienced’ with his second album, Axis: Bold As Love. Then came the third album Electric Ladyland all released in 1968 and became a hit. ‘The Jimi Hendrix Experience’ band toured throughout 1969 until it was disbanded the same year.

Jimi Hendrix only lived to the age of 27, but in this short span, he created a remarkable collection of songs that continue to make Jimi Hendrix one of the most popular stars in the world of rock music.

If ‘Jimi Hendrix Experience’ inspired you, how about learning guitar to play the songs once played by Jimi Hendrix. Contact guitarconfidence.com today. Our master trainer, Rex’s guitar teaching system, is great for beginners and accomplished guitar players. We are confident that you will find Rex’s unique teaching style and vast experience perfect for taking your learning skills to the next level.

More time at home during this pandemic provides an opportunity to learn a new musical instrument

April 10, 2021 by Ravi Singh Leave a Comment

In this pandemic, more Americans are picking up musical instruments they craved to play or are returning to those they may have screeched through as young kids. Staying at home and a restriction on socializing have provided both time and space for this new pursuit.

Even if you have never touched a musical instrument, taking one up now especially learning guitar, is a good way to help keep your brain healthy. Playing guitar engages every part of your central nervous system.

During the ongoing COVID-19 scenario, the sale of musical instruments and download of digital music-production software have spiked.

Research by the University of South Florida states that it is never too late to reap the benefits of playing a musical instrument. The research team studied adults in the age group of 60 to 85 years who took individual piano lessons but had no previous musical experience. The research found robust gains in memory, processing speed, verbal fluency, along with other cognitive functions, as compared to those who did not receive lessons.

Learning to play guitar for the first time or after a very long break may be easier than you think. If you would rather avoid in-person music lessons, use Guitar Confidence’s online guitar classes.

Rex who is the founder of Guitar Confidence provides both online and private in-home guitar lessons. Rex provides personal one-on-one online guitar lessons that you can take at the comfort of your home. Guitar Confidence covers Dublin, San Ramon, Pleasanton, Livermore, and all cities in the east and south bay.

Also, Guitar Confidence will provide your first guitar class for free! You can get your guitar lessons on:

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A Unique Online Guitar Training Method from Rex for Both Beginners and Accomplished Guitar Players

March 22, 2021 by Ravi Singh Leave a Comment

Learning how to play the guitar does not have to be complicated or scary, for that matter. But when learning guitar through online classes, the number one thing you will need is discipline and a timetable to make sure you practice with a strict and yet flexible schedule. Also, with the virtual classes, you have the flexibility to learn this musical instrument.

At GuitarConfidence.com, we have designed our online classes, which cover all the things that give students the confidence to master guitar in the real world. How do I hold it? How do I operate the knobs on the head? What part of my finger should be hitting the string on the upstroke? At Guitar Confidence, our instructor Rex through online classes will give you all the necessary instruction, demonstration, and exercises for the very basics of operating a guitar so that you can master them in literally no time and quickly move on to thinking about taking your guitar learning skills to the next level.

Rex’s online guitar teaching system is great for beginners and accomplished guitar players. He uses different sets of online methodologies for teaching both beginners and accomplished players. And the best part about Rex is that these online classes are private and one-to-one. Whether you just want to play for pleasure or want to learn guitar for being a professional player, Rex will help you with your dream and provide you with one-to-one online lessons.

Figuring out how to play the guitar, especially with no musical background, is a bit of a journey. At Guitar Confidence, our master instructor Rex will always encourage you to start this musical journey with small little steps. Most beginners who have tried to learn how this musical instrument with Rex has found that a slow and easy-paced approach was the best for them at the beginning of their guitar learning career. There is no falling behind when you practice with Rex, you may or may not race through, but if you need to drill on the basics, if you need more explanation on the very fundamentals, then Rex will always be there to provide you with all the help which you might need when you learn how to play guitar.

We are also offering a free trial class. Get a Free Trial Class today!!

How Good is your Guitar Knowledge? Test it with Rex from Guitar Confidence

March 20, 2021 by Ravi Singh Leave a Comment

Think you know a lot about guitar facts? This blog list some of the interesting ‘Did You Know’ facts about guitar.

Guitar’s association with the healthy brain: Did you know, playing guitar or listening to music keeps the brain healthy: Music is great medicine for the brain and reverses the aging of the brain. Research conducted has found listening to music improves cognitive function. “If you want to keep your brain engaged throughout the aging process, listening to or playing music is a great tool. It provides a total brain workout.” – Charles J. Limb, M.D., Johns Hopkins otolaryngologist.
The first guitar: The first musical instrument to bear the name Guitar appeared in the 13th century, it has its origins in the Latin word Cithara. It was not until the 1200s that an instrument began to use the name. Guitarra Moresca, the Moorish Guitar and Guitarra Latina the Latin Guitar. The Spanish Vialo do Mano was perhaps the modern guitar’s closest ancestor, however. Appearing in the 15th century, it usually had 6 strings, and a familiar body shape, resembling a modern acoustic.
Did Leo Fender know how to play guitar?: Leo Fender who founded Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company and the inventor of Fender guitars was a saxophonist and never learned how to play guitar. In addition to that, he in fact was an accountant before losing his job in the Great Depression. After losing his job, he decided to turn his hobby of tinkering with electronics, radios, amplifiers, and the like, into a business, “Fender Radio and Record Shop”, which eventually led to what is now known as the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.
Fender factory makes around 90,000 strings per day: This is over 20,000 miles a year, enough to circle the world. The company also makes around 950 guitar necks a day.
World’s most expensive guitar: ‘Reach out to Asia’ Fender Stratocaster is the world’s most expensive guitar priced at $2.7million: The world’s most expensive guitar was auctioned in Doha in 2005. The guitar was signed by 19 performers – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Brian May, Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, Pete Townsend, Mark Knopfler, Ray Davis, Liam Gallagher, Ronnie Wood, Tony Iommi, Angus, and Malcolm Young, Paul McCartney, Sting, Ritchie Blackmore, Def Leppard, and Bryan Adams. “Reach Out To Asia”, what this project came to be known as was an idea to raise funds to help the victims of the 2004 Tsunami Disaster. The music world came together to help aid the massive disaster that affected millions.

I am Rex, a guitarist and a guitar instructor with more than 40 years of experience as a musician. I have been a studio guitarist in San Francisco Bay Area and New York City recording and performing with artists such as Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Sammy Davis Jr., Paul Simon, Michael Jackson, and many others.

If you are a beginner or if you have some knowledge about playing guitar and want to continue learning then contact me, I can help you learn guitar at your home or online. I have been doing online guitar lessons for some time now, since the start of COVID to be precise. Also, you get a free online trial session as well.

Practise Jimi Hendrix’s song online with Rex

March 10, 2021 by Ravi Singh Leave a Comment

Would you like to practice some of Jimi Hendrix’s famous songs with Rex through Guitar Confidence’s online training sessions?

Consistently being named as the greatest guitarist of all time, Jimi Hendrix combined matchless brilliance, an improvisational spirit, and a touching soul every time he picked up the Guitar.

In a brief career, Jimi Hendrix expanded all the explosive possibilities of the electric guitar. He was a master at mixing different types of music to produce a new musical sound out of his electric guitar. His innovative and creative method, often experimenting with amplification created astral quality feedback and roaring distortion. Considering Jimi Hendrix could not read or write music, it is astonishing that his rise in the music industry took only four years. His musical passion had influenced and is still influencing some of the greats from David Bowie, Robert Smith, and Freddie Mercury to moderns like Matt Bellamy, Dave Grohl, and Josh Homme.

Some of Rex’s favorite songs of Jimi Hendrix which you can practice with him are:

Purple Haze: The opening track on the US version of his debut LP, Purple Haze presented Jimi and his backing band with 2:50 of scorching, fuzzed-out, and psychedelic glory.

Voodoo Child (Slight Return): This song was released as a single just after the death of Hendrix and it shot to Number One in the UK. It did not even crack the Hot 100 in America, but it has been since played on classic rock radio around 10 billion times.

Little Wing: A stunning guitar solo, it was the first time that Jimi recorded his guitar through a Leslie speaker, creating the wave-like echo sounds that make its guitar parts so distinct.

The Wind Cries Mary: It was written by Jimi, the band spent hours, working in the studio on the song, but finally decided to with the very first take. It was the third single of the group.

Machine Gun: Recorded during the Vietnam War, it one of the most frenetic anti-war songs of the era. At the end of the song, it sounds just like an actual machine gun, and drummer Buddy Miles’ background vocals sound like the screams of war.

If you are inspired by Jimi Hendrix and want to learn guitar just give Guitar Confidence a call. Our instructor Rex has now been doing online guitar lessons since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Book a free trial class with Guitar Confidence today!

Rex’s Guitar Confidence is Here to Give You the Gift of Guitar

February 24, 2021 by Ravi Singh Leave a Comment

Guitar Confidence was started by Rex to provide the gift of guitar to as many people as possible by teaching them how to play guitar. But many with their busy schedule and now due to the ongoing pandemic do not find the time to learn guitar and give up even before starting it. There was a time when the ability to play a musical instrument was considered an essential part of an individual’s basic education. However, as of today, there are more than 80 million musicians residing in the United States.

Whenever you think of learning a new musical instrument its goal is a sort of bucket list item. But sadly, most often they stay hidden in the bucket. Possibly you may have got yourself a guitar thinking to learn to play it and noodled around on it for a few days, before placing it back in the closet to gather dust.

At Guitar Confidence, we provide lessons for Guitar, Ukulele, Banjo, and Mandolin. We are confident that you will find our unique teaching style and vast experience perfect for taking your learning skills to the next level. And the added advantage is that you can get your guitar classes at the comfort of your home through Guitar Confidence’s online courses.

Guitar Confidence is providing everyone with the opportunity to get their guitar out of their closet and start learning guitar in the comfort of your home. Our private online classes will save your time, and you don’t have to think about traveling outside with the current COVID-19 situation. Isn’t that cool!

Rex has more than 40 years of experience as a musician, music instructor, arranger, and performing artist. He has been a guitarist in San Francisco Bay Area and New York City recording and performing with artists such as Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Sammy Davis Jr., Paul Simon, Michael Jackson, Wild Cherry, The Drifters, Tammy Wynette, Jackson Brown, The Pointer Sisters, Tower of Power and many others. His formal education was at Berklee College of Music, Boston MA where he majored in music arranging & composition. Mr. Bell studied classical guitar at New England Conservatory, Boston MA. He has studied under musical greats, e.g., Ron Parker, Harry Lahee, George Barrey, Warren Nunes, Don Haas, and Judy Davis.

So, what are you thinking about! Give us a call and start your online guitar training session right away.

Get Your First Online Guitar Lesson for Free at Guitar Confidence

February 12, 2021 by Ravi Singh Leave a Comment

My name is Rex, and I am the founder of Guitar Confidence, which provides both online and private in-home guitar lessons. I provide personal one-on-one online guitar lessons that you can take at the comfort of your home. Guitar Confidence covers Dublin, San Ramon, Pleasanton, Livermore, and all cities in the east and south bay.

At Guitar Confidence, we have started offering private online guitar lessons throughout the East Bay, including Benicia, Berkeley, Clayton, Concord, Crocket, Danville, Dublin, Fairfield, Hercules, Lafayette, Livermore, Martinez, Moraga, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, Pleasanton, San Ramon, Vallejo, & Walnut Creek, CA. Live online classes ensure that your guitar training is not obstructed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Also, we’ll provide your first guitar class for free! You can get your guitar lessons on:

Skype
Zoom
Google Hangout
Google Duo
Watsapp

Guitar Confidence is providing you with the opportunity to get your guitar out of your closet and start learning this beautiful musical instrument at the comfort of your home. Our private online classes will save your time, and you don’t have to think about traveling outside with the current COVID-19 situation. Isn’t that cool!

I have 40+ years of experience as a musician, music instructor, arranger, and performing artist. I have been a guitarist in San Francisco Bay Area and New York City, recording and performing with artists such as Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Sammy Davis Jr., Paul Simon, Michael Jackson, Wild Cherry, The Drifters, Tammy Wynette, Jackson Brown, The Pointer Sisters, Tower of Power and many others.

So, what you have to do to get started? It’s simple, visit guitarconfidence.com and leave your details. Or you can directly book your lesson and get started right away with a free first class.

Which is Your Favourite Guitar?

January 31, 2021 by Ravi Singh Leave a Comment

Since musicians started playing guitar, it has under a series of transformations. Today there are different types of guitars available in the market for a guitar player to purchase. Each of these different types of guitars has its specific sound.

Electric Guitar

George Beauchamp and Adolph Rikenbekerom, in 1931, created the first electric guitar. Since then, it has taken the music instrument industry like a storm. Play rock, blues, jazz, or pop music using an electric guitar. Most guitarists will remember the first time they plugged in and played an electric guitar, which gives a breath-taking experience. This guitar has to be plugged into an electric amplifier for any noticeable sound to be heard as the sound is produced by the amplifier and not the guitar itself. Most of the electric guitars have a solid body, no sound holes, and use steel-strings. The strings used in the electric guitar are markedly thinner than the acoustic guitar, as the amplifier produces the sound. These guitars can be heavy, so wearing a shoulder strap is recommended. The size, number, and shape of the pickups may differ for each electric guitar, but they all fulfill the same result of being used for heavy metal, blues, rock, and jazz music.

Acoustic Guitar

Acoustic guitars produce the sound themselves. You don’t need an amplifier or any other device to play this type of guitar. Acoustic guitars are also called Dreadnaught guitar, folk guitar, flat-top guitar, or steel-string guitar (because of the kind of strings being used). The sound that this type of guitar produces is bright, brassy, deep, and forceful, which gives sheer pleasure to everyone’s ear. The guitar’s body is made of wood, and the sound is produced from the strings’ vibration while the hollow wooden body acts as an echo chamber. These guitars are available in two variants, one is the steel-string, and the other is classical. The steel-strings guitars produce a metallic sound that is a constituent of several trendy music styles, while the classical guitars have a wide neck and utilize nylon strings. But know that steel-string guitar will be louder than the classical guitar whether steel-string or classical, playing acoustic guitars will strengthen your fingers as you press down on the strings to make chord shapes. So, it is one of the best guitars to start your guitar learning process. Music style acoustic guitar supports are folk, country, ragtime, blues, and pop.

Bass Guitars

Bass guitars have wide-scale-length and thick strings, which produces a variety of notes that match the guitar’s lowest four strings. Both acoustic bass and electric bass guitars are available in the market. The difference in a bass guitar is that the majority has four strings compared to acoustic and electric guitars with six strings.

7 and 8 String Guitars

Seven and eight-string guitars have one and two strings more than the usual six. The seven-string guitar is used to extend the bass range, and it can also be used to extend the treble range of the six-string guitar. Some types of seven-string guitars are specific to cultures, such as guitarists from Russia and Brazil. Eight-string guitars are less common than six and seven-string guitars, but they are used by a few classical, jazz, and metal guitarists. However, eight strings guitars are typical for lap steel and pedal steel guitars. The eight-string guitar allows a broader range, or non-standard tunings, or both.

12 String Guitar

12 string guitar is a variation of the usual six-string guitar type. It has the normal six strings and another set of thinner strings. They are arranged in 6 courses in a set of 2 strings which are placed very close to one another. So, the strings form a pair and are played similar to a six-string guitar. The main effect of the 12 string is that it is louder than the six-string guitar.

I am Rex Bell, and my personal favorite is an acoustic guitar, which I always recommend to both my beginner and advanced guitar learning students.

If you would like to know more guitars and how to play them, visit my website guitarconfidence.com. You can also sign up for my free online trial class.

Guitar Confidence’s Master Trainer Rex Recommends Acoustic Guitar for Beginners

January 15, 2021 by Ravi Singh Leave a Comment

To any new guitar player or a beginner, Rex recommends learning on an acoustic guitar. This is because if you can play on a steel-string acoustic guitar, you will play any guitar without facing any issues. This won’t be true for any other form of guitar. If you begin learning on an electric guitar, there is a fifty-fifty chance that you may or may not be able to play an acoustic guitar.

Most importantly, at the beginning of your guitar journey, your only aim should be to learn the essential guitar techniques you will be building on later, regardless of whether you’ll be playing the acoustic or electric guitar.

Acoustic guitars have their way of mesmerizing the crowd. The sound this guitar produces is bright, brassy, deep, and forceful, giving sheer pleasure to everyone’s ear. The guitar’s body is made of wood, and the sound is produced from the strings’ vibration while the hollow wooden body acts as an echo chamber. These guitars are available in two variants: the steel-string and the other is classical.

The steel-strings guitars produce a metallic sound that is a constituent of several trendy music styles, while the classical guitars have a wide neck and utilize nylon strings. Knowing that the steel-string guitar will be louder than the classical guitar, whether steel-string or classical, playing acoustic guitars will strengthen your fingers as you press down on the strings to make chord shapes. So, it is one of the best guitars to start your guitar learning process. Music style acoustic guitar supports are folk, country, ragtime, blues, and pop.

If you want to add guitar to your life by learning to play, then visit guitarconfidence.com or give us a call. Our master trainer Rex Bell, has been doing mobile guitar lessons for many years. We also offer online guitar classes.

Get your free online trial class today!

Learn to Play Guitar This New Year via Guitar Confidence’s Online Classes

December 20, 2020 by Ravi Singh Leave a Comment

As we enter Dec, we always look out for offers, discounts, deals on gifts, and other things we buy for ourselves and our friends and family. And the best time to find these offers is during the holiday season.

As we enter Dec when deals and offers are in full swing, Guitar Confidence is offering you another great deal. Here is your Black Friday opportunity to present yourself or your loved ones with online guitar classes. We offer mobile and personal one-on-one guitar classes, but because of the current COVID-19 pandemic, we are providing online guitar classes that you can learn from the comfort of your home.

So, if you are wondering what to give that special person in your life, why not gift him or her online guitar lessons this Christmas. Moreover, if you yourself love music then why not gift yourself this Black Friday Special offer!

You can buy our annual Black Friday Package at a 60% discount and get a package worth $275 for just $110.

Our Black Friday package includes:

Six 30 minutes’ private online guitar lessons
Gift envelop with 6 gift certificates
Two free Guitar, Ukulele, Banjo, or mandolin method books valued at $50 retail

So, you can save on online guitar learning lessons by purchasing Guitar Confidence’s Black Friday package. If you are interested in learning guitar, then this is the best time to start your classes as you automatically become eligible for our “Black Friday Guitar Lessons Special” offer! All you must do is visit our website.

Our master trainer Mr. Rex has over 40 years of experience as a musician, music instructor, arranger, and performing artist. He has been a guitarist in San Francisco Bay Area and New York City recording and performing with artists such as Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Sammy Davis Jr., Paul Simon, Michael Jackson, Wild Cherry, The Drifters, Tammy Wynette, Jackson Brown, The Pointer Sisters, Tower of Power and many others. His formal education was at Berklee College of Music, Boston MA where he majored in music arranging & composition. Mr. Bell studied classical guitar at New England Conservatory, Boston MA. He has studied under musical greats, e.g., Ron Parker, Harry Lahee, George Barnes, Warren Nunes, Don Haas, and Judy Davis.

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