YouTube Acoustic Guitar Playing

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Although there are many ways to learn how to play acoustic guitar pieces, YouTube acoustic guitar playing videos offer a visual aspect that is lacking in sheet music and tablature. Seeing the chord shapes, scales, phrases and fingering of specific music pieces means that the budding guitar player has access to a more comprehensive method of learning. Quite often, the person presenting the YouTube piece will give a clear verbal explanation of the methods used, as well as any tips or tricks that help the piece to be played as smoothly as possible. The useful thing about this format is that there are a ton of examples on YouTube of guitar players and teachers offering their expert instruction for a variety of songs and styles. Sometimes the quality is excellent, and sometimes videos are just not worth the time and effort to view. Either way, it is a good thing for guitar players that such an aid to learning is available.

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YouTube Acoustic Guitar Playing Videos

The benefit of YouTube acoustic guitar playing is that there are myriad styles to choose from, and often a variety of examples for each style. There are video clips of complete songs, riffs, technical breakdowns and much more. Common categories of YouTube guitar videos include:

  • Classical guitar pieces: These are often the most difficult pieces of guitar music to master, and they can often require extensive technical skill to master. YouTube guitar videos offer an up close opportunity to view the techniques and fingerings required to master guitar pieces ranging from the most basic to the most complex.
  • Rock guitar pieces: This is often the most popular type of music that guitarists want to learn. YouTube guitar videos can help simplify the most complicated riff when the correct methods are clearly visible. When a guitar player is attempting to learn something new, the visual aspect of YouTube videos makes each step much clearer and much less mysterious.
  • Themes: Movie, TV show and even computer game themes can be found and learned at YouTube quite easily.

There are more genres of guitar music available, and it is almost certain that whatever the style, there will be some sort of visual instruction available on YouTube. The only thing that can pose a problem is if the quality of the video and the instructions that go with it are not up to snuff.

Uploading Videos to YouTube

Sometimes the guitar players themselves will want to upload videos of their guitar efforts on YouTube. Reasons for this can range from wanting to get comments on general ability to desiring to teach other guitar players how to play specific pieces of music. YouTube's website has information that will help these people, but here are a few simple rules about what is needed:

  • Make sure the video is less than 100MB and less than ten minutes long.
  • Make sure the playing on the video demonstrates a high standard of quality if the video is intended for teaching purposes.
  • Make sure that comments are enabled if the video is intended to garner comments and criticism.
  • Go to YouTube and use the "Upload a Video" link to upload the video in the correct format.

Once this is finished, all that is left is for the guitar player to wait for the video to upload and make the rounds to start gaining some attention. A video for a particularly difficult piece of music will usually get a lot of views quite quickly, as well as positive comments and gratitude from frustrated guitar players everywhere.

Be Aware of Copyright

Copyright is a thorny issue on websites such as YouTube. Guitar players wishing to indulge in posting a video demonstrating their prowess might want to check up on the copyright availability of the piece of music. Classical pieces on YouTube acoustic guitar playing are usually exempt from copyright if they have been in the public domain long enough. However, pop and rock hits, as well as TV and movie themes, may be copyright-protected. It is always wise to check up on copyright issues before posting your videos to avoid any potential problems. Of course, self-composed pieces of music will always be acceptable, and YouTube offers acoustic guitar players a further opportunity to bring their music to a greater audience.

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