{"id":217,"date":"2021-04-12T12:39:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T19:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/blog\/?p=217"},"modified":"2021-08-26T10:17:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T17:17:10","slug":"the-5-pillars-of-the-acoustic-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/the-5-pillars-of-the-acoustic-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Pillars Of The Acoustic Guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Learning and internalizing each of these pillars will give you a bulletproof foundation of skills<br \/>\nso you can start learning the songs that made you want to pick up the guitar in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Creating that foundation at the start of your guitar journey will allow you to progress faster<br \/>\nalso help you to avoid picking up any bad habits that may negatively impact your future success<br \/>\non the acoustic guitar.<\/p>\n<h3>Pillar #1 &#8211; Strumming<\/h3>\n<p>Learning to strum is the first step on your journey to playing music on the guitar. This is one<br \/>\nof the key foundational techniques you\u2019ll use for the rest of your guitar career.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/311708660\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Pillar #2 &#8211; Clean Chords<\/h3>\n<p>As one of the basic building blocks of playing the guitar, your guitar chords need to sound clean<br \/>\nand clear so all the notes come through.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/311708679\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Pillar #3 &#8211; Changing Chords<\/h3>\n<p>Changing chords is the number one problem new guitar players have. You need to get your chord<br \/>\nchanges smooth if you want to play real music.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/311708704\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Pillar #4 &#8211; Music Theory<\/h3>\n<p>Music theory can be an intimidating topic for many guitar players. But there are just a few<br \/>\nsimple concepts that you can learn that will have a massive impact on your playing.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/311708723\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Pillar #5 &#8211; Playing Songs<\/h3>\n<p>The whole purpose of playing guitar in the first place is to actually play music. By combining<br \/>\nour knowledge of the first four pillars we can learn our first song!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/311708752\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning and internalizing each of these pillars will give you a bulletproof foundation of skills so you can start learning the songs that made you want to pick up the guitar in the first place. Creating that foundation at the start of your guitar journey will allow you to progress faster also help you to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":412,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions\/412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}