Yousician Blog
Discover what's new with Yousician—plus a few tips and tricks to help you on your musical journey.
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Introducing the Yousician Fest Lineup
While the world is still mostly on lockdown due to COVID-19, we allowed ourselves to dream. If we could host a music festival for you all once the world reopens, a festival with absolutely no rules (ie. anyone can make the lineup, living or not), this would be it. Our…
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Posted on April 8, 2021
How To Guides
How To Change Guitar Strings (A Helpful Guide)
Oh no, you were jamming to your favorite song and you broke a string! We’re sorry to say, but every guitarist will have to experience this nightmare at some point of their playing career, whether due intense shredding and bending strings or experimenting with those alternative tunings. …
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Posted on March 31, 2021
How To Guides
Plucking and Fretting
Next up in our Guitar 101 Series, we’re going to explain plucking and fretting. Plucking Plucking is the act of using your playing hand finger(s) to pluck the strings of your instrument. You can use your thumb for this to start practicing this technique.
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Posted on March 19, 2021
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The 2020 Yousician Awards
Introducing the 2020 Yousician Awards! We wanted to highlight YOU, our Yousicians, for all the incredible hard work you put into learning your instruments last year. 2020 was a rollercoaster, and we’re glad we were able to provide some light through music.
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Posted on March 14, 2021
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Giveaway: Win a Guitar Signed by Nancy Wilson!
This Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating all the powerful, influential women who rock – including you! About the Giveaway We’re partnering with Heart lead guitarist Nancy Wilson, Gibson Guitars and Epiphone to give one lucky Yousician follower the chance to walk in Nancy’s…
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Posted on March 2, 2021
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Celebrating Women’s History Month
Who run the world? March is Women’s History Month, a month to recognize all the contributions women have made throughout history. It started in 1981 in the United States with Women’s History Week starting March 7. In 1987, after petitions and activist work, March was deemed Women’s…
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Posted on March 1, 2021
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New Song Release Recap: February
February was Black History Month, and we released four new songs by incredible Black artists. Take a look at what we added below, and as always you can see what songs are available here. Get Down On It – Kool & the Gang Initially a ‘60s jazz and soul group,…
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Posted on February 26, 2021
Updates
What’s new in Yousician: February update
We used your feedback and the latest music-learning research to create a more user-friendly experience. Here are the changes you’ll notice next time you update the app: A Horizontal View Sometimes you need a change in perspective! Since our app is in landscape, we’ve switched the syllabus to scroll…
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Posted on February 22, 2021
Updates
The new Yousician Guitar syllabus is now available
We’ve just rolled out an updated guitar syllabus to help you achieve your 2021 goals! The updated look-and-feel makes it easier to learn the skills you’re interested in, and we improved the early lessons for a smoother learning curve. If you’ve already played some missions, don’t worry — all your…
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Posted on February 22, 2021