The following are links and contacts that may be useful to you as you pursue your interest in playing the guitar:

Practice Tips (pdf) - a one page guide to maximizing your practice time.

Guitar Videos - Some of my favourite guitar videos, mostly featuring the guitar as a solo instrument. (Note: I am no longer updating this page.)

Local Guitar Retailers:

• The Interesting Music Shoppe - C20940 Brock Road, Wilfrid  705-437-4495 

• The Arts Music Store - 274 Eagle Street, Newmarket  905-898-7164

• Cosmo Music - 10 Via Renzo Drive, Richmond Hill  905-770-5222

• Long & McQuade - 9833 Hwy 48, Markham 905-209-1264

Learning Resources:

• MusicTheory.net - An excellent resource for learning music theory and training your ear.

• Acoustic Guitar Magazine - An excellent magazine for guitar players of all abilities. There are also many helpful articles and lessons available on their website.

• PlayYourGuitar.ca - A "one-stop-shopping" resource for people looking for a place to pick and people looking for a place to learn.
  

• Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine - A bi-monthly magazine catering to fingerstyle players of all stripes.
  

• GuitarsCanada.com -A Canadian online forum for guitarists.

• FingerStyleGuitar.ca - A Canadian website for fingerstyle guitarists - mostly concert announcements.
  

• FingerstyleGuitarists.com - A website dedicated to cataloging video content of the best acoustic fingerstyle guitar talent in the world.

  Free (Legal) Sheet Music for Guitar:

• IMSLP.org - a large database of mostly classical guitar music. Most music is in the public domain, but some of the scores are copyrighted in some jurisdictions - be careful!
• Bob Evans - Bob has free transcriptions to a number of his compositions and arrangements on his website. He also has andio and video of him playing the tunes.
• AcousticFingerstyle.com - has a nice collection of original compositions and arrangements.
• ClassicalGuitarCanada.ca - Bradford Werner offers free sheet music, including Volume One of his classical guitar method.
  

 In The Community:

• Ineo Studios - "Providing an environment for development and creation." Recording studio, rehearsal suites and recital hall in Uxbridge. 282 Main St. N. Ste 200
  

• Straight Path Studio - "Creating an environment to promote a relaxed, inspiring environment allowing you to create the best music possible."  Recording studio in Uxbridge.
  
  

• Greenbank Folk Music Society - A volunteer, non-profit group that has been dedicated to bringing the best Canadian roots and traditional folk and blues music to small town Ontario since 1993. Greenbank Centennial Hall.

• Springtide Music Festival - An annual music festival in Downtown Uxbridge.  Multiple venues and over half of the performers are musicians with strong ties to our community.
  

• Uxbridge Musical Scholarship Fund - "Providing encouragement and financial assistance to talented local students who intend to pursue a career in music."

Recommended Reading (For the Musical Geeks):

• The Centuries Old Struggle to Play in Tune - An excellent article on the various temperaments used in tuning instruments throughout history.

• Ask the Luthier - Intonation - Following up on a discussion of temperaments and intonation, the fourth article in this series talks about intonation as it relates to the guitar.