{"id":82475,"date":"2025-07-24T11:48:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82475"},"modified":"2025-07-24T11:49:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:49:24","slug":"these-are-taylor-swifts-six-biggest-guitar-influences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82475","title":{"rendered":"These are Taylor Swift\u2019s six biggest guitar influences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fdad1-4.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/520599397_674329212326438_2536890405322763228_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s640x640_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=100&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_ohc=-SrP4gULKQwQ7kNvwFjkP1q&amp;_nc_oc=AdkVuSt6KKWNTKm6urO5U2rKmVJJpw4A-FrgV6x8eX6Yi3fre-TeurHHhD_xKz7Q6po&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fdad1-4.fna&amp;_nc_gid=rjL9nh2QbRlszbagkVD0hg&amp;oh=00_AfRUkLxK2VSeB9S9lPO_zWhSozXSwDTYE7fuH8KzQl3-qg&amp;oe=6887F119\" alt=\"C\u00f3 th\u1ec3 l\u00e0 h\u00ecnh \u1ea3nh v\u1ec1 \u200e1 ng\u01b0\u1eddi v\u00e0 \u200ev\u0103n b\u1ea3n cho bi\u1ebft '\u200e\u0647 THESE ARE TAYLOR SWIFT'S SIXBIGGEST GUITAR ITARINFLUENCES INFLUENCES\u200e'\u200e\u200e\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift\u00a0is unquestionably one of the most popular and successful artists of the 21st century. Her music has been categorized as everything from\u00a0pop\u00a0to\u00a0folk\u00a0to\u00a0country\u00a0to\u00a0rock, and while it would be a stretch to call her music guitar-centric, she does play guitar and has nonetheless inspired a generation of people to pick up the guitar and start trying to find their own voice. In that sense, it\u2019s worth taking a look at some of the artists who inspired Swift herself to become the musician she is today.<\/p>\n<h2>Shania Twain<\/h2>\n<p>Few influences are more important than the one who inspired you to pick up a guitar in the first place and for Taylor Swift, she has often claimed that it was Shania Twain. This should come as no surprise, as Shania was very popular during Taylor\u2019s formative years. While Twain is not known for her guitar-playing prowess, she does play guitar, especially in her early career.<\/p>\n<p>For Twain and Swift, the guitar is not used for flashy, impressive solos; it is merely a tool for conveying the songwriting ideas they both have. Nobody is going to put Taylor Swift or Shania Twain on a list of great technical guitar players, but as far as using the guitar as a tool to write hit songs, they are both hugely influential.<\/p>\n<p>Shania Twain provided an essential step in the musical evolution of Taylor Swift, most notably the first step \u2013 the inspiration to pick up a guitar and make music with it. That step should never be underestimated. Swift has in kind no doubt inspired millions of young people to pick up a guitar and play music. It\u2019s the wonderful legacy of the guitar as a pop music icon that continues to bear fruit over 70 years after it first appeared.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me (Official Music Video)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jnq9wPDoDKg?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Matt Slocum<\/h2>\n<p>The guitarist of Christian rockers and one-hit wonders Sixpence None The Richer might not be on many guitar playing Mount Rushmores, but they hold a special significance for Taytay. After she had been inspired to pick up a guitar by Shania, Swift has stated in several interviews that the first song she actually learned to play was\u00a0<em>Kiss Me<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 and from that moment, the music world would never be the same!<\/p>\n<h2>Ronnie Cremer<\/h2>\n<p>Every musician has to start somewhere by learning the basics of guitar playing. For Taylor Swift, that came in the form of a guitar instructor named Ronnie Cremer who lived in her hometown of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Some might imagine formal guitar lessons to be a highly structured, \u201crun through the scales again\u201d sort of affair.<\/p>\n<p>But according to most reports, Cremer was instrumental in teaching Swift the basics \u2013 chords, tuning, how to use a capo, etc. From there, they focused on real world applications of those building blocks such as using the guitar as a tool for songwriting \u2013 not necessarily technical proficiency. These lessons took place for about two years in 2002-2003 \u2013 Swift would have been about 12 years old at the time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Chicks - Goodbye Earl (Official Video)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gw7gNf_9njs?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>The Chicks<\/h2>\n<p>While Taylor Swift may never be known for her technical guitar playing prowess, she will forever be known as an electric performer. At the time of writing this article, she has the highest-grossing tour of all time at over two billion dollars.<\/p>\n<p>According to an interview with\u00a0<em>ABC<\/em>\u00a0Swift claimed that her electric live performances were inspired by The Chicks (formerly the Dixie Chicks), \u201cEarly in my life, these three women showed me that female artists can play their own instruments while also putting on a flamboyant spectacle of a live show,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>The Chicks\u2019 influence is also evident in her daring songwriting that leans into feminist empowerment. Swift continued, \u201cThey taught me that creativity, eccentricity, unapologetic boldness and kitsch can all go together authentically\u2026 Most importantly, they showed an entire generation of girls that female rage can be a bonding experience between us all the very second we first heard Natalie Maines bellow \u2018<em>that Earl had to DIE<\/em>\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You (2021 Remaster) [Official Audio]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qAZp5JfDmz4?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Joni Mitchell<\/h2>\n<p>It has been said that Taylor Swift\u2019s 2012 album\u00a0<em>Red<\/em>\u00a0was inspired by\u00a0Joni Mitchell\u2019s 1971 album\u00a0<em>Blue<\/em>. Both artists have written deeply personal autobiographical songs with lyrics that could be described as confessional. Swift would no doubt call Joni a trailblazer for the path she is currently treading through the industry. Mitchell\u2019s influence on Swift\u2019s songwriting style is evident to even untrained ears. Swift has also claimed that she learned to play Mitchell\u2019s song\u00a0<em>A Case of You<\/em>\u00a0early on in her career.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault) (Lyric Video)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sRxrwjOtIag?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Liz Rose<\/h2>\n<p>Liz Rose is a songwriter from Nashville who has worked with Swift throughout her career. Her role seems to have been very much that of a mentor who was able to sculpt Swift into the songwriter she is today, perhaps more specifically, her understanding of melody. She was instrumental in encouraging Swift to write songs about her own personal experiences which ended up working out incredibly well for her. Rose co-wrote several hit songs with Swift, such as\u00a0<em>You Belong With Me<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Teardrops on My Guitar<\/em>,\u00a0<em>White Horse<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>All Too Well<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift has cemented her legacy as one of the greatest pop stars in history, alongside\u00a0The Beatles\u00a0and\u00a0Michael Jackson. But her journey is not over, and it seems like the guitar \u2013 and her guitar influences \u2013will always have a place in her music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift\u00a0is unquestionably one of the most popular and successful artists of the 21st century. 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