How to Practice Guitar with Backing Tracks
related: Single String Mastery on Guitar Use Loops and Backing Tracks to Learn Lead Guitar Backing tracks can provide us with great sounding musical loops with which to practice and develop guitar skills. They help to train our ears, and provide a musical pocket so we...
7 tips to Buying a Guitar for Your Child
If your child wants to learn guitar there are several steps you can take to help ensure her success. First, find a quality teacher, one who has the education, training, and passion for teaching to inspire your child and guide her skillfully to mastery of her...
The Simple Way to Create Exotic Guitar Chords
The Trick Cool trick that's embedded in the nature of guitar: wringing exotic new sounds from shopworn guitar chords. It's simple to accomplish and opens the gates to new sonic worlds. It's a songwriter's paradise, and you don't have to learn any new chord shapes to...
4 Tricks to Jumpstart Your Songwriting
related: Songwriting: How to Stay Creative The Simple Way To Create Exotic Guitar Chords Getting Started Sometimes a song seems to write itself. You’re messing around with chords and you hit on a great combination and a funky groove. Or you overhear someone utter a...
The Secret to Gaining Guitar Practice Momentum
related posts: Guitar Practice and Peak Efficiency Guitar Practice Essentials: Faith and Constancy Newton's first law of motion: "an object at rest remains at rest, and an object in motion remains in motion with the same speed and direction unless acted...
The Easy Way To Perfect Guitar Chord Changes
related post: The Secret to Mastering Barre Chords on Guitar Open Chords Learning basic open chords, those that contain some fretted notes and some open strings, is a fun and important early step in every guitar player’s journey. The ring of an open chord is magical,...
Focus on Flow when you Play Guitar
Flow Flow is defined as “the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity.” (Thanks Wikipedia.) When you're in flow, your body and...
How to Master Advanced Alternate Picking on Guitar
related: A Simple Way To Start Alternate Picking on Guitar Previously I gave you a beginning alternate picking exercise to practice on each individual string of your guitar. In this guitar lesson I offer an exercise to help you master alternate picking combined...
A Simple Way to Start Alternate Picking on Guitar
related: How to Master Advanced Alternate Picking on Guitar Mastering alternate picking on guitar is one way to develop fluidity and ease when playing melodies and arpeggios. In this lesson I offer an exercise to introduce to you alternate picking on one guitar string...
Play 12 Bar Blues on Guitar: part 2
In our first lesson on the blues, we learned in 6 steps the 12 bar blues form, the chords involved, and how to play rhythm guitar through the form. Beginning with step 7 below we’ll move on to lead guitar playing. 7) Learn the Blues Scale If you know the minor...
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