Posted in General Tips on Mar 11th, 2010
If you want to become the next Robert Plant or Eric Clapton, there is one thing to remember about playing the guitar. There are very few times when the phrase, “practice makes perfect” applies so completely. The most effective guitar practice is simply strumming the chords until you have them down by heart. The chords are the backbone of the guitar player’s profession and when you practice guitar, you must keep this in mind.
Posted in General Tips on Oct 20th, 2009
I am sure that anyone who started a band and feels unsatisfied with result of rehearsals will find something useful in this article, since I wrote it from experience of having 2, and even 3 bands at the same time, and many rehearsals. For some time there were always some ups and downs with rehearsing, but with the time I managed to ensure that the rehearsals I had were always as productive as they possibly could be.
Posted in Exercises, General Tips, Online Guitar Instruction Software, Technique on Sep 9th, 2009
One of the best weapons a guitarist has in the the battle to improve their playing speed is the Metronome. This small machine keeps perfect time with a series of beeps that can be configured for several purposes.
In this article I will explain the 2 most crucial settings to use on the metronome and their relationship to developing lethal shredding speed!
Posted in General Tips on Sep 4th, 2009
I've been playing the guitar for a long time. I started when I was twelve - I'm 34 now - learning "Smoke on the Water"by Deep Purple. After a week of constantly practicing the chorus using bar chords untill my timing was perfect I realized that this was it! This was what I wanted to do with my life!
Posted in General Tips on Jul 23rd, 2007
I just read a great post on a new blog I found today. The blog is called “A Guitar Teacher’s Lesson Notebook” and the post was titled “A Memo From the Department of Thumb Placement Correction”
Posted in General Tips on Jul 20th, 2007
Many guitar players get in a rut after they have been playing for some time. It usually happens at around 1-2 years. It happened to me. I’m sure it happened to you. For one reason or another we just get discouraged. Mostly because we feel we stopped making real progress. So what should we do to motivate ourselves to keep playing guitar?
First let’s try and find out why we lost our flare.
Throughout the first year or two of your playing you are learning so many new things on guitar. You’re like a newborn baby learning all about your new environment. Every day you find out fantastic new things. You learn what the string names are. You learn what a major chord is. You learn minor chords. You learn basic scales and their applications. But then you hit a wall. Where to go now?
Posted in General Tips on Jun 30th, 2007
Here is a cool trick to save a bit of money when you buy mp3’s from iTunes. This way you can save a little bit and download an extra guitar song or two from iTunes next time you buy.
The trick to saving money on mp3’s from itunes is to buy a gift card on eBay for less than the value of the card. Most gift cards on eBay tend to sell for less than the value of the card, so you can perhaps get a $25 gift card for $20. That would save you $5 on mp3’s. It’s nothing too fancy but I just figured I would share the knowledge with you and help you save a few buck.
Here is some helpful info for anyone who does not use eBay yet: eBay Resources for new eBay users.
Keep reading to see some of the current ebay deals on itunes: