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Articles,
music tips and advice
to get your guitar playing moving forward!
Practice
- The
Art Of Practicing - How To See Real Results
By
Chris Standring
Learning to play an instrument can be a chore.
More importantly the process can be completely overwhelming
to many. This article discusses how to put the fun back
into practice and shows how you can see fast results.
- An
Analysis Of 'Suck' - By Tom Hess
"The
greatest players are not great because they were naturally
talented. In every case, truly great players become great
because their practice habits are effective!"
- Discover
Your Discomfort By
Jamie Andreas
There
are a few things that are always true when we are unable
to play something we want to play on the guitar.
- Your
Growth As A Guitarist: Vertical Or Horizontal
- By Jamie Andreas
When
we learn how to really practice, we start to feel powerful.
Problems and challenges don't frighten us, they excite us.
Because we know that we can look forward to those problems
getting smaller and smaller, weaker and weaker, as we continue
to apply The Principles of Correct Practice.
- The
Secret Of Speed - By Jamie Andreas
The relative state of tension or relaxation in the muscles
is one of the hardest things to be aware of. I once saw
a person play with so much tension in her right shoulder
that it was up to her earlobe!
- The
Glue Of Repetition
- By Jamie Andreas
Once
you understand the mechanics of correct practice, including
the mental, emotional and physical aspects of the process,
the most powerful tool you can use when you sit down to
practice is what I call the Glue Of Repetition, and this
glue is applied with another tool, one that every student
I have ever taught is required to get, and learn how to
use properly: a metronome.
- How
To Nail A Solo
- By Jamie Andreas
First
of all, we must have the basics of practice approach down,
and a proper foundation to our technique. If we do not know
how to teach our fingers anything, and as a result, all
of our past efforts in practice have given us a tension
filled and handicapped pair of hands, then we are like crippled
people trying to run a marathon.
- Get
A Balanced Practice Diet -
By Craig Bassett
In this guitar lesson you'll learn how to
structure your guitar practice in THE most effective way!
- Guitar
Practicing or Guitar Playing?
- By Edward Cupler
Just because you’re holding your guitar
doesn’t mean that you’re playing it, and just
because you’re playing your guitar doesn’t mean
that you’re practicing. There is a real difference
and it needs to be acknowledged if you want to improve your
level of playing skill.
- Managing
Your Time, When Music Isn't Your "Day Job"
By Linda Dessau
You CAN do everything. What you cannot do,
however, is do everything at the same time, or create a
day that’s longer than 24 hours.
- Music
Practice Techniques For Learning repertory
- By Elan Chalford
Several specific practice techniques are
described for making it easier and faster to learn new music
repertory.
- When
Does Practice Make Perfect?
- By Lee Tribbey
So you have gotten a musical instrument as
a gift, right? Now what??
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