I am about to tell you something you won’t expect: Stop Practicing! Say what? Ok, not really, but now that I have your attention, let me explain about how and when we practice. It doesn’t matter whether you are a pro or are just starting out, this advice is for Read more
Knowledge of barre chords can be one of your greatest assets as a guitar player That’s what I said last week. I wanted you to first look at how well you are playing the four basic shapes like this: From those four shapes you can play virtually any 7 and Read more
See if this scenario sounds familiar: You pick up your guitar (or really ANY musical instrument) to either play something or practice something And then it hits: nothing interesting comes up. Or, maybe more accurate: nothing comes up at all You have been playing and/or practicing the same songs, scales, Read more
When we grab our guitars what is it that most of us want to do? Play songs! When it comes down to it, that is what all of us guitar players really want to do. Even when we want to just jam or “noodle around”, we are still playing (or Read more
When you are playing songs on guitar (or any instrument), you know you are in the moment when you put your whole self into it. Everything is really clicking. Moments like that are really awesome. But, there are also times when putting our whole self into it can be detrimental Read more
While teaching in my private lessons, I have been seeing more and more a troubling trend. Here is an example: A brand new student comes into my studio for the first time wanting to take guitar lessons to correct some problems he knows he has. Naturally I want to see Read more