The most common complaint among guitar players is not being able to find time to practice. This month’s topic is all about maximizing and using your practice time. Under the “Practicing” header, you’ll find links to some of the many wonderful articles and lessons we have here at Guitar Noise about practicing, written by a wide range of contributing authors. You’re bound to find a lot of interesting and educational material.
Getting the Most out of your Practice
Going On Vacation
First time contributor Dmitry details the work and thought process involved on taking one’s guitar along a trip, using his latest vacation as an example of how well things can work out!
The Magic Triangle Of Musicianship
Let’s offer a warm “welcome back” to Nick, who brings us a look at the interlocking relationship of three important creative aspects of musicianship – improvising, composing and transcribing – and how you can use them to move up from being someone who just dabbles with the guitar to a serious musician.
Organizing Practice for Better Results
In his first of hopefully many pieces for Guitar Noise, Tom Mariotti looks at how to go about organizing your practice sessions in order to get the most out of the time you put into them.
Going Back To Our Roots
Way, way, way back when, mankind had only two instruments. And by examining how these two are still used today, we can improve our timing, phrasing and many other aspects of our guitar playing. Josh Urban takes us on this interesting tour from early to electric man.
Monthly Topics
- Chord Melodies
- Blues Guitar
- Teaching Guitar
- Learn How to Play Solos
- Music Theory
- Alternate and Open Tunings
- Songwriting for Beginners
- Playing Live
- How to Buy a Guitar
- Getting the Most out of your Practice
- How to Sing and Play Guitar
- Learn to Play Christmas Songs on Guitar