These are some of the little tips I wish the publishers would put in the books. I guess when I write my own book I can do that. :P Yes, and please...
Yea, that's truly a sweet moment. To see your son take after his dad. Plus, knowing it could be the start of something great one day. I too wish my pa...
I am a programmer and find new programming language easier than learning a new combination of chords switch. :shock: I'm a software engineer too and ...
Great post Chris. We are defently on the same page. I realy DO enjoy playing... Ive had bad times in the past when I just wasnt getting it, and got so...
Good solos definitely tell a "story". They're like little mini-adventures (not freebird). The most important thing is 1) drop the ego 2) use your "ear...
I too suspect that this is just some clever marketing term given to a typical pentatonic scale or major scale for the purposes of playing "lead". That...
Take your difficult chord changing and for the beginning practice on them only. A lot of player "practice" a lot on what they already have and not on ...
That's the thing, you might want to just do this:Pick a song you really like. See if it's easy to play. Just has a few chords. Then learn it. Learn it...
Not sure if this needs to be said but I think it's important: Learn the songs WELL. My big mistake starting out was not learning the entire song, and ...
Rhythm is hard enough to teach already, even in person. Now teaching rhythm in a book is clearly quite a challenge. I really think the way rhythm is l...
Couldn't agree more with the 4 points above. I think you get to a certain point and you just realize that you gotta have fun on the guitar, or what's ...
So making music with them is what makes them ‘stick' for me, not trying to memorise boxes off charts. Yeah, that's exactly how it works. It's a sci...
I'm pretty good a coming up with neat stuff on guitar that sounds interesting. Not a super technical player, but I can get really creative sometimes.
I found a cool article yesterday on how to improve rhythm. *** Moderator Edit: I tried to read this article and it wouldn't load. ***I agree with mos...
I pratice scales buy spending a short time running through them when I start, then spend a wile taking those scales, and try to turn them into a solo/...