How to Handle Your Guitar Teacher

"The Principles" vs. Your Guitar Teacher"The Principles Of Correct Practice For Guitar" has been an "ah-ha" moment for countless long time players. If you read "The Principles" before you begin guitar lessons, it will drastically change how your lessons proceed. Your teacher

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Should I take guitar lessons?

Do I Need Guitar Lessons?

Judging by the great amount of tension in this players right hand as it clutches at the strings, I would say YES, some guitar lessons would be a good idea! Having spent my life giving guitar lessons, you might suspect

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The True Teacher

The True Guitar Teacher

As a lifelong guitar student, guitar player and guitar teacher, this is the subject that fires my greatest passion. If I could get across only one message, and for some reason wasn’t allowed to say anything else, this is what

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Student Abuse

Guitar Student Abuse

Here is one of many stories that guitar students have written to me over the years…. Hi Jamie, I have a history of hand problems, and I was searching for some instruction on proper form that might help. I was

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