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Articles that give the guitar student a deep knowledge of how to practice guitar for maximum results.
The Cycle Of The Note
Learn To Control “The Cycle Of The Note” – Or Suffer From Uncontrolled Tension!There are certain things that go wrong at the beginning of virtually all guitar students training.The most important of these is ignorance of what happens in the body every time you play a note on the guitar Every time you play a note, […]
Continue readingCorrect Right Hand Form On Guitar
The 2 Right Hand Positions On GuitarThere is a basic position for playing with a pick, and a basic position for playing fingerstyle. Although pro players may use variations of these positions, we should learn these basic positions first. Here are the basic characteristics of each position… FingerstylePickstyle1. The fingers are almost perpendicular to the […]
Continue readingGuitar Habits 2: Correct Left Hand Form On Guitar
The 2 Left Hand Positions You Need On GuitarThere is more than one “correct” position for the left hand on guitar. There are two basic left hand positions for guitar. However, one of them should be learned before the other, or important muscles in the hand will not develop properly.1) The Straight Position2) The Slanted […]
Continue readingGuitar Habits 1: Movement Follow Form
Form First, Then MovementNo matter what field of activity, if it is done with your body you are going to find that the best training teaches you form before anything else. If you take dance lessons, they will teach you to stand correctly and imagine a string pulling you from the chest. If you study […]
Continue readingThe 3 Levels of Guitar Practice
There are 3 Levels of Practice that guitar players must know how to use in order to achieve their full potential on guitar. They are Microscopic Practice, Assimilating, and Shaping. I have covered in detail these 3 levels, or aspects of practice in Chapter 5 of “The Principles Of Correct Practice For Guitar”. The first two […]
Continue readingHow To Do Correct Practice On Guitar: No Tempo Practice
How To Make Sure Your Fingers Do The Right ThingAt this point, we know two very important things about practicing guitar effectively.1Our fingers remember whatever they do, but they don’t know the difference between the right thing and the wrong thing. 2When we practice, it is our job to make sure they do the right thing.How […]
Continue readingWhat You Must Do To Practice Guitar Effectively
Your Muscles Don’t Know Right From WrongMuscle memory is a great thing, but it can work for you or against you. What happens if f you do the right thing once, then the wrong thing, and then various combinations of right and wrong? You end up with some pretty confused fingers! This is what most people […]
Continue readingWhat You Must Know To Practice Guitar Effectively
How Fingers Learn To Play Guitar: The Power of Muscle MemoryYour fingers have this amazing ability, as does every muscle in your body, to “remember”anything they do. We all use this ability of the muscles in different ways in various things we do in life. We’re all familiar with how a carpenter will take a […]
Continue readingWhat Does Practicing Guitar Really Mean?
You know, you can’t get someone to take their medicine if they don’t know they have the disease! So I wrote this essay, “What is Practicing?” to get players to begin to get an awareness of what real practicing is, and compare it to what they are presently doing. There is a good reason many […]
Continue readingHow To Make A Guitar Practice Schedule – The 4 Vital Areas
Why You Should Make A Guitar Practice Schedule There are many aspects of music and physical technique to be studied as we pursue our journey to become good guitar players. And, they are changing all the time. If you do what most guitar students do, you will not make the progress you could. Sometimes, you will […]
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