How To Practice Guitar

What Should I Practice On Guitar

Download this guide! A recent letter asked this question:"What specifically should I practice, chords, scales or songs? I am feeling overwhelmed with lessons, books, methods, skills, & principles of practice!" This feeling of overwhelm troubles many beginning guitar students and

Why Is My Hand Cramping On Guitar?

If you have pain while playing the guitar...you are doing things wrong! You need foundation training. Hi Jamie,I have been working on eliminating tension from my body when I practice, but I am getting a bad cramp in my left

5 biggest mistakes all guitar students make

The 5 Biggest Mistakes Guitar Students Make

1) Practicing Guitar Too FastVirtually all guitar students practice everything at a speed that makes it impossible for their muscles to work in a relaxed fashion. Unknown to students, their muscles are in a state of chronic tension during the whole

Discover Your Discomfort: How To Relax On Guitar

Have you ever had trouble playing something on the guitar? Have you ever seen or heard someone play something, tried to do it yourself, maybe practiced it for a long time, and ended up with only frustration and bad feelings

How Much Should I Practice Guitar?

Q&A: How Much Should I Practice? "If you are not approaching it and relating to it all from the right place, it may not matter how much time you put in. " Dear Jamie,I just received your book “The Principles Of Correct

what you must do to practice effectively

How to Practice Guitar Effectively and Avoid Mistakes

Load More Your Muscles Don’t Know Right From Wrong Muscle memory is excellent, but it can work for or against you. For example, what happens if you do the right thing once, then the wrong thing, and then various combinations

Build Guitar Skill with The Basic Practice Approach

You're Not "Practicing Guitar...you are doing Motor Control Learning! When you sit down to practice guitar, you are not really "practicing guitar". You are really trying to teach your fingers to make particular movements in a particular way that will produce the

what you better know before you practice guitar

What You’d Better Know BEFORE You Practice Guitar

Here are the simple things you need to be aware of and understand before you begin to learn the guitar. Pay attention to these things, and you will be successful on guitar. Body Awareness The awareness of the physical body

Quality Control In Guitar Practice

"When you practice guitar - you are your own teacher. Be a good one!" ...Jamie AndreasThe 2 Conditions Of Correct PracticeCorrect Practice must fulfill two conditions: 1) Knowing the right thing to do2) Making sure you do the right thing. The

Pulling Up The Slack

“Pulling Up The Slack” takes us to the furthest edge of our ability, as fast as we can get there! The Basic Practice Approach (as found in The Principles) states, as Step #1: “Review and increase your understanding of what

"How you practice is how you play".........Jamie Andreas

"These articles will teach you what REAL guitar practice is. They can change your guitar playing life!