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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How to Handle Your Guitar Teacher
do you play guitar with tension

Take The Tension Test

Take The Tension Test!How much tension are you (really) playing with?Practicing guitar while holding tension in any part of the body will prevent your fingers from learning the movements you are trying to teach them. Unfortunately, virtually ALL guitar students

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Take The Tension Test
the light finger

Discover The Light Finger

How Do Fingers Work On Guitar? A guitar player uses their fingers on the strings the same way a runner uses their legs. How is that done? We shift our weight to one leg. We relax the other leg and

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Discover The Light Finger
the heavy arm on guitar

Walking Across Strings With The Heavy Arm

Walking Across The Strings With The Heavy Arm I hope you enjoyed learning about   1The Light Finger 2The Firm Finger 3The Floating Arm 4The Heavy Arm 5Walking Across The Strings With Light Fingers & Floating Arm Now it is time

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Walking Across Strings With The Heavy Arm
guitar lifers

Guitar Lovers Are Guitar Lifers!

Guitar Lovers Are In It For Life! What is it about the guitar that makes so many people have a lifelong obsession with all things guitar? I am fascinated by the fact that I have met so many people who

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Guitar Lovers Are Guitar Lifers!
the basic practice approach

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

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Build Guitar Skill with The Basic Practice Approach
what you better know before you practice guitar

1. 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

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1. What You’d Better Know BEFORE You Practice Guitar
The Cycle Of The Note

7. 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

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7. The Cycle Of The Note
Guitar Habits 1

4. Guitar Habits 1: Movement Follow Form

Form First, Then Movement No 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

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4. Guitar Habits 1: Movement Follow Form

What Are “The Principles”?

What Are “The Principles”? Most guitar methods do not actually train your fingers to play the guitar well. They give you music and exercises that require already trained fingers to be able to play them well, without struggle.  Guitar Principles

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What Are “The Principles”?

Are The Principles For You?

Are "The Principles Of Correct Practice For Guitar" ...For YOU?The short answer: YES! If you are interested in finally getting pro level skill in your fingers!"The Principles Of Correct Practice For Guitar" is a scientific method for training your fingers

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Are The Principles For You?