Practice Tips
Get In Tune The very first thing that you should do when you pick you guitar is to tune it. Let’s face it, an out of tune guitar can sound horrendous. Do yourself and use a quality tuner to check you...
View ArticleRhythm Notation Practice Session
Before you tackle this sessions you may want to take a look at these two lessons: note values and measures as I talk about them a lot in the video. You don’t have to be an expert just yet, but it will...
View ArticleTechnique Exercises @76 BPM
In this session we’ll be moving up to 76 beats per minute. For many, things will start to get tough and you might feel yourself lagging behind. Keep in mind that building speed takes...
View ArticleTechnique Exercises @ 76 BPM Part 2
We’re at 76 beats per minute once again. We have a couple of exercises on the easy side and a few that are downright on the difficult side. Don’t get discouraged! Keep on plugging...
View ArticleTechnique Exercises @ 80 BPM
How fast can you go? Let’s kick up the metronome up a notch. We’ll be at 80 beats per minute. If you find yourself struggling, try the same exercises at a little slower tempo...
View ArticleTechnique Exercises @ 80 BPM Part 2
We’ll work with our finger isolation exercises in the routine. We’ll only use 2 fingers per string, but each finger will get a good workout once you’re done with all the exercises. Fig. 1...
View ArticleTechnique Exercises At 84 BPM
This this group of exercises we’ll start off with a piece of the G major scale, play a couple single string licks that deal heavily with open strings, and finish up with a weird...
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