Apologies for the clickbait title, I couldn’t think of a better one and besides, I believe this post will help you learn guitar fast, or at least at least speed up the process a little.…
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Reaching an intermediate level of guitar playing is a great achievement, it means you have the discipline and perseverance to stick with what can be a very frustrating instrument to learn. It’s around this stage…
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For many, learning guitar is a painful process, and it’s not just people’s fingers that are hurting; their brains are hurting too. It’s no wonder though, as we guitarists have a lot of ‘fluff’ to…
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A lot of guitarists get stuck on the intermediate plateau, some for years, some even give up playing at this point, which is a shame. You’ll actually go through various plateaus as you get better…
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Once in a while you see a guitarist perform, not necessarily a well-known one, and the consensus is that the guy, or girl, is a tasteful player. I can think of a few off the…
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Singer, guitarist and songwriter Ben Mauro has just finished up a major European tour with none other than legendary pop/funk icon Lionel Richie. It was a two-month tour of sold out arenas across Europe. Ben’s…
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Bass players are a pretty good source for the deep intellectual and spiritual side of music as you’ll know if you’ve ever read Victor Wooten’s ‘The Music Lesson’. This short post features an Anthony Wellington…
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My buddy Alex over at (the now defunct) guitarsightedinstruction.com got me thinking about teaching experiences, and one in particular that had a truly profound effect on me. Back in the early 2000s I had made the…
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1. How much time do you spend actually making music?Think about how much time you actually spend creating new music. It’s strange but a lot of musicians, especially guitarists, spend about 95% of the time…
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