This leads on from what I was talking about in a previous article but it applies more specifically to intermediate guitarists, or those that are stuck on the so-called intermediate plateau. I say so-called because the main problem you face…
Category: Intermediate Plateau
Soloing by Numbers: Improve Your Phrasing and Your Alternate Picking
I can’t remember where I saw this but it’s a great exercise for improving your phrasing, as well as getting out of scale ruts and so forth. It’s similar to the idea we looked at in the How to Create…
How to See Music Theory on the Guitar Fretboard
For the most part I taught myself to play guitar. I spent a year at Music College and had a teacher for the year or so prior to going there, which accounts for less than 20% of the time I’ve…
Are You Learning Guitar All Wrong?
Guitarists often get stuck in a rut during the (endless) process of learning this amazing instrument. Most believe it’s inevitable that your learning rate will slow down, or you’ll reach a plateau and stay there for a while, but could…