When I first started playing guitar I had an incredible enthusiasm, passion and drive to get good. And this led me to practice my ass off. And this is a good thing. I don't think anyone ever gets good at a musical instrument without this strong desire and commitment to practice.
At the same time, this intense desire to improve caused me to
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About 14 years ago I noticed that one of my students was making spectacular progress. They were progressing at a rate far faster than some of my other students. I was curious about how they were getting the results. So I asked them exactly how they approached their practice sessions.
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Introduction And Overview
Learning songs, licks and solos by ear is an absolutely vital part of becoming a good guitarist. Most excellent guitar players have spent many hours learning to play music by ear. They understand that music is a listening art, so anything you do that improves your musical ear is a good thing.
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In this article we take a look at the exact process that I use to plan my guitar practice. I call it The Guitar Mastery Practice Planning Process. (Try saying that 10 times in a row quickly!!!). Although the specifics of practice planning will be different for every guitarist, the actual process can be used by anyone.
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Learning to play the guitar can be a frustrating experience for many people. Often guitarists can't play the way that they want to. And they don't know what they need to do to reach their desired level of playing. They have problems with their guitar playing, but don't know the underlying causes of their problems.
Over the years I've helped a LOT of guitarists overcome their guitar playing problems. And I've noticed that MANY of these problems were created by the following thing…
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In an earlier blog article I talked about the value of learning to hustle. In that article we took a look at the importance of building momentum that helps you achieve your musical goals. In this article we are going to look at a specific strategy to help you build momentum.
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I'm a huge believer in modeling the actions of successful people. It helps to significantly reduce the amount of trial-and-error learning that takes place. This a simplified version of the process that I use…
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Many guitar players will NEVER reach the level of playing that they truly desire. And while there are many reasons for this, today we will take a look at a very common reason. And what is this reason?
Simply put…they fail to hustle.
Or in other words…
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You've probably seen plenty of advice on how to improve your guitar playing. So I thought I'd do the opposite. In this article I will reveal how to totally suck at guitar…
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Cool. Here we go. Here's how to totally suck at guitar…
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Introduction And Overview
Jamming with other musicians and to backing tracks is an essential part of learning to improvise solos. This process of jamming allows you to apply what you practice in a real-life musical situation. And this helps you grow as a musician.
Although I've bought a lot of jazz backing tracks in the past, I must admit my blues backing track collection has been a bit limited. So I was pleased when I came across the 50 Blues website…
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