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50 Little Things You Can Do To Get More From Your Guitar Practice Time

September 15, 2022 by Sam Russell Leave a Comment

When you know what you want to playing, choosing what to practice is easy

Set Goals For Yourself and Guitar practice The first step to getting more form your guitar practice time isn’t doing practice, but thinking about who you want to be as a guitarist. Do you want to play rock guitar? Rhythm guitar? Lead guitar? Classical guitar? Do you want to be able to compose or improvise? Read music? Or play songs from tab? What genres do you want to … [Read more...] about 50 Little Things You Can Do To Get More From Your Guitar Practice Time

How to Perform Neoclassical Chord Progressions on Guitar

May 14, 2022 by Sam Russell Leave a Comment

The music theory behind neoclassical guitar is the theory of what is known as “The Common Practice Period”, often abbreviated to CPP, of music.  The CPP spans roughly from 1650 - 1900. In terms of music theory, this is what we know as “tonal music”. CPP gave us: a framework for the order in which chords can be played and exceptions for those rules, known as … [Read more...] about How to Perform Neoclassical Chord Progressions on Guitar

The Guitarists Guide to Lead Guitar

May 7, 2022 by Sam Russell Leave a Comment

What is Lead Guitar? Lead guitar is when a guitarist plays a melody, usually in a higher pitch range.  In most rock, pop and metal music, the main melody of the song is performed by the vocalist.  You can think of lead guitar as replacing the vocalist, for supplying the main melodic material of the song, at that point in time.  You often hear lead … [Read more...] about The Guitarists Guide to Lead Guitar

The Guitarists Guide to Sweep Picking

April 9, 2022 by Sam Russell Leave a Comment

Sweep picking is a popular technique amongst shred guitar players, and cracking the technique is often seen as an important milestone for guitarists interested in that genre.  But is sweep picking a technique that is only useful for those who want to shred, or is it worth learning for all lead guitar players? That is what we are going to discuss. But, before we … [Read more...] about The Guitarists Guide to Sweep Picking

10,000 hours and becoming a better guitarist

April 5, 2022 by Sam Russell Leave a Comment

You may have heard of the 10,000 hours rule to becoming a master at any skill, and in this artivle we are going to talk about how this applies to practising and improving our guitar playing. Simply put, the 10,000 hours rule states that in order to become a master at a subject, you have to put in at least 10,000 hours of practice.  In this article we’ll talk about … [Read more...] about 10,000 hours and becoming a better guitarist

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