If you are feeling stuck with your songwriting, everything you write sounds the same, and you’re struggling to find some new creative ideas, try these 6 ideas to spice up your songs, and kickstart your songwriting creativity: 1) Take Structural and Arrangement Ideas From Songs Outside of Your Genre A big piece of songwriting is structure and arrangement, and arguably, … [Read more...] about 6 Ways to Improve Your Songwriting
Chords in the Major Scale
One of the best songwriting tools I ever learned was how to build chords from the major scale.This is sometimes called “the harmonised major scale”, because the scale has been harmonised with itself.The harmonised major scale is a must know topic for anyone wanting to start writing their own songs, improvising, or just wanting to learn more about music in … [Read more...] about Chords in the Major Scale
Neoclassical Guitar Scales
Neoclassical guitar scales are really, really fun. By playing neoclassical scales on guitar, we can create some incredibly rich and interesting sounds in our playing an improvising. Lets take a look at some of these neoclassical scales and how we can use them in our guitar playing: The Harmonic Minor Scale The original king of neoclassical guitar scale, the harmonic minor … [Read more...] about Neoclassical Guitar Scales
Growth Mindset and Learning Guitar
In 2012, Carol Dweck published a book called “Mindset: How You Can Fulfil Your Potential”. In this book (which is a great read – especially if you are learning or looking to start learning guitar), she identified two types of mindset, the ‘fixed’ mindset, and the ‘growth’ mindset. What is a Mindset? Before we start to think about how the two approaches apply to … [Read more...] about Growth Mindset and Learning Guitar
Become Content With Your Progress on Guitar
Quite often, as guitar players, we feel unsatisfied with our progress. We feel like we are not learning fast enough, or that whatever we are working on is more difficult than other people find it to learn. Nearly all my students have felt this way sometime or another. I know I’ve often felt this way, and I’m sure you have too. This feeling is unpleasant, and … [Read more...] about Become Content With Your Progress on Guitar
