TheGuitarLesson.com This post appeared first at Alternate Picking Tips on TheGuitarLesson.com, thanks for reading. One of the most important and useful lead guitar technique beginner guitarists must learn at an early stage is alternate picking. Most beginners tend to pick the strings only downwards, which is a bad habit to get used to, and if … Continue reading Alternate Picking Tips
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips It’s a common misconception that your ability to learn new things and pick up new skills is truncated, diminished, or otherwise compromised once you reach adulthood. You hear about classical and pop musicians getting their start on the piano at age three or five or seven and … Continue reading Learning piano as an adult: a guide
Hold to Hold a Guitar Pick – TheGuitarLesson.com This post appeared first at How to Hold a Guitar Pick on TheGuitarLesson.com, thanks for reading. Learning how to hold the guitar pick correctly is one of the first things you should learn when you decide to learn the guitar. If you learn it well in the … Continue reading How to Hold a Guitar Pick
TheGuitarLesson.com This post appeared first at Too old to learn guitar at 30? 40? 50? 60? Think again! on TheGuitarLesson.com, thanks for reading. Undoubtedly some of the most frequent letters I get here at TheGuitarLesson.com are from people asking whether they are too old to learn guitar. In fact, the “Am I too old to … Continue reading Too old to learn guitar at 30? 40? 50? 60? Think again!
GUITARHABITS Last Updated on September 10, 2020 by Klaus Crow Sometimes the hardest part of practicing is starting. It’s the “thought” of having to practice that gets in the way, not practicing itself. Feelings of resistance arise and you trying to justify not practicing translates in words like I am “too busy”, “too tired”, or … Continue reading How to Simplify Your Guitar Process
TheGuitarLesson.com This post appeared first at Best Way to Build Calluses for Guitar on TheGuitarLesson.com, thanks for reading. Do your fingertips hurt right from playing guitar? Don’t worry, it’s part of the learning process. Be comforted by the fact that all beginners go through this, and the pain will go away with time once your … Continue reading Best Way to Build Calluses for Guitar
This article is from an external source and may contain external links not controlled by Empeda Music. TheGuitarLesson.com This post appeared first at Walking Into Chords on Guitar on TheGuitarLesson.com, thanks for reading. Walking up or down into a chord is a really nice way of making a transition from one chord to another. The … Continue reading Walking Into Chords on Guitar
There are plenty of tips and tricks out there on how to write a catchy song, come up with creative melodies, or be a thoughtful, savvy composer. This will not be among those. This will be a slightly different guide for a slightly different purpose. And as worthy and elusive a purpose as composing original … Continue reading How to make a song
This post appeared first at Guitarist Rhythm Troubles – How to Stay on Beat! on TheGuitarLesson.com, thanks for reading. Lots of beginner, and even intermediate guitarists have rhythm problems, I did as well. Actually, guitarists are notoriously known to have no sense of rhythm whatsoever, thats why drummers were created, to help us stay on … Continue reading Guitarist Rhythm Troubles – How to Stay on Beat!
This post appeared first at 5 Guitar Games to Help You Learn Guitar on TheGuitarLesson.com, thanks for reading. Do you think you’re too old for games? Think again! Guitar games are great for getting you to learn several guitar concepts, that you would otherwise have to learn by mending over a book and studying/memorizing. And … Continue reading 5 Guitar Games to Help You Learn Guitar
