Sometimes playing guitar isn’t enough. Banging out chords is way more fun when you can sing along. So let’s talk a bit about how to one and one together and get awesome. These are my best tips on how to play guitar and sing at the same time. Continue reading
Category: Brain Hacks (Page 1 of 2)
- Ok, you can get good at air guitar pretty quick.
Over the last 20 years of teaching guitar, I’ve been asked this question exactly 1.6 billion (give or take a billion) times. “How long will it take me to get good at guitar?” And my answer is the same every time. “No good teacher will give you an answer to that question.”
There are a few reasons for this… Continue reading
- This device totally won’t help you learn intervals by ear.
Ear training is, of course, an important part of learning any instrument. But without guidance it can be tough to know where to start. That’s where me and my college degree come in. Lucky you!
We’re going to concentrate on learning how to hear different intervals today. If you need a refresher on how intervals work and how they lay out on your guitar fretboard, check out this article. When I was first learning music I never could understand why intervals where important. Turns out, they are. Who knew? Continue reading
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could always be perfectly focused on what we’re doing without any outside distractions? Of course, we all know that doesn’t always happen. And sometimes it doesn’t happen at pretty important times. Like when you’re playing guitar… on stage… in front of hundreds (thousands!) of people. Continue reading
The best thing you can do for yourself in learning how to play the guitar, the #1 thing that will help you improve quickly, is having a good practice strategy.
Now, before we get into this, I want you to understand something important… Continue reading
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