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5 Alternate Picking Exercises
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You are here: Home. Raquo; Coaching Sessions. Raquo; 5 Alternate Picking Exercises. 5 Alternate Picking Exercises. August 7, 2015. Beginners often find it difficult to start alternate picking. Why Not Just Use Downstrokes? 8216;Learning to alternate pick will … allow you to play more complex music at higher tempos.’. 8216;Work on these exercises a little each day. With practice, alternate picking will get easier.’. If you find any of the exercises too difficult, start with a smaller section of an exercis...
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Target Notes in Blues Solos | Guitar Coach
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You are here: Home. Raquo; Coaching Sessions. Raquo; Target Notes in Blues Solos. Target Notes in Blues Solos. July 16, 2015. If you find yourself running up and down the frets and scales but feeling uninspired when playing blues solos, then here’s just one approach to help you break out of the musical rut. What Are Target Notes? A target note is simply any note that you aim to play over a specific chord at a certain point within the chord structure of the solo. Learn Where the Notes Are. The A7 (dominan...
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Guitar Tips For Beginners | Guitar Coach Magazine
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You are here: Home. Raquo; A Personal Guitar Journey. A Personal Guitar Journey. April 1, 2015. This is it. Music is what I want to do. There is no Plan B for me. I’m Amanda. I’m 25, and live in Columbia, SC. I wanted to share with you my thoughts and also some tips for beginner players. I’ve recently celebrated my 3rd year of playing guitar, on Sun Feb 15th. I can’t even believe that! It’s just unreal to me. I’ve made many musician friends, and feel very lucky to have them in my corner. Also, ...I’...
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Less Obvious Gig Bag Essentials | Guitar Coach
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You are here: Home. Raquo; Guitar Stuff. Raquo; Less Obvious Gig Bag Essentials. Less Obvious Gig Bag Essentials. August 4, 2015. 8216;… the minimalist attitude is vulnerable to mishap and can lead down the dark and dismal road to disaster …’. So you’ve got your first gig! Well done. But what the hell should you bring? If you’re strictly a minimalist I suppose that. 1 Pen and Paper. Gaffer tape. Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY 2.5. NOTE: Do not use duct tape. I repeat DO NOT use duct tap...
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3 Ideas for Playing Remarkable Guitar Solos
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You are here: Home. Raquo; Coaching Sessions. Raquo; 3 Ideas for Playing Remarkable Guitar Solos. 3 Ideas for Playing Remarkable Guitar Solos. July 8, 2015. Photo Credit: Ashley Jones. When I’m playing on other people’s records I’m often asked to come up with an interesting guitar solo, but the person asking doesn’t always know what they actually want. It’s all about context. Eddie Van Halen’s solo on Beat It by Michael Jackson stood out because it was on a pop/R&B tune; if it had been on a rock song...
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Beginning Guitar – To Learn Rhythm, or Lead? | Guitar Coach
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You are here: Home. Raquo; Beginning Guitar to Learn Rhythm, or Lead? Beginning Guitar to Learn Rhythm, or Lead? May 21, 2015. After 25 years playing guitar, I. Be agnostic on this. Be a master of one rhythm. Why Rhythm Guitar Is Better. Rhythm doesn’t need lead. Lead needs. Learn guitar. Learn it all. Learn rhythm, and learn lead. Learn theory. Follow your bliss. You didn’t get a guitar to follow advice from a guitar columnist, did you? I am just offering some advice, and frankly I am (usually) Correct.
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Why Guitarists Should Avoid Tablature | Guitar Coach
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You are here: Home. Raquo; Why Guitarists Should Avoid Tablature. Why Guitarists Should Avoid Tablature. June 9, 2015. Tablature. I loathe it. As far as I am aware, the guitar is the only instrument that offers the system. As a professional guitar teacher and performer I tell my students that we are musicians first, guitarists second, and I will always try to dissuade them from a reliance on tabs in favour of reading notation. Standard Notation vs. Tablature. I find tablature too restrictive in this resp...