Last time we looked at the big picture for planning our practice and then taking a action to get results by working on the most challenging parts apart from the rest of the piece and then later putting it all together. Today I just want to say that it takes practicing...
The way that notes are produced on the guitar is that pressure is applied to a string at a point near the frets,causing a shortening of the string length that vibrates and finally a change in pitch. On the simplest level you need only apply enough pressure to push...
The fret is the point that the string vibrates against to produce a note. If there is extra string between the fret and the point where your finger pushes down the string it is likely that the string between your finger and the fret can cause a “buzzy” or...
I still remember the feeling I had the first few times I ever jammed with my friend who was a drummer. Both of us were still learning to play. Neither of us was that good at our instrument. In fact I had never even taken a lesson and he only had only learned a...
If this situation applies to you these tips will help: You can play chords,. You can strum. But doing both at the same time isn’t quite working! Often I see students at this stage stop or slow their strumming, losing rhythm, when they make the chord change....
