Often my students ask me which type of picking should be used to conquer a riff or sequence most effectively. In the beginning, there are very clear answers to this question. As you grow as a player you will find there are no clear rules to the game, especially if a...
We’ve all been there. Practicing a riff or chord change for weeks and still can’t play it at the speed our favorite artist plays it at. Practicing it slowly and deliberately, focusing on every note. This playing tip is about letting all that go. Sometimes...
Consider these 3 things: 1) It is easier to press the strings down more intently if you have some kind of “point” to your approach, as if you were pointing to the string you wanted to push. 2) The hardest part of your finger is the tip, where the bone is...
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...
Extra string noise plagues many electric guitarists, even the most accomplished ones. You’ve heard it before or maybe battle with it every day. Its that extra noise that occurs when you are playing and a bunch of notes or just weird sounds come from your guitar...
Its an exercise in right and left hand independence. If this situation applies to you the tip 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,...
