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Created 2008 08 26
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Chords are a basic building block of guitar playing. I teach basic open chords then basic barres th...
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Created 2008 08 24
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On Trevor Maurice's learnclassicalguitar.com, new free music for August is up. The selection is Eco...
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Created 2008 08 22
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I saw an article on meditation and as I skimmed it to see if it's worth reading I noticed how someth...
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Created 2008 08 20
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I've been working with a student doing fingerstyle. The situation is they only have an electric gui...
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Created 2008 08 18
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Berlee Music offers some guitar courses online. Reading through, you email or otherwise send record...
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Created 2008 08 15
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About.com is like an alternate wikipedia. Though lists like this annoy me, thought I'd share anyway...
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Created 2008 08 13
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This video demonstrates and explains playing a blues rhythm using ZZ Top for the example. The video...
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Created 2008 08 12
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I saw this a few weeks ago but this is the first time I'd seen a full version. This reminds me of g...
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Created 2008 08 11
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You've probably heard of Isaac Hayes' death. He was an awesome and soulful musician. Who else coul...
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Created 2008 08 07
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Niedt's tip for August is the second part covering vibrato that started in July. A few days late pos...
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Created 2008 08 04
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No, the title isn't a Beevis inspired joke. Though I obviously thought of that. Here's an article ...
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Created 2008 08 02
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Here's the St. Louis Classical Guitar Society 07-08 list of performers. This list is taken from the...
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Created 2008 07 31
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Here's a link to an article about how these two games are competing for better band than the other. ...
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Created 2008 07 30
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Something that astounds some guitar students is learning different ways to tune a guitar. Here's a ...
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Created 2008 07 29
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Here's a cool vid of a father and son playing Tico Tico. Found this when I was looking at different...
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Created 2008 07 28
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Getting a list of the five most expensive guitars is easy (you can sort the list). This list groups...
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Created 2008 07 24
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After a student is with me for awhile, they reach a point of wanting to learn the solo from a song. ...
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Created 2008 07 23
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The Belgian Jazz guitar site has part 2 of the last lesson about minor blues for jazz. The lesson i...
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Created 2008 07 22
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Here's an article of the best guitar solos from the 1970's. Of course these list sparks some debate...
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Created 2008 07 22
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Having different ways to look at chords helps people learn them. Here's a cool site with a nice cho...
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Created 2008 07 20
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I (re)started working on Bach's Prelude No 1 in C from the Well Tempered Clavier book 1. Despite a ...
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Created 2008 07 19
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MusicCards.net has lots of game like sections that are made to help you learn more about music. The...
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Created 2008 07 16
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This was the first one I found Googling, so maybe it's just bad luck. Here's a flash drum machine, ...
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Created 2008 07 16
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Here's a pdf and midi file created with LilyPond for the note the other day (http://www.walzguitar.c...
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Created 2008 07 14
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Found a cool site focused on the Bossa Nova. There are lots of chords and lyrics setup like a jazz ...
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Created 2008 07 14
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Here's a chord progression for E Dorian. This works well in the Jam Machine (http://www.all-guitar-...
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Created 2008 07 13
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Small update on the scalar mode page. There's been some unannounced updates related to this. But, ...
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Created 2008 07 12
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Niedt's tip for July covers vibrato. This is for nylon strings. As always, Niedt does a fantastic ...
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Created 2008 07 12
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The LearnClassicalGuitar.com site has new free music up for July. Andante by Joseph Kuffner. The P...
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Created 2008 07 06
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Going to Jamaica for a week. Always feel odd going through customs having fingernails on one hand. ...
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Created 2008 07 06
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I'm fascinated with 'lesson' video which are more 'look at what I can do' instead of actually being ...
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Created 2008 07 03
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Rand across this video and it reminded me of the Juan Martin video I posted recently. Here Rod and ...
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Created 2008 07 03
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Nearly a year ago I purchased Carcassi in Tablature. This is a spiral bound book and CD published b...
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Created 2008 06 30
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A few weeks ago I purchased four pieces of guitar furniture from Guitar Salon. There are a bench, m...
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Created 2008 06 30
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Juan Martin is a flamenco guitarist who has several publication on Mel Bay and has done various reco...
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Created 2008 06 30
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Changed the display a little to avoid scroll bars and added a refresh function with the next update ...
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Created 2008 06 27
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Here's a simple javascript widget for guitar related sites. It's a customizable multi-search for so...
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Created 2008 06 27
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There's a new lesson on the Jazz Guitar (http://jazzguitar.be) site about the minor blues progressio...
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Created 2008 06 26
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Here's a link I saw on the RMCG group. Nice, detailed, video examples of the rest stroke. Nicely d...
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Created 2008 06 24
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Here's a gadget for Windows Vista. Download and unzip (usually by right clicking and choosing extra...
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Created 2008 06 24
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The Hanser-McClellan duo, St. Louis Bella Corda and Daniele Bazzani will be performing Wednesday, July...
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Created 2008 06 20
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Many guitar students reach a point where they, despite me telling them ahead of time, that many song...
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Created 2008 06 18
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Here's a cool site. Part of the All Guitar Chord site, the Guitar Jam Machine lets you click in cho...
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Created 2008 06 17
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A student asked about worship music. After a little search, here's a good resource, Eilieen Jahna h...
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Created 2008 06 13
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No kidding, play Guitar Hero in your browser. This is a fun game made by the makers--not a copy. S...
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Created 2008 06 13
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You may have noticed a big widget on the front page. I saw something on Perez (http://perezhilton.c...
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Created 2008 06 12
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Made some major improvements to the scalar mode page. (1) Tidied up the layout, instead of many but...
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Created 2008 06 11
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A guitar to change the world... See if you agree after watching the vid. Seems cool, but I'm slowl...
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Created 2008 06 08
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Worked some more with LilyPond some more. I've been putting some of the music I use with students i...
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Created 2008 06 06
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I've been thinking about the notation maker page I have. I've been thinking about how it doesn't do...
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Created 2008 06 05
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Related to the previous note, on the Niedt site is a tip of the month which you can sign up for. Th...
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Created 2008 06 04
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Here's a site I'd used before, but didn't bookmark therefore I forgot it. Anyway, this is where I l...
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Created 2008 06 03
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Here's a list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs according to Rolling Stone magazine. There are some ...
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Created 2008 06 03
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The sincopa is a type of tango rhythm. There are a few variations for this rhythm. If you don't kno...
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Created 2008 06 01
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If you're looking for the explanation for figuring out guitar chords, here's a site that may help. ...
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Created 2008 05 28
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A a musician, hobbyist or working or whatever, staying in the know is good and helps keep things fre...
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Created 2008 05 27
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If the need arises to figure out what a chord is called, visit All-Guitar-Chords Chord Name page (ht...
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Created 2008 05 25
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With this Memorial Day, I was thinking about memorial songs. My sister-in-law passed a little over ...
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Created 2008 05 24
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Barre chords are always a hurdle for beginning guitarists. As a teacher, you want to find something...
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Created 2008 05 22
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During a lesson the other day, a beginner asked about how to learn to chord changes. Meaning, in a ...
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Created 2008 05 21
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Every once in awhile, you'll encounter a chord that just isn't quick in your memory. The few times ...
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Created 2008 05 19
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The milonga is a type of tango rhythm. The milonga is a little more sophisticated than the marcato ...
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Created 2008 05 17
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Paco de Lucia is an excellent guitarist. These vids are from decades ago. One is 1960's and the ot...
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Created 2008 05 16
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A user on YouTube has some highly veiwed instructional vids for classical. Theses are from a classr...
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Created 2008 05 14
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I wanted to get classical guitar 'set up' so I started looking for a luthier that was nearby. I fou...
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Created 2008 05 12
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People often ask what makes a classical guitar a classical guitar. Well, instead of making some abs...
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Created 2008 05 10
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Added 85 more songs to the Hal Leonard guitar songbook library that I have growing on my shelf. Now...
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Created 2008 05 10
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The Stetina site has lots of guitar information. It's more rock and metal oriented. The practice t...
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Created 2008 05 08
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Been wanting to update the note and chord constructors. After thinking, a better idea was to combin...
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Created 2008 05 07
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Some people complain about Nirvana and the lack of musical precision. They forgot that's not really...
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Created 2008 05 05
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Not necessarily guitar related, but Nine Inch Nails has their new album for free download. This see...
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Created 2008 05 05
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A song many beginning students can get a handle on is Stepping Stone. What's good about this song i...
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Created 2008 05 05
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A simple Tango rhythm is the Marcato. Tap you foot, each time you hear a tap, that's the beat and t...
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Created 2008 05 01
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I've been going through the books I have from the Hal Leonard Guitar Songbook series. On the Resour...
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Created 2008 04 30
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The Music Library of Sweden has the collection of classical guitar music digitized and online. The ...
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Created 2008 04 29
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Have a couple students starting this song. I love this old tv show clip.
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Created 2008 04 29
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A student is going to start working on Crush Crush Crush by Paramore.
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Created 2008 04 29
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This is related to potential and current guitar students. I have spots open on Monday and Tuesday. ...
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Created 2008 04 28
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Sometimes, when practicing you'll play something perfect. Something better than a recording. The o...
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Created 2008 04 26
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Here's a simple site I use often. It's basically an online tuner. There's a drop list in case you ...
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Created 2008 04 26
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Here's a site that is like the Real Book but online. On Ralph Patt's Jazz Web Page, you get links t...
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Created 2008 04 25
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If you are learning music or want something to quiz yourself, musictheory.net had some great free to...
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Created 2008 04 23
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Like my brother says, and well, lots of musicians, a metronome is one of the best practice tools you...
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Created 2008 04 23
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Sometimes I hear a song and have to learn the main riff, a fill, or whatever. I went to a friend's ...
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Created 2008 04 21
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Something guitar teachers (and just about any other type of teacher) has to deal with is students no...
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Created 2008 04 19
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Ran across this link in a newsgroup, RMCG. This site has many PDF files that are FREE. The variety...
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Created 2008 04 19
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When practicing, group songs together by a theme. Play them one into the other or medley style. Th...
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Created 2008 04 18
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Almost like a train spotter, I have a tendency to search for lists of guitar songs. Best Metal Riff...
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Created 2008 04 17
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Was working with someone and the topic of strumming came up. The situation was, they were having a ...
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Created 2008 04 16
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For those looking for some direction when beginning classical guitar work, OpenGuitar has some great...
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Created 2008 04 15
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If you're a guitar player who dabbles in classical, then you're missing out on a whole other world...
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Created 2008 04 14
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If your practicing is hitting a boring plateau, here is a suggestion. Play a new, or old, song usin...
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Created 2008 04 13
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Usually, I am a total cheapskate when going to buy something. While waiting for a certain magazine t...
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Created 2008 04 11
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An excellent resource for music and jazz theory and jazz lessons is the Jazz Guitar Online (http://w...
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Created 2008 04 10
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The All Guitar Chords (http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/index.php) is a good place to look up all ki...
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Created 2008 04 09
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Though the article is a few years old, the online edition of Guitar Player magazine has an article that is us...
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Created 2008 04 07
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Added more scale modes to the Scalar Mode page (http://walzguitar.com/modes/). Now, the seven diato...
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Created 2008 04 06
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When learning a new piece or song, learn a part or phase and replay it within a few minutes. Then re...
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Created 2008 04 06
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Using a metronome can be a great help when working on control. Try changing tempos in songs to creat...
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