by Dennis Winge The great jazz trumpeter Miles David had a reputation for his pithy but profound sayings. One of these was “Listen, then play.” This was...
Have you ever had the feeling that you haven’t improved much on the guitar? Where progress just feels slow? Perhaps all your friends and family are telling you that you...
By Byron Marks There are a lot of guitar players that spend a majority of their time playing the same things over and over again. They don’t make any improvements in...
Back Home Why do people struggle to improve their guitar playing There are many reasons why people struggle to improve their guitar playing. Below we go through some of the...
It is very common for players to hit “plateaus” with their playing. These plateaus, or brick walls, are all caused by a very specific problem that has not been diagnosed (if...
This is quite a basic idea that a lot of self-taught players get wrong. Basically, we want to hold our guitar like a classical guitar player holds it – the guitar...
A huge factor in becoming a good musician is muscle tension. This is something that rarely gets taught or explained. What do we mean when we talk about muscle tension?...
One of the things that determines how effective your practice time is is what you are thinking about mentally when you are practising. Obviously, we want to be thinking about...
Have you ever wondered why some guitar players become great, and why some don’t? What is it that makes them different? Is it where they were brought up? Seeming as...
The first step to getting what you want… is to know what you want. This applies to our guitar playing just as much as every other area of life. If you don’t know what...