10 Things You Need To Know About Guitar Players -Part 2-

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 3. Guitarists get upset when non-guitarists critique the way they play. Only other guitarists are the ones who are allowed to offer constructive criticism…and other musicians in general, except...

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10 Things You Need To Know About Guitar Players -Part 3-

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 7. If a guitarist is in a band, his/her fellow band members become family. This applies to most people in a band, no matter the instrument. We  end up spending so many hours hanging...

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10 Things You Gotta Know About the Fingerboard -Page 4-

9.SHIFT YOUR GAZE  By using a different graphic symbol for each chord tone as in Fig. 11, it’s easy to see how these five connecting C-chord shapes originate in open position with the circular C roots, the diamond-shaped Es, and the square Gs...

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10 Things You Gotta Know About the Fingerboard -Page 3-

6.TRAVEL THE SPACEWAYS  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); See how the roots in Fig. 5 appear on the fifth and third strings? That’s because we’ve shifted the entire root template down one link and added the missing...

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10 Things You Gotta Know About the Fingerboard -Page 2-

3.ADD ACCIDENTALS ON PURPOSE (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The remaining five tones within any octave (an increment of 12 half-steps) are annotated using accidentals, or sharp and flat symbols. A sharp (#) raises a note...

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Why Guitar Players Need to Be Fit

Many years ago I bought a guitar exercise book written by Al Di Meola. The first two things he pointed out in the book was the importance of creating good habits and taking care of your health. I never forgot those two golden rules, although taking...

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What is CAGED System?

Have you ever come across the term CAGED System. I know I have. I used to think it meant barre chords because to me, the shape of the barre chord kind of looks like a cage-like shape. However, I realise that that is not what the CAGED system is. (adsbygoogle...

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