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| Fresh Practice Ideas And Tricks, rating: 9.1 |
| This lesson outlines a few tricks to improve your practice sessions, unusual ways to improve your playing with a metronome, different approaches to phrasing, and just general practice and playing advice. POSTED: 11/23/2009 - 06:51 am |
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| Warm Up Game, rating: 7.5 |
| This exercise is for all ranks. It is good to build up the speed and strength of both hands And its A GAME! Yep, even has levels for you to try and achieve. POSTED: 09/28/2009 - 08:01 am |
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| Effective Practice , rating: 8.5 |
| A set of guidelines on managing your time and learning how to play new things. POSTED: 09/14/2009 - 07:09 am |
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| Getting The Most Out Of Your Practice Session, rating: 9.6 |
| "Practicing" is by far the most misunderstood term in music. Far too few people really understand what practice is for, and how to optimize the time you have to garner the greatest results. POSTED: 08/12/2009 - 07:03 am |
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| A Productive Practice Session, rating: 9.9 |
| Seem to be stuck? Don't know how to move on? Take a look at this lesson. POSTED: 08/11/2009 - 08:52 am |
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| A Lesson About Lessons, rating: 9.9 |
| Hey, you're getting pretty good! At this point, people are starting to take notice, and they might want you to teach them a couple tricks on the ole gee-tar. But teaching isn't quite as easy as it seems. This lesson will give you a couple things you to think about, to be aware of, and a couple tricks to make sure your first forays into teaching go as smoothly as possible. POSTED: 07/21/2009 - 07:08 am |
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| Right Hand Economy And Left Hand Agility, rating: 9 |
| This was origionally ment to help somebody on the forum with his problems switching strings on his right hand. I ended up spending a few hours getting it down, so decided it might be able to help others. POSTED: 06/01/2009 - 06:48 am |
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| How To Practice, rating: 8.9 |
| Ok, a lot of people don't practice correctly and it shows in their technique. In this lesson, I'm going to show you practicing techniques that may not be fun, but they will definitely help and you will see results very soon. I'll even throw in some guitar exercises that will really boost your playing. POSTED: 05/14/2009 - 08:55 am |
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| Building Speed On The Fret Board, rating: 9.2 |
| This practice is for those who have worked with scales and know where to position your fingers. Also the main focus on the lesson is the Method of a practice, not the scales that I tab out. POSTED: 04/30/2009 - 06:52 am |
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| The Intangibles Of Forming A Great Band, rating: 9.9 |
| Forming a good band is more than just being able to play the songs. Here are 9 tips to help make practices and the band better. POSTED: 04/29/2009 - 06:21 am |
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| How To Pick Accurately, rating: 8.7 |
| If you are tired of having that *put!* sound or missing strikes, or you just can't get your accuracy when you try to solo a little. Use this guide to help yourself become a much more accurate guitarist and make your sound more than pleasant. POSTED: 04/14/2009 - 07:40 am |
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| How To Improve Hand Synchronization, rating: 9.3 |
| Four separate exercises designed to develop your right and left hand skills. POSTED: 04/02/2009 - 09:13 am |
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| Singing While Playing Guitar, rating: 8.6 |
| Tips for singing along with playing your guitar, this will hopefully help you to sing while playing. POSTED: 04/01/2009 - 11:44 am |
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| Pre-Playing Warm-ups, rating: 9.5 |
| In this lesson, I am going to put some exercises that I do before practicing, or doing a gig. These will include hammer ons and pull offs, string skipping scales (try saying that 5 times fast!), and detailed instruction on which fingers to use. Hope you like it! POSTED: 03/23/2009 - 10:00 am |
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| Hot To Prevent Repetitive Strain Injury. Part 2, rating: 8 |
| The second part - focusing on physical aspects of performance and giving ideas on how to make playing for longer easier. POSTED: 03/21/2009 - 07:54 am |
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| How To Increase Speed Using Your Practice Time And A Metronome, rating: 9.7 |
| This is a great lesson that is VERY useful in the field of playing faster and alternate picking. POSTED: 01/21/2009 - 10:14 am |
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| Things To Be Aware Of And Useful Tips, rating: 7.4 |
| Some people, while learning, they develop wrong methods to make things easier for them but in fact it's not.It may be easy at once, but later at higher skill songs they may face difficulties because of the wrong methods they use, so here I am trying to share some of the wrong methods I used to use, and the correct ones. POSTED: 10/14/2008 - 07:55 am |
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| Yet Another Speed And Finger Strength Exercises, rating: 9.5 |
| Small and simple exercises to help the growth of fast and accurate playing. POSTED: 10/09/2008 - 08:54 am |
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| Hands Of Steel I, rating: 9.2 |
| The first in a series of lessons designed to enhance your command of the fretboard. POSTED: 10/06/2008 - 10:46 am |
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| Some Decent Exercises, rating: 8.3 |
| How to take your metal/rock playing up a level, and learn some handy little exercises. POSTED: 09/23/2008 - 07:53 am |
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| Effective Techniques for Practicing with a Metronome, rating: 10 |
| Whether you're a beginner trying to learn your first few chords or an expert trying to blaze 16th notes at 200 beats per minute (bpm), the best (and often most ignored) practice device at your disposal is the metronome. Although some of these concepts may seem simple and intuitive, this lesson will talk about the most effective ways to use the metronome to practice a variety of guitar techniques. POSTED: 09/19/2008 - 08:24 am |
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| Hand Finger Strength, rating: 8.9 |
| This is a good way to help strengthen your fingers and hands so they don't start to hurt in the middle of a gig. POSTED: 09/12/2008 - 09:40 am |
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| Total Guitar Workout , rating: 8.2 |
| Give yourself a guitar workout or just use these to warm up before playing. Some useful samples to help your bring your playing out of the shadows. POSTED: 10/03/2007 - 06:16 am |
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| How To Prevent Repetitive Strain Injury, rating: 9.5 |
| A guide including exercises on cutting down on the chances ( and effects ) of RSI and other related injuries. POSTED: 06/13/2006 - 07:42 am |
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| Warm Ups IV, rating: 8.9 |
| A series of warm up exercises shown in John Petrucci's Rock Discipline DVD. POSTED: 06/06/2006 - 09:29 am |
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| Strengthen Your Hands, rating: 9.5 |
| Some exercises from other people, and some that I've made up. All in all, this lesson strengthens your hands. POSTED: 01/19/2005 - 09:11 am |
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| Warm Ups lll, rating: 8.9 |
| This is a great warm up exercise that will increase your accuracy, and build up the muscles just behind your figures. POSTED: 09/23/2004 - 07:26 am |
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| Warm Ups II, rating: 9 |
| Here is the follow up part to Warm Ups I article. These warm ups may prove to be considerably harder. POSTED: 07/19/2004 - 08:47 am |
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| Warm Ups, rating: 8.7 |
| A list of good warm-ups that will both strengthern your fingers and get you going! POSTED: 11/20/2003 - 08:14 am |
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| Discover Your Discomfort!, rating: 9.2 |
| Okay, I’m going to explain some powerful things for the practicing guitarist who wants to see results from their practice. In other words, the guitarist who wants to do what I call correct practice. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Changing Chords, rating: 5.1 |
| Many people begin to play the guitar by learning a few chord changes to their favorite song. There are many things to be aware of while doing this. There are things to know and do that can make it easier, and guarantee you will have success. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| What Should I Practice?, rating: 7.8 |
| I am feeling overwhelmed with lessons, books, methods, skills, & principles of practice. This is a common feeling that troubles many beginning guitar students, and can rear its head from time to time with advanced players as well. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Your growth as a guitarist: vertical or horizontal?, rating: 8.2 |
| As the years go by in the life of a player, there are two kinds of growth we can experience. Both are necessary for our development as musicians and guitarists. I call them Vertical Growth, and Horizontal Growth. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Finding The Incredible Lightness, rating: 9.6 |
| In my essay "Discover Your Discomfort", I urged you to become aware of the sensations of discomfort you experience while practicing and playing. The reason is very simple. Until you do, you will not be able to be aware of the sensations a good player has. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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