Take your pick…
… but not just any pick. One of the most important, yet often overlooked, aspects of how your guitar sounds is the plain ol’ guitar pick. This simply designed, wafer-thin implement is perhaps as significant of a factor in your guitar tone as is what kind of wood the guitar is made out of, or what kind of strings you…
Take Stock!
Every good business does a thorough inventory on a regular basis. They have to know how much of the product they have on the shelves & in the warehouse in order to run the business in a productive manner. You, as a well-rounded guitarist, want to do the same in order to assess your own…
Say My Name…
Well, not my name… the name of the note you’re playing right now. Are you playing a note right now? No? Oh, you’re reading a blog on your electronic device. Okay. Well, if you were playing a note, would you know its name? And let’s clarify the difference between knowing its name immediately… and being able to figure…
Renard! Are you out there?
I have a whole book of 279 picking exercises for the right hand only… all open strings. It’s called, “Right Hand Development for Jazz Guitar”, by Renard D. Hoover. It appears to be out of print & I cannot find any reference to…
Put on your lab coat & play some guitar…
… and you might want to put on some safety goggles, too. Ready? Let’s get into some straight-up warm-up exercises for guitar. Now, I feel that warming-up has tremendous value to the player in regards to getting their technique up to their own personal optimal level. However, warming up takes time away from playing actual…
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