Intervals: Take two, they’re small…
There was once a Broadway play called Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You. It was a modern 70s era play about a nun who explains the basic tenets of the Catholic faith to the audience while former students visit her & question the truth of it all. It riled up a fair amount of…
Ideal… Or No Ideal.
Ah, perfection. Personally, I am quite fond of it. That is, when it does actually happen. And I think that one’s own concept of what perfection truly is will determine one’s own experience of it. What are you striving for when you play guitar? Perfection? And what exactly is your idea of perfection? I have seen…
How Do You Guarantee Improvement? Chunk It Down!
The 99 Decisions Guitar Program is based on the popular concept of breaking goals down into smaller & smaller objectives, with constant assessment as you progress. There is much science that proves that the brain performs better when it is focused on a singular task. You can break almost any huge goal into a singular…
Harmonized Scales Will Solve Everything.
Well, not really everything. Far be it from me to engage in music theory hyperbole. But I do think harmonized scales are a deep well of information for guitarists. You can extrapolate (yes, I’m working on my vocabulary skills- this was today’s word & I had to use it in a sentence…. mission complete) so…
Guitar Soloing… Are you thinking of everything?
I thought of phrase while working with a client the other day… “From cognition to speaker.” It refers to the path an original thought in your brain travels as it goes from an idea in your head to becoming a musical sound that comes out of your guitar amp. Thought → Fingers → Guitar → Cable → Amplifier…
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