Archive for April, 2008

How about some Feedback!

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

This whole internet thing is pretty cool…although it can’t yet read people’s minds, so I would like to get some input from you on what type of stuff you would like to see! Please take a moment and let me know your level and interests, and what you would like to see more of around [...]

Learning By Ear

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Probably the most asked question in any guitar lesson is “How do you do that?” I always thought a better question for the student to ask would be “How can I do that?” Really, who cares how the teacher did it? Students are there to learn how they can do it themselves! The original question [...]

Visualization

Friday, April 4th, 2008

The most useful technique I’ve developed over the years is fretboard visualization.
In a nutshell, what I’m speaking of is the ability to ’see’ something played on the guitar without ever picking up the instrument. Without this, the connection between what I hear and what I want to play would be much less, well, ‘connected’.
I used [...]