One of the things I hear regularly from students is that they can’t develop a guitar habit. They can’t find a way to get “into the habit” of guitar playing. They would LOVE to! But it’s just not happening for them. In this article, I’ll show you a surefire way for developing a guitar habit […]
Perfect Right-Hand Fingerpicking Technique This guide helps the beginner fingerstyle or fingerpicking guitar player to analyze their right-hand fingerpicking technique – particularly for posture that helps achieve comfortable playing, builds speed and avoids future pain in the wrist or arm. Note that I have a companion article for left hand fingerpicking technique that you should also check […]
The ONE thing necessary to play great guitar Having taught dozens of guitarists in person and with over 13k online students, people often ask me “what is the ONE biggest factor in student success?” The answer might surprise you because it’s not about ability or having lots of time to practice. It doesn’t matter whether […]
I regularly speak to people learning guitar who complain of arm, wrist and finger pain. Not only that, but when I ask people the reason why they gave up guitar, I often hear that playing was painful and they gave up as a result. It’s important to have perfect left hand guitar technique and I […]
Most guitar students I know would love to be great at playing guitar but can’t find hours every single day to practice Heck, there are many days where I can’t find even one hour to practice. For a long time, I thought I just it was necessary to spend many hours per day playing guitar […]
Sometimes it’s easy I have been playing guitar for many years. Just like you, I have periods where playing the guitar is easy and periods when it is not. Sometimes, I just pick it up and play and I really enjoy it. And I have periods where it seems like everything is contrived (job, kids, […]
