Load More Two Guitar Right Hand Positions On GuitarThere is a basic position for playing with a pick and a basic position for playing fingerstyle. Although pro players may use variations of these positions, we should learn these basic positions

Load More Your Muscles Don’t Know Right From Wrong Muscle memory is excellent, but it can work for or against you. For example, what happens if you do the right thing once, then the wrong thing, and then various combinations

Load More The 2 Left Hand Positions You Need To Know On Guitar: There is more than one "correct" guitar left hand position. Regardless of whether you play classical guitar, acoustic or electric… There are actually two basic left hand

You're Not "Practicing Guitar...you are doing  Motor Control Learning! When you sit down to practice guitar, you are not really "practicing guitar". You are really trying to teach your fingers to make particular movements in a particular way that will produce the

 "When you practice guitar - you are your own teacher. Be a good one!" ...Jamie AndreasThe 2 Conditions Of Correct PracticeCorrect Practice must fulfill two conditions: 1) Knowing the right thing to do2) Making sure you do the right thing. The

Tension In the Body Prevents Guitar ImprovementOne of the most important things you must keep in mind when you practice and play is thatall the parts of your body affect each other as you are making the movements involved inplaying.

Sympathetic Tension Makes You Unable To Control Your FingersLet's talk about finger control on guitar. We have learned about "The Cycle Of The Note" and how tension goes into the body with every note you play. Now it is time to

Form First, Then MovementNo matter what field of activity, if it is done with your body you are going to find that the best training teaches you form before anything else. If you take dance lessons, they will teach you

Expert Performance and Deliberate Practice There is a field of study called “expert performance”. It is basically the study of “people who are great at doing something”, and trying to figure out why they are the way they are, and how

There are 3 Levels of Practice that guitar players must know how to use in order to achieve their full potential on guitar. They are1Microscopic Practice 2Assimilating 3ShapingI have covered in detail these 3 levels, or aspects of practice in Chapter 5