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Deepening Your Understanding of Harmony and Theory: Finding the Right Guitar Teacher
As an intermediate or advanced student, you likely recognize the significance of harmony and theory. However, understanding these concepts is only half the battle. To truly excel in genres like jazz or metal, you need to apply that knowledge to the fretboard. Therefore, finding the right mentor for advanced guitar lessons becomes crucial. Here is…
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Practice Guitar Chords: The 30-Second Muscle Memory Drill
Having problems committing those important guitar chord fingerings to memory? If you find yourself slowly recalling fingerings or constantly referencing a chord dictionary, you haven’t properly ingrained the chord into your muscle memory. To fix this, we need to change how you practice guitar chords. What is Muscle Memory? Simply put, muscle memory is your…
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Professional Online Guitar Lessons: Master the Instrument from Anywhere
Looking for the best online guitar lessons to take your playing to the next level? However, there is a massive difference between watching a generic video and working live with an instructor who has 20 years of experience in building, repairing, and playing guitars. Online guitar lessons offer the perfect blend of professional instruction and…
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Guitar Lessons Mukwonago | Dave Dohearty
If you are looking for Guitar Lessons Mukwonago has plenty of options, but finding the right fit for your style is key. I’m Dave Dohearty, and for over 20 years, I’ve helped students in the Mukwonago area move past frustration and actually start making music. From building and repairing guitars to performing and teaching, I…
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Brazilian Jazz Guitar Analysis: Mastering Nelson Faria’s Style
If you’ve spent any time digging into contemporary Brazilian music, the name Nelson Faria starts showing up everywhere. As a master of the MPB scene (Brazilian popular music) and the author of the essential Brazilian Guitar Book, Faria’s playing is a masterclass in rhythm and harmonic sophistication. In this lesson, we are breaking down his…
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Partido Alto Samba with João Bosco
When I saw João Bosco would be performing at the Birdland jazz club in Manhattan in 2017, my wife and I had a flight booked from Milwaukee to New York that same day! It was a rare chance to see a master of Partido Alto Samba in person. João Bosco is a former civil engineer…
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Master the “Stairway Lick”: Jimmy Page’s Essential Pentatonic Phrase
This lick, it’s variations and closely related phrases make up a significant chunk of blues and rock pentatonic vocabulary. Virtually every player has a version of it in their bag of tricks and uses it to great effect.
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Synchronization
Even if you wouldn’t describe yourself as the ‘shreddy type,’ we all secretly dream of our hands flying over the neck. However, many people take off only to sputter and stall. What is missing is an important step in getting your technique off the ground: guitar hand synchronization. This might sound obvious, but very few…