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7 Things You Should Be Doing In The Practice Room

Beginner's Course, Beginner's SongsBy Michael CampanileNovember 17, 2020Leave a comment

7 Things You Should Be Doing In The Practice Room When new students come to us for lessons, one of the first things we do is make sure they know not just what to practice, but HOW to practice. The practice room is the place where you’re going to be spending lots of time honing…

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6 Ways to Tell You Need Lessons

Beginner's Course, Beginner's SongsBy Michael CampanileNovember 10, 2020Leave a comment

6 Ways to Tell You Need Lessons Looking for music lessons? Do you find yourself looking around youtube for hours, but not actually getting any progress finished on your instrument? In our DGA group, we often talk to people on the internet that are convinced they don’t need need lessons….or maybe they do, they’re never…

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Why Beginners Struggle With Guitar

Beginner's Course, Beginner's SongsBy Michael CampanileNovember 5, 2020Leave a comment

Why Beginners Struggle With Guitar If you’re ready to begin your journey on guitar, then you know there are many questions about gear, playing, picks, strings, how to sit, how to count, how to READ, the list just goes on and on. You have that burning desire to play, and learn the songs and solos…

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Learning Guitar, Overcoming Issues

Beginner's Course, Beginner's SongsBy Michael CampanileOctober 29, 2020Leave a comment

Tips – Learning Guitar, Overcoming Issues I wanted to spend some time sharing ideas about how to overcome issues playing guitar as a beginner. There are many places and voices to find, and it can be quite confusing perusing the internet, as all the opinions and takes on issues may make you more confused than…

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How to play “Take the A Train” on Guitar

Jazz, Masterclasses, Practice Better, TeachingBy Michael CampanileMarch 17, 2020Leave a comment

How to play “Take the A Train” on Guitar Approaches to the Jazz Guitar standards   Greetings!  If you’re trying to learn Jazz Guitar, Take the A Train, by Duke Ellington is a great beginner Jazz tune to start with. There are only 2 sections, the chords are pretty straight forward, and you can learn…

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How to create lots of material for improvisation

Essential Skills, Lead Guitar, Practice BetterBy Michael CampanileOctober 15, 2019Leave a comment

How to Create Lots of Material for Improvisation Essential skills you need to know   Every guitarist wants to learn to solo effectively. Listen to guys like Jimmy Page, Angus Young, or Paul Gilbert.They can make it sound so EASY! And, it can be! Improvising on the fly in a band setting is one of…

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How to Improve Your Left Hand Technique pt. 6

Essential Skills, Lead Guitar, Practice Better, Scales, TechniqueBy Michael CampanileJuly 25, 2019Leave a comment

How to Improve Your Left Hand Guitar Technique Part 6: 2 Note Per String Pull Offs   Have you mastered 2 note per string hammer ons and are ready for pull offs? Have you read our last 5 posts on lead guitar technique?       This is the 6th and last post on how…

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How to Improve your Left Hand Technique pt. 5

Essential Skills, Lead Guitar, Practice Better, Scales, TechniqueBy Michael CampanileJuly 24, 2019Leave a comment

How to Improve Your Guitar Technique Part 5: 2 note per string Hammer ons Are you looking for maximum speed on the guitar? Are you looking for easy examples that you can absorb and burn through quickly? Do you want to learn guitar techniques that the pros use?       The goal of this…

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How to Improve Left Hand Technique pt. 4

Essential Skills, Lead Guitar, Practice Better, TechniqueBy Michael CampanileJuly 23, 2019Leave a comment

How to Improve Left Hand Technique Part 4: Improve Guitar Technique with 3 note per string lines   Do you know how to do pretty good hammer on and pull off runs, but don’t know where to go from here? Do you want to play solos like the one in this song? Are you stuck…

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How to Improve Left Hand Technique pt. 3

Essential Skills, Lead Guitar, Practice Better, TechniqueBy Michael CampanileJuly 18, 2019Leave a comment

How to Improve Left Hand Technique Part 3: Using 3 note-per string licks   Do you notice that your pinky finger lacks accuracy when playing scale runs? Do you have a hard time keeping your fingers close to the fretboard? Are you having issues with sloppy playing when increasing speed? This is the 3rd post…

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