11 Questions about Modes Answered! We want to you better understand the modes, and how you can use them for your own songs, compositions, and improvisations, helping you become better, a more unique player! With that said, let’s get started! We gathered up all the questions most students on the internet ask about the modes,…
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Understanding Major 7th Chords What a confusing mess music theory is! For a beginner, there really is just a big minefield of stuff to understand and absorb. Like a foreign language, first you need to understand just the simple idea of reading music, which students can struggle with for a long time, then….the theory of…
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DGA 2020 Online Recital Join Us for the 2020, Online Watch Party DGA style. Nearly 30 performances, all presented in the video! Although it’s been one crazy year, we have still managed to find creative ways to continue lessons with our students, and we couldn’t be more thankful. Many of the recordings you’ll find below are from…
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Understanding the Greatness of Clapton Yes, I have met students who have never heard of Eric Clapton! That kinda thing never ceases to amaze me. You wouldn’t believe it, but it’s true! Or, they may know of him in a vague sense, but don’t know his tunes, his solos, or his massive influence on rock…
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Do This One Thing To Be More Creative What does it mean to be creative on guitar? What do you think of when you hear the term? For most of us, we think of creative people we look up too. They could be songwriters, lead guitar players, artists, actors, rappers, painters, anyone who takes part…
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5 Guitar Truths – No One Will Tell You These facts are the things people will never tell you, but they nearly always thinking. Why won’t they tell you? Simply put, most people avoid conflict if they can. There’s no reason to engage in conflict with someone if the other person is unwilling to understand…
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10 Ways To Be A More Creative Guitar Player Do you always wish you were more creative playing guitar? Do you listen to people who seem to have an endless amount of creative juice they can tap into at any moment? Whether monstrous solos, or lots of songs, It’s like a weird superpower, right? I…
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4 Reasons You Avoid The Metronome I feel like I hear it every week at least once in lessons. “Hey, why do I need a metronome?” Well, maybe you don’t! It could be that you are the one student who never needed one! HAHA, no. Most of this is coming from fear. If you have…
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5 Practice Room Musts Are you struggling to meet your goals on the guitar? Then we created this article for you. Players of all levels will eventually hit a wall where they don’t know what to do in order to advance to the next level of their playing. For each student it is different, because…
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