April 26, 2008

Guitar Lesson: Learn To Practice With Concentration

Why is it important to understand how to practice on your guitar? What does practicing guitar mean to you? Is it just playing on your guitar or does it include more things?
It is a very common mistake to make the assumption that playing guitar is practicing. Well, when you practice you usually play guitar but not always. Let us first take a look at playing guitar.
Playing guitar is when you play things you already know and feel comfortable with. It is the reward for your hard work towards your goals. Maybe you think that your skills do not match your desired level of accomplishment and you lack real satisfaction. Here is where actual guitar practice comes in.
A practice routine founded on your goals helps you overcome obstacles that you would not master by only playing and polishing pieces of music you already know. This can also be an enjoyable activity as you observe that you develop and are on the right road leading towards becoming a better guitarist.
What is most important, the time you practice or the concentration as you practice? Maybe the truth is somewhere in the middle!
If you do not concentrate as you practice you might learn bad […]

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April 14, 2008

Featuring Some Of The Great Guitar Blues Players

In the history of the guitar blues there have been some great players and fortunately many of those great players are still with us today. Whether you prefer smooth guitar blues or whether you like to have your guitar blues smash you in the face there have been players to oblige you and to entertain you for over a century now. Here is a quick look at some guitar blues players that have made an impact.
BB King
BB King has been playing guitar blues for over 60 years and is one of the standards that people use when they talk about guitar blues players. He has recorded with such great bands as U2 and is best known for his trademark hollow body electric guitar he calls Lucille. He was originally called the Beale Street Blues Boy but before his first record came out the record company shortened it to BB and used his real last name of King to create the name BB King. In over 60 years BB King has played his smooth style of blues all over the world.
Eric Clapton
Known simply as “Slow Hand”, Eric Clapton is a self taught guitar prodigy who got his start in the […]

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April 13, 2008

Guitar Lesson: Is It Necessary To Practice?

Have you ever wondered why you practice on your guitar? Is it really that important to practice? Let us take a look at your practice time!
When I started to play guitar I usually had my guitar laying on my bed so I saw it as soon as I entered my room. This made it impossible to forget playing guitar. Actually I liked it so I often took time to play short moments between other activities or when I got really inspired maybe playing for hours.
Maybe this can not be defined as actual practice time. I just played around but anyway I developed as a guitarist. Later on my guitar playing endeavors became more serious and I practiced with more concentration and purposefulness.
Let us talk about the more dreaded organized guitar practicing time!
I guess most people have experienced that they get better if they practice. You shape the physical facilities helping you to play the music you like. You can also develop your mental, emotional and spiritual capabilities depending on the way you practice.
But if you lack self-discipline?
Self-discipline is defined as the ability to do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you want it or not. It […]

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