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How To Practice
Take breaks Finish what you start 20 minutes a day is better than practicing for 2 hours one day a week Be passionate Be patient!
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Tagged Drills, Guitar Technique, Piano, Practice, Song Writing, Songs
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How Long Til I Get Good At Guitar?
The short answer is that if you want to learn your introductory chords on guitar then it’ll take about 3 months, and that’s if you do it every day. There are only 7 chords – so imagine learning one chord … Continue reading
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Tagged Drills, Guitar, Guitar Technique, Metronome, Piano, Practice, Song Writing, Songs, Tempo
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Make Up Your Own Drills
How to make up your own Guitar Drill First, find what’s bothering you. If its alternate picking, then simply focus and center in on the EXACT difficulty you’re having. This is because there are alot of things that could be … Continue reading
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Tagged Drills, Guitar Technique, Metronome, Piano, Practice, Song Writing, Songs, Tempo
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Dynamics Explained (1 Of 3)
What are Dynamics? Dynamics are how soft and LOUD you make something. The different Dynamic markings in music are piano (soft), mezzo piano (slightly soft), mezzo forte (slightly loud, )forte (loud), fortissimo (louder), fortisisimo (very loud). Dynamics make the music. … Continue reading
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Tagged Arranging, Crescendo, Dynamics, Forte, Mezzo Forte, Mezzo Piano, Music Composition, Piano, Song Writing
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Arpeggios Part 1
Arpeggios sound awesome, and they create a lot of tension (and sometimes release) in music! The trick to playing arpeggios is learning how to fingerpick or alternate pick. These two techniques are difficult at first, but allow you to play … Continue reading
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Tagged Arpeggios, Chords, Explanations, Guitar, Piano, Song Writing, Technique, Tricks
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Where CD Money Goes
Photo Courtesy of Electronic Musician. In case you were wondering. By the way, this chart is from years ago when CD’s were priced around $15 dollars. Today they cost around $10-12, and the distribution may be different because of new … Continue reading
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Tagged CD, Compact Disk, Distibution, Marketing, Music, Publishing, Record Label, Retailer, Song Writing
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Arpeggios Tricks And Explanations
Click here to subscribe Arpeggios are a broken chord. You can still play the chord with your left hand, but with the pick hand only play “one note at a time“. The same goes for all instruments. On piano, or … Continue reading
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Tagged Explanations, Guitar, Piano Arpeggios, Song Writing, Technique, Tricks
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