I am always trying to dig a bit deeper into the history of guitar lessons and who was the first person to lay out a guitar education program in a logical manner. The furthest back that I could really find any solid courses with a means to the madness was with the coming of Andres [...]
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Beginner Guitar Lessons and The Theory of Music.
February 4, 2010 – 8:43 am
Is it not odd at how musical and artistic the act of playing the guitar is, or your instrument of choice, as compared to the technical, mathematical and memory challenging side of the theory of music? The actual act of learning music theory is an important ingredient in the recipe in becoming a good guitar [...]
Play the guitar with ‘in the box’ thinking takes lots of discipline…
June 5, 2009 – 10:38 am
My wife and I made our May trip to Maryland to see my parents and family. I had an epiphany on the way. First things first, for my loyal, wonderful readers, the miracle of modern medicine makes me speechless, my dad is doing very well for a 91 year old guy with a bunch of [...]
Make my day, compliment me on my guitar playing…
April 21, 2009 – 10:21 am
I’m no Susan Boyle. Not musically or as a guitar player. She is so gifted one wonders why she has not been discovered before. Do you think she had some training? The way she holds herself and uses her arms as she sings comes so naturally. It is fair to say their may be [...]
It Sure Is Hard To Strike a Note After a Hard Day at Work…
January 30, 2009 – 2:21 pm
Here is just one of the great comments on yesterdays blog about Solutions For Guitar Players with Sore Shoulders. Susie is one of my first and most loyal readers and we have become real good friends and I know that her husband kills himself at work. Susie is also “the man” at soul-to-soul.com
Comment: Great write [...]
Play the Guitar or Ride a Horse, What does it take?
December 30, 2008 – 11:35 am
Ask any one who plays the guitar at a championship level if it was all fun and games getting there. Most of us have made an attempt at some point to become the best at something. The choices are endless concerning what you may desire to be “The Man” at. To play the guitar is [...]
Play The Guitar…Learn To…
August 29, 2008 – 11:14 am
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
THOMAS EDISON
It makes you wonder how many times we have given up on a project or hobby just before a break through. A lot of people, particularly novice guitar for beginners players give it up [...]