Download the 5 STEP STRUMMING SUCCESS GUIDE - It's FREE! We have all seen them! Those guitarists that appear to magically strum along with any song they hear. We can see how easily they do this. And while we enjoy their playing, we are, at the same time,...
Hi friends! In this post, I’d like to look at what the FUNCTION of strumming a guitar is – as far as I understand it. Have you ever heard of the word “comping”? In the jazz world, it’s a short way of saying “accompanying”. ...
Strumming is rhythm- and more specifically rhythm AWARENESS! If you’re not trained in reading rhythm within written music , then you need to focus on FEELING rhythm as your primary learning tool toward strumming- but you should ALWAYS be feeling rhythm anyway....
Let’s face it. When it comes to learning the guitar, strumming plays a very large role. The majority of recreational guitarists often “assume” that playing a guitar actually means “strumming a guitar”. Of course as you progress on the...
The learning of “rhythm”, as an area of instruction on the guitar, is very hit or miss for lots of students. On the internet, you will have no trouble at all finding teachers who will show all manner of technique- like how to make chords, how to...
We all tend to create intended “resolutions” as one year passes and another year begins. But we also know how tenuous these resolutions often are. With warm hearts and excitement we set out to do that “great thing” only to end up at a...
.Ok! Let’s face it. As humans we digest something like 90% of our world through our eyes. So is it any wonder that as guitarists we become strongly “visual” with regards how we understand the fretboard. The guitar is cool in that way because it...
I have always been fascinated with improvisation and, as it were, scared of it at the same time. And yet, I consider myself to be a creative person. Why do I have these feelings that appear to be contrary to each other? On the one hand I feel...
OK! I’m not quite Shakespeare but here’s the point. When you look down at your fretboard do you see wood,metal and strings upon which memorized chord or scale shapes are placed making you feel constantly limited in your knowledge and skill? Effectively...
