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Playing Guitar – What Does It Take

October 27, 2008 By Lee 10 Comments

I’m currently working on a new lead guitar series of lessons for playing the minor pentatonic scale using the entire fretboard (coming soon) and I have to be honest, I get the feeling it’s not going to be as popular as I would like it to be. Why? Because I think most struggling guitarists are still looking for that amazing overnight miracle or sudden insight.
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Why Learn Music Theory

September 7, 2008 By Lee 3 Comments

The big question!
Do you really need to know music theory to become a great guitarist or musician? [Read more…]

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Sing And Play Guitar At The Same Time

September 7, 2008 By Lee 21 Comments

Learning how to sing and play the guitar at the same time is one of those things you often feel like you will never be able to do.

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Pros & Cons Of Guitar TABS

September 7, 2008 By Lee Leave a Comment

Pros & Cons Of Guitar TABS – Using Them To Your Advantage

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Natural Talent

September 7, 2008 By Lee 3 Comments

What is natural talent?.

If you think hard enough about it you might come to the conclusion that natural talent would be more accurately described as [Read more…]

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Improving Guitar Speed – Why Slow Is Important

September 7, 2008 By Lee Leave a Comment

We’re always told, practice slowly if you want to learn how to play the guitar fast. The fact that very few take notice of this advice tells us it’s obvious people generally don’t believe it, [Read more…]

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Guitar Improvisation – Part 2

September 7, 2008 By Lee 3 Comments

I’ve left this a bit longer than I had hoped since writing part one and I’ve kind of forgotten what I had in mind! Never mind, it’s all relevant. 🙂

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Guitar Improvisation – Part 1

September 7, 2008 By Lee 4 Comments

Guitar Improvisation – The Black Art. How do you know what to play over what chords?

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