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Posts in category: Practicing

HowToPractice_Blog

How To Practice?

July 10, 2017
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingRhythm GuitarPracticing

Practicing. What is it and how do you do it? I think developing good practicing habits and a good practicing schedule is a must. My practice schedule changes, as I am constantly working on new different things. Never be Stagnant I think one of t ...

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IgnoreWhenLearningaNewSong_Blog

Things To Ignore When Learning a New Song

April 17, 2017
by garretsguitarlessons Rhythm GuitarPracticingBeginner

It's a weird thing for me to point out, but a lot of song charts have information that isn't vital to the song. Or rather the information provided is subjective to how important it is to a song. This is a question I get often, especially from begi ...

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WhereToStart_Blog

Where to Start?

January 23, 2017
by garretsguitarlessons PracticingBeginnerIntermediate

There are tons of free lessons out there. I have tons of free lessons on this very website, but how do you know what you need to know? This is here to help. I have explicit walkthroughs for Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced players that can gu ...

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HowIMemorizeSongs_Blog

How I Memorize Songs

November 28, 2016
by garretsguitarlessons Rhythm GuitarPracticingBeginner

I think a lot of people look at a list of songs and think how am I ever going to remember all these songs? Well, start looking for things that can help you remember the order of the chords, know what key you play it in, make a list and run through th ...

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5WaysToMakeaCoverSongSoundLikeYouWroteIt_Blog

5 Ways To Make a Cover Song Sound Like You Wrote It

July 11, 2016
by garretsguitarlessons SongwritingRhythm GuitarPracticing

Have you ever heard a cover of a song that had such a fresh take of a song, it almost sounded like that person wrote it? One of my favorite aspects of music as a whole is how you can take a song and really make it to be whatever you want it to be. I ...

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SingYourSolos_Blog

Sing Your Solos

June 27, 2016
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingPracticingIntermediate

One of the best things to solo better is not learning a new scale, arpeggio or lick rather let your ear decide where you want to go. Take a listen to some of the most memorable solos of all time, what makes them so memorable? The ability to hum them, ...

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WhatsThePointOfCAGED_Blog

What’s the Point of CAGED?

May 30, 2016
by garretsguitarlessons Rhythm GuitarPracticingLead Guitar & Soloing

The CAGED System is a tool that helps you visualize the fretboard. The idea of it is to take open chord shapes and base fretted chord shapes, arpeggio shapes and scale shapes around the open chord shapes. We connect them all by their roots notes in t ...

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WhatToDoNext_TranscribeLearnSongs_Blog

What To Do Next? Transcribe & Learn Songs!

April 18, 2016
by garretsguitarlessons PracticingIntermediate

Are you ever at a point in your guitar playing that you're just not sure what the next step is? The best thing to do is start transcribing and learning songs! When learning a new song/solo try to pinpoint what makes that song/solo stick out to you. ...

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