[The 6 Essential & Advanced Electric Guitar Techniques is the Part II of an article series regarding guitar techniques in detail. If you haven’t read Part I yet, click the link, it’s a must-read: The 8 Most Important (And Easy) Guitar Techniques.] If you’ve already read my story, you probably know that I took my first lesson […]
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Summer 2021. I was invited to compose music for a radio-theatrical project for a popular FM Radio in Greece. It was a challenging project as each character’s emotions should be projected only via speaking and not by any movements or facial expressions. So, before starting composing, I arranged to attend a rehearsal. The director would
[This is part 2 of a two-part training series. Find part 1 here.] Hurdling is one of the most impressive sports. Athletes running looks like dancing. There is symmetry in their moves, momentum, synchronization, speed, and power. And all these are due to a single constant. The “dancefloor’s” specifications. The symmetrically, precisely measured and equally
[the is an excerpt from my free UGAR (Underground Guitar Artists Runbook) training series via email. If you are not a member yet and want to get access click here. Modifications have occurred for this online reprint.] Do you struggle with awkward scale shapes that make impossible to play fast passages and sequences? In today’s email
[This is Part 2 of a free two-part training series. You can find Part 1 here.] In the previous part, we saw how Christian (our imaginary hero) had a hard time trying to put new licks into his playing. Even if he had a huge list of licks from his favorite guitar heroes and even he
[this is an excerpt from The Underground Guitar Artists Runbook training series (via emails) modified for publishing here. If you’ve not already a member, you can get free access here.] Do you have in place a clear and effective method of practicing licks? Most guitarists unfortunately practice new licks wrong. Christian is a talented beginner/intermediate,
The most frustrating thing I had to encounter as a self-taught guitarist was the “unmapped” areas on the fretboard. I took my first guitar lesson at the age of 21 and at that time I was self-taught for about 7 years. I was watching advanced guitar players moving up and down the neck, soloing effortlessly and knowing
[This article is an excerpt (edited online version) from my Fretboard Passepartout Course (total value 32.25€). It unpacks the whole concept behind the Fretboard Passepartout method in an easy-to-follow way. If you’re new here though and don’t know what the CAGED system is or how it works, please read this article first.] The CAGED or five-pattern
[Disclaimer: This article is focusing on helping beginners to learn how to transpose scales, chords and arpeggios without using music theory. Intermediate/advanced players though should have a solid music theory/harmony knowledge.] Some years ago I was teaching a group of students, preparing them for a live performance in 9 months. The band was consisting of
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I had just fallen into the freezing water. It was night. I was holding my breath under the water. I opened my eyes and I couldn’t see anything. Total darkness. I pulled my head out of the water. I couldn’t figure out a safe direction to reach the beach. So, I started swimming slowly and