Master six essential electric guitar techniques—from alternate picking and legato to tapping, string skipping, sweep picking, and hybrid picking—and build the control, speed, and confidence to express your ideas with clarity.
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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
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[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