How To Master The Harmonic Minor Scale And Play Like a Pro
By Mike Hayes | March 24, 2011
The natural minor created a different mood than it’s parent major key but did not produce any new harmonic structures (chords). Since our music system is based around Read the rest of this entry »
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Top 7 Ways To Stay Motivated And Play Like a Pro
By Mike Hayes | March 20, 2011
After forty one years of guitar playing you start to notice things, one of the most significant things I have observed is a number of familiar patterns or cycles newbie (and not so newbie) guitar players go through when trying to learn the guitar; one of the most common patterns is Read the rest of this entry »
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How To Master The Natural Minor Scale And Play Like a Pro
By Mike Hayes | March 9, 2011
The trick with learning guitar scales is to be able to associate new information with skills you have already learned; a very confusing area of musical theory is the minor scales and their Read the rest of this entry »
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How To Play the Pull-Off Technique
By Mike Hayes | February 28, 2011
Along with the hammer-on technique the pull-off is one of the most often used technique in guitar playing; in fact quite often the hammer-on and pull-off moves are Read the rest of this entry »
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How To Play the Hammer-On Technique
By Mike Hayes | February 21, 2011
Guitar playing consists of 19 basic moves, once you know how perform these basic skills you are ready to play anything on guitar. The importance of being able to recognise and perform these moves cannot be over emphasised as they Read the rest of this entry »
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The 3 Simple Tips You Don’t Know About Playing Lead Guitar
By Mike Hayes | February 15, 2011
As you probably know already there is more to playing a good lead guitar solo than running up and down a pentatonic scale Read the rest of this entry »
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How To Play Notes And Chords Together On Guitar
By Mike Hayes | February 8, 2011
It’s common to attend a concert or watch a DVD and see somebody strumming a guitar, in fact that is what the majority of guitarists concentrate on … strumming chords; however playing chords are only one Read the rest of this entry »
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Learn The Notes On The First String Of The Guitar
By Mike Hayes | February 6, 2011
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The Quickest Way To Learn Songs – So Simple It Will Seem Like Cheating
By Mike Hayes | February 3, 2011
Do you spend hours trying to learn songs only to be frustrated yet again when you next pick up the guitar to find that you have forgotten the Read the rest of this entry »
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Guitar Practice Made Easy
By Mike Hayes | January 28, 2011
I’ll bet you are itching to start playing your guitar, so I’ll keep this brief; however I’ve found that five minutes thought is better the five hours Read the rest of this entry »
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