Practicing With A Metronome! acoustic guitar chord progression electric guitar free metronome guitar chord practice routine guitar practice guitar tutorial how to use a metronome metronome work metrotimer percussive strumming techniques scales Nov 20, 2019

 

What’s up everyone, it’s Mike here with a Songwriting For Guitar Tip!  This week is a follow-up to a video I posted a while ago on the metronome. I received a bunch of emails from people saying . . . . 

"I understand the importance of a metronome. I'd love to use it...

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Building A Practice Routine acoustic guitar best practice effective practice electric guitar free advice free guitar lesson guitar coach guitar practice routine practice practice routine for guitar what to practice Jul 30, 2019

Building a better practice routine, is one of the trickiest things for any guitar player/singer songwriter. Stop have this unreasonable expectations when practicing! Set very reasonable (yes, reasonable goals. . . you're an adult, life happens!)

Pick a focus item (Scales, chords, a chorus a song...

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You're Fine Just As You Are acoustic guitar beginner guitar electric guitarist free guitar tip frustrated guitar mindset guitar motivation improve technique intermediate perfecting guitar practice guitar scared to network as a musician you're fine Jul 16, 2019

Far too often when I get a new student or have a mentoring session with someone for guitar they say a few phrases. . .

"I'm not that good"

"I'm awful"

"My technique it terrible"

"I'll never be good"

. . STOP! The language we use matters. It can effect our playing!!

Yes we're all working hard...

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Picking Patterns and Techniques acoustic guitar creative thinking electric guitar free guitar lesson free songwriting tips guitar idea guitar technique improve technique intermediate guitar picking patterns picking patterns guitar practice tip trick Jul 09, 2019

Most of the time we don't give thought into getting creative with our picking patterns. Sometimes they have the same feel . . .back and forth . . .back and forth. Today let's break that by spicing up our pattern! 

 

 

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Which pick is right for you? acoustic guitar beginner guitar lesson dunlup picks electric guitar guitar coach guitar for beginners guitar picks guitar techniques guitar tutorial mike meiers percussive guitar picks songwriter songwriting for guitar songwriting guitar Jul 02, 2019

This week we're gonna talk about picks. Why am I being so picky?? (Sorry I had to) We spend some much time searching for the perfect guitar, the right brand of strings we sometimes skip over the most important item. . .the pick! In my experience, the pick you use dictates the genre you're...

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