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10 tips on Practising Guitar

It’s better to practice 30 minutes a day than 10 hours once a week. Take frequent breaks,…

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Shoulder Stretches

  I am always looking for new exercises to stretch and make gigging less of a physical…

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How to Play the ‘Walk of life’ Groove on guitar

In this video I show how to play the groove for ‘Walk of life’ by Dire Straits….

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Playing ‘Out’

Playing ‘out’ is very common in jazz and fusion circles, as it adds tension-resolution to your phrasing….

Strumming ‘In Four’ With Bassline

In this lesson I explain how to comp in four strumming with a bass line. Usually this…

Swing Technique – Jazz Articulation on guitar

In this video I explain how to approach right hand technique to have a better ‘swing’ when…

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Funk Guitar Comping Tips Pt2 Ghost Notes and Muted Notes

We have seen how in the previous ‘Funk Tips’ video we can build a simple line and…

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Factorial Thinking (Combinations applied to music)

Today’s’ tip has to do with mathematics applied to music…we have already seen how in the finger combinations…

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Funk Guitar Comping Tips

In this video lesson I show some ideas for funk comping. The video is pretty self explanatory,…

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The Importance of Repertoire

In this short post I want to spend a few words on the importance of knowing tunes,…

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