Probably. Not if you’re doing it in isolation from other people. The most important component in guitar skills learning is to take a piece of music that you already know, and find a way to sing along with it. This is where soloing skills, like soloing scales, come into play. A good way to solo […]
It took my grandmother a full year to learn to play the piano, according to a video the BBC made for the BBC World Service in the UK: It’s a good thing that people can be so quick at learning, because when you’re learning a game, you can’t focus on learning the most important stuff. […]
The best piano players do not need a long training program. A beginner needs about 2 years to reach his potential. But once he starts to learn the piano, it will be quite a difficult life. Why do the best students fail to get better? Practices are very important. But the key to success is […]
The piano has to first be learned through a learning experience, so if you’ve seen something on YouTube, you’ll be a lot further along the learning path if you get into practicing a few songs, then going through the songs and practicing them on new keys while listening to the video – that’s kind of […]
The most important part of learning guitar is learning to play a variety of different chords. You need to experiment with the notes that will be at your disposal to get your sound. You may find that you prefer certain chords over other, and that depends entirely on your ability at playing the songs that […]
In this article, I hope to provide a detailed overview of the basic guitar chords. You should always keep in mind that the chord structure is a result of careful choice of chords and you should explore more than one style of guitar. This article might give you some new ideas and help you think […]
This might take you a while to work out. I’ve done it many times. I would say that if you want to learn to play guitar you have to keep playing guitar and keep thinking about it. When I first started to do it, after four or five months I realized it was a very […]
Nope, that’s just not the point. As a guitar enthusiast I always wondered how young people could play one of the most difficult, most fun, and most rewarding instruments on Earth, without a guitar teacher. At 21 years old, Ryan had been playing bass for about four years by the time I met him and […]
“The important thing is what you learn first. If you want to play the A major scale, you’re going to spend the better part of every day at school looking at charts. The big thing is not the scale, but the chords that go with it. I learned A major first, and over time I’ve […]
* The first one we always play is “Dance to the Music.” No, really, it is! It also helps to choose any “Guitar Hero” album as your current favorite. You can also play “Rock Band” or whatever other rhythm game you love as a backup. How do I choose an instrument? * I like to […]