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Review: The Principles Of Correct Practice For Guitar - Cyberfret reviews the "Principles" by Jamie Andreas.
Articles
Why
Are So Many Guitarists Masochists? - Discover Your Discomfort!
Changing
Chords - Having a little trouble with those "easy" chords?
The
Secret of Speed: Finding the Incredible Lightness
What
Should I Practice?
Your
growth as a guitarist: vertical or horizontal?
Your
Hand is Your Band: The Importance of Fingering
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is Required!
Teaching
By Travel Brochure
Natural
Talent
On
Memorizing - Part One
On
Memorizing - Part Two
Changing
Bad Habits - Part Two
Changing
Bad Habits - Part One
Aggressive
Practicing
Thinking:
What A Concept!
Conductor's
Mind - Like a conductor in front of
an orchestra we must have this complete awareness when we play.
Stage Fright
- Stage fright can be devastating to your performance on the guitar.
Learn to understand the problem, and how overcome it.
Part 1 - Part
2 - Part 3
Teachers
Lounge - You treat a thing the way you
define it. Jamie Andreas gives insight into the mind of the guitar
teacher. This one is for students and teachers alike.
Becoming
a guitar teacher
Lost
In Time - Jamie shows you how
to make time your friend and not your enemy.
Climb
Every Mountain - Jamie gives inspiration
to strive for more than mediocrity in your guitar playing.
Making
it - Jamie answers an email from someone
asking what steps they should take to become a professional musician.
Becoming
the music
- We play music because a great desire has been awakened in us;
and that great desire is to become the music.
Scales,
who needs them? Why and What For, Anyway?!
Pulling
Up The Slack: Mining Your Potential
Can
I Teach Guitar? - Jamie gives insight and advice
to future guitar teachers.
Bricks & Mortar - Jamie gives advice on how to cement your music together.
The Inner Master - "Once the Inner Master is found, everything else that can be useful becomes usable." Jamie helps you discover your Inner Master.
The Alone Place - "If you can be in your alone place when you practice and play, you will connect with your own power and inspiration, and what you need you will find." - Jamie Andreas
The Meaning of Life - Jamie explores this light hearted subject.
My personal work habits - Jamie helps you improve your guitar practice habits by sharing her own.
How to nail a solo - Jamie gives tips on how to practice a lead guitar solo.
Removing The Barriers To Musical Expression - Jamie leads you on the path to greater expression through improving your guitar technique.
AC/DC
- Back in Black - Here is a lesson on
a rock classic, with details and pictures on how to bring it up
to performance tempo!
Metallica's
"One" - According to The Principles Of Correct
Practice For Guitar
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Left
Hand Form & Development For Guitarists -
The topics covered include: Thumb Position & Movement, Training
of the Little Finger, Difference Between Classical & Electric
Position, Making Bar Chords Easy, Developing "Finger Lowness,"
and Strengthening Weak Joints.
It's
a Jungle Out There - Learn the real process
by which anybody gets good at anything. It is a further
examination of the points of view that Jamie put forth in
his essay, "Natural Talent"
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Be
sure to check out Jamie's web site!
GuitarPrinciples.com
- A site aimed at showing players how to reach their next level
of playing ability, no matter what level they are currently at.
This is done by teaching how to practice to get results, by using
the principles of correct practice for guitar. It is also the
perfect start for beginners, because it shows how to begin learning
the guitar without getting all of the usual bad habits.
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