22/11/2019
Actively listening to music is one part of practising that many guitar players miss – in fact almost all musicians miss ...
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No one wants to make mistakes or look inept when up on stage in front of an audience, but I have seen it happen many times, ...
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Earlier this year I was in Los Angeles and caught up with the amazing guitarist Carl Verheyen (pronounced Ver-high-in) at ...
READ MORE >Earlier this year NZM's Kevin Downing interviewed guitarist Carl Verheyen in LA, and wrote a Guitar Cool column about a ...
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This is an introductory lesson into the classic acoustic guitar technique of Travis picking, which was made famous by the ...
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Although I am not a big fan of New Year's resolutions, I am a big fan of setting some new goals every now and then. Some ...
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Many guitar players haven’t got a wide-ranging repertoire in their favourite genre let alone even a few favourite Christmas ...
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Have you ever taken a solo and it just sounds like you are just fishing around for the right notes and immediately thought ...
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' Vanilla chords ' is a term used in the jazz guitar world which essentially means you need to reduce the chord progression ...
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