by Jay | Mar 1, 2022 | Blog, Classical Guitar Technique, Guitar Lessons, Guitar Therapy, Teaching Blog Post
Guitar Therapy How To Practice Guitar: The Magic of Quality over Quantity At the core of learning to play the guitar well is the quality of time you spend with it. A lot has been said about quantity–about the 10,000 hours of practice you need in order to reach...
by Jay | Nov 13, 2021 | Blog, Classical Guitar Basics, Classical Guitar Technique, Teaching Blog Post
The Learning Zone I’m revisiting some of my best older posts on learning guitar. This was originally posted 10 years ago. Here’s a little piece for anyone who practices but doesn’t seem to improve much. I suggest you take a look at a book called...
by Jay | Nov 12, 2021 | Blog, Classical Guitar Technique, Guitar Heroes
The Classical Guitarist With No Bad Habits 10th Year Anniversary Edition:I’m revisiting some of my best old posts on playing guitar. Enjoy! Have you heard the legend of the guitarist with no bad habits? It goes like this: “there was this guy, who my friend...
by Jay | Nov 4, 2021 | Blog, Guitar Lessons, Teaching Blog Post
Music Theory? Why Should I Care? 10th Year Anniversary Edition:I’m revisiting some of my best old posts on playing guitar. Enjoy! I was never much of a music theory whiz. Music theory was required for music majors—lots of music theory—and it always...
by Jay | Nov 3, 2021 | Blog, Guitar Lessons, Teaching Blog Post
The True Instrument You Must Learn (according to Dr. Firgus-Fortuna Zelfrumzinger Bones) 10th Year Anniversary Edition:I’m revisiting some of my best old posts on playing guitar. Enjoy! When you learn to play an instrument like the classical guitar there’s...
by Jay | Nov 2, 2021 | Blog, Classical Guitar Basics, Guitar Lessons, Teaching Blog Post
10th Year Anniversary Edition:I’m revisiting some of my best old posts on playing guitar. Enjoy! I’m reading a book called Guitar Zero, by Gary Marcus, a cognitive scientist who decided he was going to fulfill his dream of playing guitar at the age of 40,...
