by Jay | Nov 11, 2021 | Classical Guitar Lessons, Classical Guitar Teachers, Teaching Blog Post
10th Year Anniversary Edition:I’m revisiting some of my best old posts on playing guitar. Enjoy! What should you look for when considering classical guitar lessons? What should you hope for? What might you have to settle for? Every teacher has something valuable...
by Jay | Nov 8, 2021 | Classical Guitar Basics, Classical Guitar Lessons, Classical Guitar Teachers, Classical Guitar Technique, Guitar Heroes, Teaching Blog Post
10th Year Anniversary Edition:I’m revisiting some of my best old posts on playing guitar. Enjoy! This is really a post about chasing windmills….and conquering the universe. I want to start of this post with a disclaimer. I have a theory about why...
by Jay | Nov 8, 2021 | Classical Guitar Basics, Classical Guitar Lessons, Classical Guitar Teachers, Classical Guitar Technique, Teaching Blog Post
10th Year Anniversary Edition:I’m revisiting some of my best old posts on playing guitar. Enjoy! If I could list the number of times I”ve crashed and burned on the guitar—gotten in front of an audience or a judge or masterclass teacher, or a group of...
by Jay | Nov 7, 2021 | Classical Guitar Basics, Teaching Blog Post
10th Year Anniversary Edition:I’m revisiting some of my best old posts on playing guitar. Enjoy! Although many things we do require skill, there’s really nothing in everyday life even remotely like learning, memorizing, and performing a piece of music....
by Jay | Nov 6, 2021 | Classical Guitar Basics, Teaching Blog Post
10th Year Anniversary Edition:I’m revisiting some of my best old posts on playing guitar. Enjoy! In this post, I’m elaborating on a useful metaphor I used in my last post. Simply put, it’s this: “Practicing is Editing” FIlm editors, as...
by Jay | Nov 5, 2021 | Classical Guitar Basics, Classical Guitar Lessons, Classical Guitar Methods, Classical Guitar Teachers, Classical Guitar Technique, Teaching Blog Post
10th Year Anniversary Edition:I’m revisiting some of my best old posts on playing guitar. Enjoy! There are thousands of ways to play guitar, and most of them aren’t “classical,” by any stretch of the imagination. Why would anyone choose to play...