From the bedroom to your wildest dreams…Where will your guitar take you?

As the years go by in the life of a player, there are two kinds of growth we can experience. Both are necessary for our development as musicians and guitarists. I call them Vertical Growth, and Horizontal Growth.

I hope you all had a good time working that Ionian mode last time. I'm going to keep up the pace here and continue with the next mode (Dorian) and a slight variation of the scale fragment we used in the summer issue.

Electric guitar is a good choice for a beginner. It's usually easier to play than an acoustic guitar because its strings are close together, they're a lighter gauge and its neck is narrower. It won't be less expensive than acoustic guitar, though. You might think that an electric guitar is an instrument all by itself, but that's not entirely correct.

In my essay "Discover Your Discomfort", I urged you to become aware of the sensations of discomfort you experience while practicing and playing. The reason is very simple. Until you do, you will not be able to be aware of the sensations (that is, your mental awareness of the physical feelings in your body) a good player has, the sensations that you must have to play well. I call this sensation, or feeling in the body, "The Incredible Lightness". I call it this, because once you experience it, and allow it to grow by Correct Practicing, well, it’s Incredible. This feeling of lightness is what makes fast, accurate playing possible. Unfortunately, because of ignorance of how to practice correctly, far too many players create for themselves "The Incredible Tightness".

In the study of four part of harmony, the student encounters the presentation of close harmony, chords built in numerical succession, for example: root, 3rd, 5th, 7th. Although this may be fundamental on the piano, on the guitar close voicing in their inversion are difficult at best, and in most cases impossible...So four types of inversion are used.

Hey there! Brian Wampler again from Indyguitarist.com. I’ve written several books on how to build effect pedals and modifying effect pedals both beginner and advanced versions.

12 days of Christmas…Have you been a good boy or girl all year? Let’s take a look at 12 goodies that would be great to find under the tree…

When Steve and I swapped emails last month I had no idea just what was really in store for me the day the Learn & Master Guitar course would arrive.  When I opened the box I was blown away from the quality of the materials immediately.  This is truly a first class guitar training product/course.

SIX-STRING MASTERPIECES:THE DIMEBAG DARRELL ART TRIBUTE is: A collection of 50 DEAN ML guitars that have been hand-painted by world-famous Rock Stars and internationally known Tattoo & Visionary Artists in memorial tribute to one of the greatest guitarists of all time, Dimebag Darrell Abbott. This issue, with the help of Dean himself at Dean Guitars, we take a closer look at some of this amazing artwork. For more information visit www.deanguitars.com

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