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Steve Vai plays the guitar with one hand and gives life-changing advice every guitarist needs to hear
Steve Vai is arguably one of the greatest guitarists of all time. After having surgery that left him unable to use his right hand to play the guitar, Steve has released an episode of Alien Guitar Secrets in order to share some life-changing advice with guitar players.
How To Learn Music Theory 10 Times Faster
For music theory to actually be useful when you're playing the guitar, you need to be able to use it without thinking about it. In this article, you'll learn a simple exercise that will help you build the same level of familiarity as a guitarist who's been practising every day for 10 years!
The most important exercise to get good at the guitar
This week I had someone ask me what I would choose if I could only practice one exercise for an entire year. I didn’t even have to think about the answer. There is one exercise I’ve always said is the most effective way to improve your technique. Period.
The guitar that could replace your entire collection!
Relish makes innovative guitars that do everything. A removable back, modular pickups, and a bamboo fretboard make an unusual guitar. But all of this combined with the piezo system and 24-fret neck make this versatile guitar the right choice for almost every occasion. However, its biggest issue (or its best feature) does require you to approach playing the guitar a little more carefully.
How to play: Come & Go by Juice WRLD ft. Marshmello
Unique chord shapes, displaced rhythms, and finger-rolling are all skills we can work on with this song. We’re going to break this song down into three main parts. The ‘intro and verse’, the ‘pre-chorus’, and the ‘lead line’. You could play the same riff from the pre-chorus in the chorus, possibly simplifying the rhythm a little.
Are you playing the guitar safely?
The right mindset will make you progress a lot faster on the guitar. We only have so much focus to apply to certain things when we are playing the guitar. If all our focus is taken up playing chords but we still need a certain amount to strum the guitar, then we are going to have some issues. What students don't realise is how important their mental game is when developing their technique.
This secret tool will keep you practising effectively
If you’re trying to practice the guitar as effectively as possible to make the most progress in the smallest amount of time, the 2/10 Tool is an important piece of equipment to have in your toolbox. This tool will help you enjoy learning the guitar and is what pro players rely on every day! Without it, you run the risk of getting frustrated at best and giving up at worst.
The benefits of playing guitar with one finger
When we are playing the guitar, we want to try and avoid swapping strings in the same fret with the same finger. No matter how good you are at this, there will always be a break in the sound as your finger leaves one string and comes down on the other string. Understanding single-finger techniques helps us avoid these embarrassing guitar blunders.
How to play: Shallow by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
‘Shallow’ by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper is one of the most popular guitar songs that students want to learn. In this lesson, we’ll learn the main riff of ‘Shallow’. There are a few ways to approach this; beginners and intermediate players of all levels should find something to practice here!
A guitarist who has learned all the notes on the fretboard: Can more effectively learn scales and chords; Has a better understanding of keys, intervals, and scale degrees; Is able to more easily memorise songs; Has a greater capacity to understand music theory; Is more effectively able to develop their aural skills; Gets ‘lost’ far less frequently when they are improvising on the guitar.