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3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Getting Organised, the Hirajoshi Scale, and Adding Emotion)

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Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including the Hirajoshi scale, getting organised, and more.

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Filed Under: Learning, Practice, Scales Tagged With: Lead Guitar, Practice, Scales

What a Drooling Pack of Dogs Can Teach You About Relaxed Guitar Playing

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Getting a good routine where you can enjoy your guitar playing relaxed and happy is key, and maybe this story can help you find a way to develop a more positive approach to your practice time.

In the 1890s, a scientist called Pavlov decided to test out an interesting little theory on dogs.

He took the dogs’ food and wanted to see if their dinner would make them salivate.

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Filed Under: Learning, Practice, Practice Techniques Tagged With: Lead Guitar, Practice Methods, Practice routines

How Greek Mythology’s Most Deceitful, Trickster Can Make You a Better Guitarist

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Here is a great story from Greek mythology.

It is about a nasty trickster and deceitful king, called Sisyphus.

 

Sisyphus was not a good king.

He killed guests who came to his palace and even tricked and deceived Thanatos (Death)…

Which, of course, angered the great god, Zeus.

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Filed Under: Learning, Practice Tagged With: Efficiency of learning, Lead Guitar, motivation, Practice Methods

The Minor Pentatonic Scale – The Essential Pattern For Guitar

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For this week`s blog post, we are looking at lead guitar, and more specifically the minor pentatonic scale. Everyone including acoustic guitarists will benefit from learning the minor pentatonic scale – it`s so useful.

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Filed Under: Scales, Technique Tagged With: Blues, Lead Guitar, Minor Pentatonic, Rock

Maximum Pentatonic Power – 1 Lick, 12 Awesome Ways To Use It

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B.B. King by Justin Block, licensed under (CC BY-SA 2.0)

I don`t know about you, but when I see those books and courses titled something like `Learn 256 blues licks` or `Play 99 country rock lead licks` or something, I get a bit annoyed. Not because those books and courses aren`t good, I`m sure they are, but because who really needs to learn a 100 licks. I mean really, c`mon. How many of those licks do most players actually use?

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Filed Under: Blues, Lead Tagged With: Lead Guitar, Licks, Pentatonic Minor Scale

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