Paganini’s Perpetual Motion for Better Lead Guitar Technique

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Want to play better lead guitar? One of the keys to playing better lead guitar is having good solid technique. The better your guitar playing skills are, the wider your improvisational possibilities become. And of course, the better your playing is, the faster you’ll learn your favourite songs note-for-note. In today’s tutorial we will look at a guitar arrangement for a violin piece written by Nicolo Paganini (1782-1840) called Perpetual Motion (Moto Perpetuo, Perpetuum Mobile).

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Play Better Guitar with this String Skipping Piece

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Want to improve your string skipping and stretching abilities on guitar? Want to learn a fun song too? Then you’ve come to the right place. Ostinelli’s Reel is an old-time country fiddle tune that sounds great on guitar. This short … Continue reading

Want to Play Better Country, Rock, Blues, Folk, or Jazz Guitar?

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Want to play better guitar? Whether you play country, rock, folk, blues, or jazz, here’s a fun song that sounds great on guitar and will help improve your overall guitar technique. This piece, called the “City of Savannah Hornpipe”, covers … Continue reading

7 Reasons Why You Should Learn and Master Guitar Scales

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You’ve heard that you should learn to play guitar scales, but let’s be honest…you would rather play your favourite guitar songs instead of playing boring old guitar scales.

So is it really worth investing some of your limited practice time into learning and mastering guitar scales?

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Is This The Most Expensive Guitar Book Ever? A Guitar Hanon Book for $998.98?

Mega Chops: Scale Mastery Beyond Hanon

I was surfing the net this morning and came across an Amazon.com listing for one of the guitar books that I wrote in 2005. The book is called Mega Chops: Scale Mastery Beyond Hanon for Guitar.

I was totally blown away when I discovered the price that one seller is currently asking for this book.

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Announcing The Top 30 Most Powerful Guitar Technique Exercises of All Time

Top 30 Most Powerful Guitar Technique Exercises of All Time

Very few guitar players know the secrets of how to practice for maximum results. Most players that know these secrets want them to remain TOP SECRET! Until now…

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