Jazz Guitar Study Methods

One great way to study jazz guitar is to find some way to be able to play over chord changes. Improvising is one of the most important aspects of jazz and this is the best way to practice improvising. There are a few things you need for this to work well.

Somehow you need to have something that can play back chord changes at different speeds. You need some type of music program that can have chord changes or bass notes entered in and have them played back at different tempos. Some type of rhythm playback would be beneficial as well. There is a program called band in a box that serves this function, but if you already have a music program like reason or fl studio those will work pretty well too.

With any of these programs you can make up your own chord changes or enter the changes to a popular tune you may want to learn and start practicing improvising over them. It is a great system because you can practice playing chords and melody over the changes, and you might start developing a lot of nice improvising ideas. There is really no limit to what this type of practice can do for you because it is very close to actually playing with a band.

As far as practicing performance goes, this is also one of the best things that you can do. Most people before rarely had the opportunity to practice playing with bands, but now with these music programs, you can recreate the feeling and situation right in your room, and this should lead to there being a lot more talented jazz guitar players.

If you are getting into jazz guitar or just improvising in general, check out this type of practice as the rewards can be huge.

The Importance of Proper Basic Guitar Technique

Having proper guitar technique for basic skills such as strumming and plucking notes is one of the biggest things that most self taught guitar players miss out one, and it can be incredibly damaging to their development. Although it may seem boring and obvious, basic techniques are actually one of the most important and difficult things to master. The reason for this is the amount of guitar teacher who don't even have correct technique, and also the fact that once people develop bad habits, they usually just try to push forward through them instead of stopping and fixing them.

But it is worth it to stop and fix bad technique because it will limit your skills in the long run. Good technique means having maximum efficiency, which means not wasting and movement or time and being able to play as fast and as accurately as possible. When you play for years with incorrect technique, you eventually hit a wall that you cant get past, and in many cases, this is where people lose interest in the instrument, because they feel like they can go no further with it. If you have correct form from the beginning, this is unlikely to happen.

That is why new players and more experienced ones should take the time to work on their basic form and fix any bad habits, it may end up saving you a lot of time and effort in the long run.

Guitar Articles Blog

This blog has been created for me to compile the best guitar articles that I find online in one place. The internet is full of great information on the guitar including lessons, videos, and other materials, and this site is going to be a comprehensive gathering of them.

The only problem with the massive amount of information online is that it can be hard to find your way through it. You don't always know that the lessons or articles that you see online are good information, and sometimes you cant find anything on what you need because it is unorganized or mislabeled. This blog is going to have all of the best information that can be found, and links to all of the best guitar sites.

Posts will be made fairly consistently and new articles should be found just about everyday. I am a guitar player myself and will personally be ensuring that the stuff finding its way to this blog is quality information. Keep checking back if you are trying to learn to play guitar or improve your skills.