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- Get Better Results In Your Guitar Teaching By Showing Students How To Practice - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2013 from Tom HessGet Better Results In Your Guitar Teaching By Showing Students How To Practice by Tom Hess One of the biggest challenges you can face when teaching guitar is teaching students who never seem to make any progress. Some guitar teachers would simply assume that the student is ‘slow’ or ...
Views: 1713 - Guitar Playing Test For Reaching Musical Goals - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2016 from Tom HessThink you know a lot about becoming a great guitarist? There exist tons of myths regarding playing making improvement through practice. Guitar players who believe in these myths almost never achieve their musical goals. Guitarists who learn how things really are, make fast progress and become ...
Views: 1141 - Guitar Practice Strategy That Develops Your Musical Creativity & Makes Guitar Practice Fun - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2017 from Tom HessIntegrating musical skills together in a fluent manner is key for becoming a better guitarist. Integration is: *Knowing how to combine skills (or techniques) with different concepts and skills. *Practicing creativity as you improve your skills. Watch the video below to learn how to ...
Views: 766 - Here Is What Keeps You From Becoming An Incredible Guitar Teacher - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2013 from Tom HessIf you thought about starting to teach guitar, you have probably felt apprehensions about getting started such as these: •You don’t really know what you must do (and avoid doing) in order to successfully teach guitar as a career. •You do not have highly effective teaching systems in place ...
Views: 1148 - How Directional Picking Makes Fast Guitar Playing A Lot Easier - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2016 from Tom HessHow Directional Picking Makes Fast Guitar Playing A Lot Easier by Tom Hess As soon as you use efficient picking technique, fast guitar playing begins to feel very easy. Directional picking makes fast guitar playing totally effortless. How? The picking motions used are smaller and quicker ...
Views: 1975 - How Studying Steve Vai's Guitar Playing Can Make You A Better Guitar Player - Part 1 - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2015 from Tom HessHow can studying the guitar playing of Steve Vai improve your own guitar playing? If you think learning his guitar solos or looking up transcriptions of Steve Vai songs is going to make you a great guitarist, then you are wrong. These things may help you in small, insignificant ways but they ...
Views: 1041 - How To Become A Better Shred Guitarist (Without Playing Faster) - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2013 from Tom HessHow To Become A Better Shred Guitarist (Without Playing Faster) by Tom Hess Are you wondering what it takes to play great shred guitar licks? Although it might seem counter-intuitive, playing awesome shred guitar ideas is not all about speed. Fact is, playing cool shred guitar licks that ...
Views: 1736 - How To Become A Faster Guitarist The Easy Way (Without Moving Your Hands Faster) - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2017 from Tom HessWish you knew how to play guitar super-fast without making so many mistakes? To be able to do it, you need to focus more on increasing your usable speed versus increasing your potential speed. This video explains the what distinguishes potential guitar speed from usable guitar ...
Views: 758 - How To Become A Highly Creative 7 String Guitarist - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2012 from Tom HessWould you like to become a more creative 7 string guitar player? Being highly creative on 7 string guitar is one of the most common challenges for musicians who have mostly played 6 string guitar. Unfortunately, most guitar players get stuck playing in the same ‘6 string’ mindset as ...
Views: 1438 - How To Become A Massively Successful Guitar Teacher - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Tom HessHow To Become A Massively Successful Guitar Teacher By Tom Hess Do you wish you understood what it takes to become successful as a guitar teacher? Fact is, you will find out a lot about becoming successful by studying athletes who compete in the Olympics. For the most part, those who ...
Views: 1556 - How To Become A Successful Guitar Teacher Faster - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2018 from Tom HessWant to transform the musical lives of your guitar students and make good money doing it? Get started by using these three ideas: 1. Create Unique Lesson Plans To Help Students Reach Their Goals It’s a frequently-made mistake to use cookie-cutter lesson plans for every student. ...
Views: 622 - How To Become An Incredible Guitar Player - Part 2 – Three Reasons Why You Haven’t Become A Great Musician - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2015 from Tom HessHow To Become An Incredible Guitar Player - Part 2 – Three Reasons Why You Haven’t Become A Great Musician by Tom Hess What’s stopping you from being a great guitarist? Do you have undeveloped playing technique? Poor musical creativity? Didn’t begin with lots of ...
Views: 807 - How To Become Financial Stable In Your Music Career - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2012 from Tom HessIf you have an ‘ethical’ issue with finding the best ways to earn money in your music career, do not read any further. Simply leave the page now. Now, for those of you who are still with me, let’s talk about improving your music career by making a good living. Fact is, ...
Views: 2845 - How To Build And Maintain A Career In Music With A Mentor - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2012 from Tom HessHow To Build And Maintain A Career In Music With A Mentor By Tom Hess One of the biggest challenges you will face early on as you start a career in music is simply ‘not knowing’ what to do. Fact is, many musicians do not know much about the music industry in the beginning. As a ...
Views: 1385 - How To Correct Guitar Mistakes That Happen While Playing At Fast Speeds - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2016 from Tom HessHow To Correct Guitar Mistakes That Happen While Playing At Fast Speeds By Tom Hess So your guitar playing becomes sloppy when you play fast… what should you do? It’s a common approach to practice very slowly while trying to solve mistakes… then build speed over time. ...
Views: 683 - How To Create A Thriving Guitar Teaching Business - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2016 from Tom HessTo create a thriving guitar teaching business, you have to do the following things: 1. Get tons of new students each month. 2. Use proven and effective guitar teaching models. 3. Retain your students for long periods of time. 4. Get your students to advance in their skills quickly. 5. ...
Views: 798 - How To Create An Effective Guitar Practice Routine - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2015 from Tom HessDo you practice guitar for too much hours but can’t see real results in your guitar playing? Do you know why you are struggling to get better at guitar regardless all the time you are practicing? I also suffered this same dilemma, but after some years of trying various strategies on ...
Views: 1485 - How To Create Cool Exotic Guitar Licks Using Expressive Soloing Techniques - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2015 from Tom HessHow To Create Cool Exotic Guitar Licks Using Expressive Soloing Techniques By Tom Hess Fact: you will never become a more creative lead guitarist by repeating the exact same licks or scales (you can already play by heart) over and over. Instead, you must learn how to play with passion, ...
Views: 1500 - How To Dramatically Improve Your Guitar Playing And Reach Your Musical Goals Fast - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2015 from Tom HessHow To Dramatically Improve Your Guitar Playing And Reach Your Musical Goals Fast Most guitarists have no idea which of their guitar practice exercises are improving their guitar playing and which ones aren’t. Consequently, they constantly struggle to get better at guitar and end up ...
Views: 987 - How To Easily Become A More Creative Guitar Player - by Submitted on May 05, 2015 from Tom HessEver heard people say: “To be a creative guitar player, you must be born with this skill - otherwise it’s hopeless”? Like most guitarists, I used to believe in this myth and almost gave up playing guitar in frustration. When I finally learned how to become a creative ...
Views: 1498 - How To Easily Make Cool Guitar Licks For Your Solos And Improvisations - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2016 from Tom HessHow To Easily Make Cool Guitar Licks For Your Solos And Improvisations By Tom Hess To get better at improvising guitar solos, you need to make ideas that: -Tie-in well with all of the other ideas in your guitar solo -Express the precise emotions you want them to express Tons ...
Views: 846 - How To Easily Make Your Lead Guitar Sustain Last Longer - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2021 from Tom HessDo the notes you play on guitar end too soon or feel a bit lifeless? Getting more sustain on your notes doesn't require special pedals, just an understanding of how to use proper technique in both hands, a heavy guitar pick and an amp with the gain turned way up. Sound good? Great! ...
Views: 501 - How To Easily Teach Creativity To Your Guitar Student - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2015 from Tom HessDo you want to have the most enthusiastic guitar students around, new students constantly knocking at your door and the envy of all other local guitar teachers? Before you can do all this you need to learn how to transform all your average students into incredible musicians. To do this, you must ...
Views: 1065 - How To Eliminate Sloppy Mistakes From Your Guitar Technique - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2017 from Tom HessHow To Eliminate Sloppy Mistakes From Your Guitar Technique And Sound Great Every Time You Play Your Guitar By Tom Hess You’ve probably experienced days when your guitar playing felt effortless and sounded great… This probably made you feel motivated and excited to get ...
Views: 818 - How To End Your “Guitar Teaching Insanity” & Finally Make A Great Income Teaching Guitar - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2015 from Tom HessHow To End Your “Guitar Teaching Insanity” & Finally Make A Great Income Teaching Guitar By Tom Hess Albert Einstein defined insanity as: “repeating the same mistakes over and over while hoping to get alternate results.” The unfortunate truth is, this is what ...
Views: 780 - How To Get Faster Results From Your Guitar Practice - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2018 from Tom HessWant to make much faster progress on guitar? Tap into your unfulfilled potential using these 3 approaches: Approach #1: Always Practice Guitar With Clear Direction It’s a mistake to practice without any clearly defined goals or schedule. This makes it much harder to make progress ...
Views: 583 - How To Get Insanely Faster Guitar Picking Speed (Shortcut) - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2020 from Tom HessHow To Get Insanely Faster Guitar Picking Speed (Shortcut) By Tom Hess What if I could give you a quick shortcut to adding insane amounts of speed into your guitar playing... and it made playing fast feel easier? This shortcut comes in the form of a technique that the ...
Views: 659 - How To Get Started Becoming A Top-Tier Improviser On Guitar - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2020 from Tom HessNo, just because you do or don't have “natural talent” doesn’t mean you are more or less creative at improvising than anyone else. Creative lead guitarists are able to take phrases they already know and use their awesome phrasing and phrase adaptation skills to quickly modify any lick to use ...
Views: 493 - How To Get Tons Of Guitar Students In The Summertime - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2014 from Tom HessHow To Get Tons Of Guitar Students In The Summertime by Tom Hess The slowest time of the year for lesson inquiries is the summertime (as you probably already know). Although most guitar teachers know this, the overwhelming majority of them are unable to deal with it and struggle to make ...
Views: 1387 - How To Improve Sloppy Guitar Technique & Make Your Guitar Playing Accurate And Clean - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2016 from Tom HessHow To Improve Sloppy Guitar Technique & Make Your Guitar Playing Accurate And Clean By Tom Hess Whenever you make a mistake in your guitar playing it’s likely due to poor technique. Poor technique makes your playing sound sloppy and slows down your progress. To fix this, you ...
Views: 1649 - How To Improve Your Guitar Playing Fast With Circuit Training - by Submitted on May 20, 2016 from Tom HessWant to enjoy your guitar practice more and make more progress? Use circuit training as a major part of your guitar practicing routine. This type of training use various exercises in a particular way for a pre-determined amount of time. The following process describes how circuit training ...
Views: 861 - How To Improve Your Guitar Playing With Less Practice Time - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2018 from Tom HessHow To Improve Your Guitar Playing With Less Practice Time By Tom Hess You don't need to practice many hours per day to get better at guitar. These are three ways to improve your playing while practicing less: Plan Your Practice Schedule Ahead Of Time Figuring out the things ...
Views: 741 - How To Improve Your Guitar Playing With Little Practice Time - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2019 from Tom HessHow To Improve Your Guitar Playing With Little Practice Time By Tom Hess Fact: Improving your guitar playing doesn’t require practicing for 3-5 hours every day. Here’s 3 ways to get better fast with limited practice time: Plan Out Your Practice In Advance Deciding ...
Views: 589 - How To Improvise Killer Rock Guitar Solos - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2013 from Tom HessDo you lack the improvisational skills needed to be able to come up with great rock guitar solos in the moment? The truth is, many guitar players are in the same situation as you. In fact, most guitarists ‘want’ to be able to play awesome solos, but for some reason only a few actually ‘can’. So ...
Views: 2333 - How To Increase Musical Creativity On 7 String Guitar - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2013 from Tom HessHow To Increase Musical Creativity On 7 String Guitar By Tom Hess What is one way that you are severely limiting your 7 string guitar playing creativity? Answer: You are playing 7 string guitar with exact same approach you use to play 6 string guitar. Many guitarists think that this ...
Views: 1974 - How To Know If You’ll Become A Great Guitar Player Pt. 1: How Bad Do You Want It? - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2014 from Tom Hessby Tom Hess What is the biggest thing that keeps you from becoming a great guitarist? It’s NOT trying to play challenging techniques, playing with greater speed, understanding music theory or any other music related factors. Truth is, being able to play guitar well is not extremely ...
Views: 872 - How To Make A Guitar Sing Like Your Favorite Singer - by Submitted on May 20, 2013 from Tom HessHow To Make A Guitar Sing Like Your Favorite Singer by Tom Hess If you are like many guitar players, you have felt frustrated when your guitar solos don't sound how you want them to sound. By using the voice of your favorite singer, you can transform your currently "okay" ...
Views: 2966 - How To Make Any Guitar Chord You Play Sound Great - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2019 from Tom HessDoesn’t it seem like many guitar players focus on lead rather than playing chords? A lot of people would say it’s because playing chords feels less fun. But here is the real reason why guitarists do this: Guitarists often don't learn how to make common ...
Views: 715 - How To Make Fast Guitar Playing Easier By Keeping Both Hands In Perfect Sync - by Submitted on May 11, 2020 from Tom Hess“I wish I could make my fast guitar playing a little more sloppy!” – said no guitar player on Earth. So why do tons of guitar players struggle to play clean when they play fast? This is the answer: Not very many guitarists understand how to keep their ...
Views: 543 - How To Make Fast Guitar Playing Feel Easy - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2014 from Tom HessHave you ever thought about what the one thing is that your favorite guitarists have in common when playing fast? Here is the answer: every one of them plays in a way that looks extremely effortless. In reality, shredding on guitar not only looks easy - it actually IS easy…or, to be honest, it ...
Views: 1038 - How To Make Your Guitar Solos More Expressive - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2021 from Tom HessWant to know how to quickly insert feeling into your guitar phrases or soloing? Check this out: Adding emotion into your guitar playing like this can be done irrespective of your current guitar skills (provided that it's greater than absolute newcomer). Additionally, you don't require ...
Views: 434 - How To Make Your Lead Guitar Playing Sound More Expressive - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2021 from Tom HessWant to become a more expressive and creative guitar player? Making small adjustments can go a long way. What do I mean? Try this out: Take 5 minutes and a handful of notes. Then, focus on not ending all your guitar phrases within a single bar. Make some of your licks end in the ...
Views: 371 - How To Master Expressive Guitar Vibrato Technique - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2020 from Tom HessHow To Master Expressive Guitar Vibrato Technique By Tom Hess I have zero doubt that: Vibrato technique is the most critical technique to develop if you want to sound like an excellent guitarist. Why is this exactly? Because notes that have no vibrato ...
Views: 530 - How To Master Guitar Technique And Play Guitar Fast And Clean - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2016 from Tom HessHow To Master Guitar Technique And Play Guitar Fast And Clean By Tom Hess What do you need to do in order to completely master guitar technique and increase speed? Here’s a hint: you don’t need to practice for 8 hours a day. Instead, you need to practice the right things, at ...
Views: 1011 - How To Play Amazing Guitar Arpeggios (Without Playing Super Fast) - by Submitted on May 30, 2016 from Tom HessHow To Play Amazing Guitar Arpeggios (Without Playing Super Fast) by Tom Hess You don’t have to blaze through sweep picking arpeggios at high speeds to make them sound great. Instead you can use creative exercises to make them sound musical (AND badass). The following video ...
Views: 1022 - How To Play Amazing Lead Guitar Solos By Learning From King Diamond - Part 1 - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2015 from Tom HessBelieve it or not, singers can help you become a much better lead guitarist. The majority of guitarists never think about studying singer to improve their soloing skills... instead they attempt to get better by building speed, learning new licks or looking up new scale positions. Fact is, once ...
Views: 903 - How To Play Awesome Blues Guitar Licks - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2014 from Tom HessHow To Play Awesome Blues Guitar Licks By Tom Hess Do you have a strong desire to play cool blues guitar licks but struggle to play them with great intensity because you can’t keep unused strings from ringing out? Truth is, most guitar players can’t do this and as a result ...
Views: 1444 - How To Play Awesome Guitar Licks Using The Power Of The Tritone (No Theory Needed) - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2020 from Tom HessHow To Play Awesome Guitar Licks Using The Power Of The Tritone (No Theory Needed) By Tom Hess Looking for new ways to make your guitar licks sound more interesting? You're in for a treat. You're going to learn a powerful way to create new guitar licks ...
Views: 538 - How To Play Awesome Guitar Solos, Part 1: Vibrato - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2014 from Tom HessHow To Play Awesome Guitar Solos, Part 1: Vibrato by Tom Hess There are many possible reasons why your guitar solos and licks don’t sound totally amazing. The good news is, every problem you can think of has a very specific solution that you can implement to fix any issues and ...
Views: 1141 - How To Play Emotional & Creative Guitar Solos By Using The Phrasing Of Your Favorite Singers - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2018 from Tom HessHow To Play Emotional & Creative Guitar Solos By Using The Phrasing Of Your Favorite Singers By Tom Hess What is the easiest way to make your solos very emotional? Answer: imitate the phrasing of your favorite singers. Here is how: 1. Transcribe Vocal Lines Of Your Favorite ...
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