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This is probably one of the most important parts of your "Hands On Study"... Athletes stretch before every workout so they do not pull or tare muscles and ligaments. Some of us get into Guitar Gymnastics... At any level, at any time you are going to play your guitar, it is imperative you stretch. There are many methods to stretching and depending on you, and what it is you would like to do, it is a very good idea to make stretching a part of your daily practice routine.. Here is a few examples... http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschoo...?showtopic=1065 Remember, just like playing go into your stretch, slow, learn and know your body... Be Great!…

Practice / Study Practice is, pretty much, the result of what you study. We Study then put into practice the various themes and movements in what ever it is we study. In this case, it is music. Even deeper in relevance, we are studying guitar. This paper will be in many parts. Posting all of them at the same time would be, well, like something I would do. So if it does you good Great. If you disagree then we can only perfect this paper and that is the purpose of it all isn't it? So If you disagree we will change where everyone sees fit. In essence, it will bring you to one end... Practice, Study and Play! So far I have this broken down into almost 20 pos…

Hi This My take for now... As most know I injured my Elbow and Wrist in a fall. I'm still healing but am able to play. However, I'm only able to play for about 20 mins a day. I have not really been able to pick up my guitar for about two months! This really suk'd more than you know. I did take this time to practice one handed touch on the upper frets, as well as theory. This was a great time to get into it with a little midi controller the theory that is here at the school and a lil book called "Music Theory for Dummy's"... So in this time of recovery I'm doing this... 10 to 15 mins of stretching. 10 mins of teaching my hand take a different grip (my old gr…

OK, here's my take on practicing. I don't know how anyone can only practice for 30 minutes to an hour a day and not get totally frustrated/bored with the rate of progression that their making. When I actually sat down about a year ago and laid out on paper my practice routine, I finally realized how much time was needed to actually progress, at what I consider, would be a "decent" rate of progression. 20-30/min Chromatics moving up in half steps. 20-30/min on MODES: go through all seven modes 2-3 times with a metronome. 15-20/min A Bb Phrygian lick that I like. 15-20/min Just the Lydian mode moving up in half steps frets 1-5 (Good for stretching) 30-60/min…

Practice plans I have created this section that you can post your practice plans and workouts in order to compare them with other students and to get some workout and practice tips from me. The practicing is very important to keep your guitarplaying going - so please take some time to read my article about practicing http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschoo...p?showtopic=178 After that try to create your own practice plan which fits into your daily schedules to create the regularity which is required that you make progress on your guitarplaying. If you are a beginner or nearly a pro - the practicing process never stops and always has to be adapted to your curren…

Hi all together, to make progress on guitarplaying it is very important that you practice regulary on the guitar. It makes more sense to play 10 minutes daily then playing 5 hours only on a rainy sunday. But in fact that doesn't mean that you should not practice 5 hours on special occasions. It also makes a difference whether you practice concentrated your exercises of if you just play the guitar. To practice means that you really pay attention to what your teacher or your guitar-book has told you to do. Playing means that you just play the guitar and enjoy it. The optimal mixuture in practicing is first to work on the stuff you really have to work on and th…

And here you find the pentatonics I was talking about. Minor Pentatonics Major Pentatonics and here you find some technical exercises which help you - check the chromatic exercises first to get your fingers a bit trained and then the pentatonic exercieses. http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=29 The root note I am talking about is important for the orientation on the fretboard and to start with the basic improvisation concept : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=908

Here I talk about some basic picking techniques either with pick or the fingers or with a clean or distorted guitarsound. If you want to leanr rock riffs with distorted guitarsounds you might check out the " rock riff's tutorial " Additional I talk about regularity in your practice routines. They are very important that you keep your training and practicing up to gain your progress and keep you going. Here you find 2 articles how you should schedule your regular practice : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=104 http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=178 If you want a professional review of your …