Practice and Musicianship | Acoustic Guitar

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7 Tips to Make Cover Songs Feel Like Your Own

As a songwriter, do you stick to your guns and your own songs—or cave and just deliver the hits everyone can sing along with? There’s a healthier way to look at covers: as a creative vehicle that can actually enhance rather than compete with your songwriting.

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Class Action: Tips on Building a Successful Guitar Teaching Practice

Whether you want to recruit a few students or develop a full schedule, here are a few suggestions to get the ball rolling.

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The Best Websites and Apps for Learning Guitar

It's never been easier to teach yourself guitar, mostly because of the wide variety of apps, software, and websites to learn from.

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Learn to Play Fast on Guitar by Practicing Slowly

Learn to play fast on acoustic guitar by practicing slowly; make sure that you play everything with 100 percent accuracy before bringing it up to tempo.

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3 Practice Techniques to Learn Tough Passages and Overcome Musical Roadblocks

In this lesson, we’ll take a six-bar passage and break it into small, easily approachable sections.

Lesson: How to Make Sense of Lead Sheets

If you have a solid foundation but want to learn more about reading charts, then this lesson, based on an actual lead sheet, is for you.

Acoustic Guitar Notation Guide

The music in most guitar books and magazines is written in standard notation and tablature. Here's how to read standard guitar notation and guitar tabs.

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