Newsletter Archives

• October, 2019 - Take the Fear out of Practicing: Find a Routine
• September, 2019 - How Long Will It Take To Learn To Play The Guitar?
• August, 2019 - Problems that Maybe Go Away Sometimes
• July, 2019 - Mapping the Guitar Fretboard
• June, 2019 - The Song of Spring
• May, 2019 - Grouchy Guitar or Grouchy Hands?
• April, 2019 - Practice Tips for Preparing for a Performance
• March, 2019 - The Monkee, the Writer, and the Wrecking Crew
• February, 2019 - A-Okay: Exploring different possibilities for the open A chord
• December, 2018 - Take Your Pick! Methods for holding a guitar pick
• November, 2018 - Strumming Tips
• October, 2018 - Nailing It (A special message for all fretting hands!)
• September, 2018 - Finding Your Way (when you lose your place in the middle of a song)
• August, 2018 - Getting Back on the Practicing Horse
• July, 2018 - Spontaneous Jam Session
• June, 2018 - Gallery of Musical Instrument Oddities
• May, 2018 - The Creative Class: How do you make a living as a guitar player?
• April, 2018 - Gee! That's Useful! (Fingering the open G chord)
• March, 2018 - Songwriting Approach
• February, 2018 - Not As Easy As It Looks - Practice Takes Patience
• December, 2017 - The Tortoise Beats the Hare
• November, 2017 - Climbing up on Solsbury Hill (Counting Complex Rhythms)
• October, 2017 - Timing is Everything - a visit from "The Count"
• September, 2017 - Quick Practice Tips
• August, 2017 - Different Strings for Different Things
• July, 2017 - Play out! - Open mics
• June, 2017 - Some Gain, Less Pain?
• May, 2017 - Guitars for Travelers
• April, 2017 - Alternative Facts about Tuning
• February, 2017 - Song Learning Resources
• January, 2017 - Distortion Pedals
• November, 2016 - Performing: Anything Can Happen
• October, 2016 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock and Roll
• September, 2016 - Music Theory Anyone?
• August, 2016 - A Journey to the Center of the Guitar
• July, 2016 - Some Notes about Songwriting
• June, 2016 - Summer Fun (Recap)
• May, 2016 - Prince and Music Education
• April, 2016 - The Ants Go Marching One By One Hurrah!
• March, 2016 - TAB Tips
• February, 2016 - Passing Stars
• January, 2016 - Learning Curve
• December, 2015 - Performance Tips
• November, 2015 - Using Visualization
• September, 2015 - Goooaaal!
• August, 2015 - "Is That a Real Song?"
• July, 2015 - Building Calluses
• June, 2015 - Summer Fun: Keep Playing During the Summer
• May, 2015 - Creativity in the Absence of Time
• April, 2015 - Metronome or Metr-"oh no!"-me?
• March, 2015 - The Advantage of Reading Music
• February, 2015 - Should You Buy An Electric Guitar Or An Acoustic Guitar?
• January, 2015 - Classical Guitar Versus Flamenco Guitar
• November, 2014 - The Origins of Standard Tuning
• October, 2014 - The Importance of Scheduling Regular Practice
• September, 2014 - String Boiling Experiment
• August, 2014 - Fretting - How Much Pressure Should You Use?
• July, 2014 - The Early Days of Jazz guitar
• June, 2014 - Group Vs. Private Lessons
• May, 2014 - Featuring the Ukulele
• April, 2014 - Why and How to Practice Slow
• March, 2014 - Rules of Thumb: Fretting-hand position
• February, 2014 - Pete Seeger: If I Had a Hammer-on
• January, 2014 - To Read or Not To Read?
• November, 2013 - Making Time to Practice
• October, 2013 - No Contest
• September, 2013 - Play It By Ear
• August, 2013 - Stringing You Along: A Rough Guide to Guitar Strings
• July, 2013 - Make Your Own Guitar Picks!
• June, 2013 - The Great Capo Caper (Capos Explained)
• May, 2013 - Weather Changes and Truss Rod Adjustments
• April, 2013 - The Rule of 18 and Intonation (What's behind the fret spacing on a guitar)
• March, 2013 - How Much Should You Spend on a Guitar?
• February, 2013 - Guitar Humidifiers
• January, 2013 - Guitargonomics 101 (Guitar Ergonomics)
• November, 2012 - Stage Fright
• October, 2012 - How To Extract a Pick from Inside a Guitar
• September, 2012 - How Pickups Work on an Electric Guitar
• August, 2012 - The Benefits of Playing With Other People
• July, 2012 - My First Guitar - A Short Story