Well, In a lot of guitar courses, it say at least 10 mins. I practice about 1-3 hours a day, and I have to say that I am very impressed with my accomplishments. People don't believe it when they hear that I only played for 1 year now.
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Here's a short piece I wrote about practicing for a magazine in my local college where I teach evening classes. I've borrowed a few sentiments from some great guitar tutors and authors, particularly in the last paragraph taken from the Advancing Gui…
When playing you want to minimize movement. What I see sometimes when students are changing chords is they are lifting their fingers so far off the fingerboard that it like they are starting completely from scratch. You have to think about connectin…
I've just bought myself a flat steel string acoustic. I've never learnt how to play the guitar but I'm self teaching myself, I'm regularly on youtube and other guitar websites to educate myself further about how to play. Right now, I know chords, bu…
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Both guitars at this level give a great products... I played both when I was looking. it realy comes down to what you feel most comfortable with. I loved the resinet sound I got from My Yamaha FG. But like so many have told me here... y…
Both manufacturers have good and bad points, I have a yamaha LL16 and it has a wonderfull full tone for the money, Very well made and nice to play, It is my opinion that the woods yamaha use in their more expensive guitars are of v good quality. Tha…
I'd have to say that, as a brand, Yamaha is far and away the better brand for acoustics. Ibanez makes some very fine electrics, but their acoustic range of models is extremely limited. I would say that the Ibanez focus is on durable, amplified acous…
I have an Ibanez AE - acousticlly it has beautiful tone, but I notice that my friends' Yamaha is much louder - don't know if it is that hers is older and possibly more opened up. Both acousticly and amplified, her guitar is much more responsive. I a…
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