by Dean Luke | Mar 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
How much practice should you be doing each day? This is something I get asked a lot by students and my answer is always the same; “well, how good do you want to get and how quickly do you want to get there?” First of all, let me say practice volume isn’t the be all...
by Dean Luke | Mar 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Something I hear a lot from students who’re new to vibrato is “when I apply vibrato to a string, the string knocks against the surrounding strings causing them to ring out.” The best way to stop this from happening is to understand how to...
by Dean Luke | Mar 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Want to know when playing the guitar starts feeling easy? Well, it all depends – with consistent quality practice and a good teacher, it might not take as long as you think. There’s a definite “pain barrier” stage to learning something on the...
by Dean Luke | Mar 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Want to know what you need to have for a Zoom lesson with me? Probably not as much as you think. In order to have a good quality Zoom guitar lesson, you’ll need 3 things. 1. A webcam. Whether it’s an external webcam or the webcam that comes with...
by Dean Luke | Mar 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Want to know what makes solos by Jimmy Page, Slash, Angus Young and other similar players sound so cool? Mixing major and minor pentatonic. There are lots of different ways to mix major and minor pentatonic and they each will give you a certain sound. For example,...
by Dean Luke | Mar 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Do you feel uncomfortable using your pinky?So did Andy before he started lessons with me.He was also struggling with synchronisation, feeling stuck in a speed rut and feeling stuck in the 1st position of the minor pentatonic when trying to improvise.The problems...