Practicing – Page 5 – Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog

April 22, 201833Comments

Navigating The New Stuff…

Lots of things are afoot here at Planet BGU... You may already have been working with the new Member Portal, but with the launch of Blues Speed Building Blocks and the

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March 30, 201857Comments

Trading Fours

Trading Fours is something that comes up a lot on gigs, but for some reason I rarely see it discussed. And since I was working with some students who asked

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January 5, 201831Comments

Picking Vs. Slurring In Practice

This is a quick, but useful lesson on adding slurring (hammer-ons and pull-offs) into your practice routine. The primary thing here is that we are attempting to make your slurred notes

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January 1, 201836Comments

1 Way To Play Better In 2018…

You'll see about 37 different "5 ways to play better in 2018" articles this week (I even did one in 2015 if you want to read it it's not like anything

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October 31, 201724Comments

[VLOG] Practicing 1 Bar + 1 Beat

Today's blog is a video blog (vlog) where I'll answer a question about practicing for beginners. Always practice 1 bar + 1 beat...

September 10, 201721Comments

Better Practicing With Technology.

It's a great time to be a guitar player... I know it sounds like me being old, but "back in the old days" the idea of being able to slow down

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April 12, 201725Comments

When All Else Fails…

It's been a while since I've written a new article for you, and as you may know I've recently returned from Lake Arrowhead for the annual Blues Guitar Unleashed Live

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December 1, 201619Comments

Hard Skills Vs Soft Skills

Over the years you may have heard me talk about "Hows" and "Whats," when referring to skills or ideas you will need to be proficient at... Well I've also heard them

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November 2, 2016196Comments

Skills To Pay The Bills

Guitar playing revolves around a lot of different skills... some of them are basic like plucking a string, while others are a bit more complex like strumming in time. Some skills

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August 10, 201639Comments

Pick A Spot…

Let's say you want to improve your blues soloing and you're a little tired of just playing the pentatonic/blues scale over the entire 12 bar blues the whole time... You want

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