Archive for July, 2009

A great guitar exercise for strengthening your fret hand. Long-time GuitarTeacher.com reader Mike(MJK) asked (via Twitter) "What is a good lesson to strengthen the fretting hand?" Following is one of my favorites for increasing left hand stamina and strength. It is called the "6 Minute Trill Drill". I believe I learned this at an open counseling session with guitar great Gary Hoey during my time ... View Lesson

Inside each individual major scale there are three different minor pentatonic scales. In the tradition of the "Secret" Pentatonics lesson let's continue looking for pentatonics in undiscovered places. Maybe our familiar, five-note friend has been 'hiding' under our noses, just waiting to be revealed in other familiar scale patterns? In fact, this is the case! I present (drum roll, please!): Hidden Pentatonics. We will start ... View Lesson

On average, how much individual guitar practice time do you put in each week was the question in our last reader poll here at GuitarTeacher.com. 210 readers took the time to responded. The results give a pretty clear picture of  readers' practice habits - and the outlook is good! Results shown below:... View Lesson