Tuesday Blues

How to Break Down a Tough Lick (Chet Atkins Example!)

Lesson ID: TB347

In this lesson, I’ll show you my process for tackling a tough lick, plus I’ll break down an insane fingerstyle lick from Mr. Guitar, Chet Atkins.

Focus on this to get better faster…

Lesson ID: TB329

5 Super Important Things I Wish I Learned Sooner…

Lesson ID: TB323

I don’t have time for this…

Lesson ID: TB312

Quick Tip for Effective Guitar Practice

Lesson ID: TB294

How a Week Away Made Me a Better Guitarist

Lesson ID: TB279

Do This Every Time You Play Guitar

Lesson ID: TB277

Is it Time to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone?

Lesson ID: TB232

You’ll learn: Why You’re Not Learning when Your Practicing What You Already Know How You Should Spend Time When You Want Results Related Lessons How […]

Simple Practice Hack to Get Results

Lesson ID: TB184

Related Lessons Tuesday Blues 181: How to Practice Guitar for Results

Here’s a Quick Speed Drill to Improve Your Picking

Lesson ID: TB182

In this lesson, we’ll dig deep into the what, why and how of a very effective speed building exercise.

How to Practice Guitar for Results

Lesson ID: TB181

In this lesson, we’ll have a look at the concepts behind deliberate practice and how you can get them into your own practice sessions so that you can start seeing results.

How to Set Goals on the Guitar

Lesson ID: TB180

Do you think you should be better than this by now? I know how you feel. Several years ago, I slipped into a period where […]

Three Easy Ways to Recover from a Week Without Your Guitar

Lesson ID: TB123

Quick Exercise to Build Finger Picking Speed

Lesson ID: TB098

Yep. I’ve said something like this before.

Playing fast for the sake of playing fast is silly.

Guilty.

You might not expect a lesson focused on speed building from a laid back finger picker like me. And while I stand by my comment about playing fast, the truth is you do need to work on your ability to play fast. For two reasons:

1. Having the physical ability to play fast makes the slower stuff a breeze.
2. The speed is there when you need it.

The key is, play fast when it counts. You don’t have to play fast all the time, but having the ability to break out a fast run when you need it comes in handy.

If you want to build speed, start slow. But be consistent.

How to Play and Practice the A Blues Scale

Lesson ID: TB092

This is a sample lesson from one of BGI’s premium courses called “Sandpiper Stomp”. In this lesson, we’ll take a look at how to construct the A Blues Scale and where it lies on the neck.

How to Practice for Results – Part Three

Lesson ID: TB091

In this lesson, we’ll continue the three part series on how to practice guitar for results. We’ll take a look at the third component of a solid practice routine: application. This is where you get to put your area of focus to the test.

Focus Your Guitar Practice for Amazing Results

Lesson ID: TB090

This lesson is a continuation on how to practice for results. In this video, we’ll look at the second phase of a solid practice routine: the focus area. In this part of your practice time, you should spend some highly focused time working on one single concept. Strip away all distractions and let’s get focused.

Do this and you’ll impress yourself with the progress you can make.

How to Practice Guitar – Pt. 1 (Warm Up)

Lesson ID: TB089

In this lesson, we kick off a mini-course on one of the most asked about topics on BGI: Practice.

How to practice? How long should I practice? What should I practice? Stick with me through this series and learn the answers to each of those questions and more.

Learn the Blues Scale with the One String Approach

Lesson ID: TB040

Guitar players love playing in box patterns, shapes and so forth. That way of thinking has its application, but if you really want to learn […]

Quick Tips to Improve Barre (Bar) Chords

Lesson ID: TB039

This lesson calls out the difficulties of playing good, clean sounding barre chords. This may in fact be a basic requirement for good guitar playing, but many of us cheat and don’t fully get each note sounding clearly. I used to be in that crowd so, I get to say that 🙂

But, here’s a couple of tips to help you identify your weak spots and work around them.

Long Version of the Minor Pentatonic Scale

Lesson ID: TB030

Practice this long version of the minor pentatonic scale to help break out of the pentatonic box patterns and move more freely on the neck.