Guitar Fingerpicking for Beginners

This video tutorial jumps right into fingerpicking for the beginning guitarist. It teaches you the terminology, notation and proper technique which first and foremost must be understood before you begin learning how to fingerpick.

Remember to start out keeping your hand steadily hovered over the strings and then naturally pluck each string with the finger directly above it without moving your right hand. After it begins to feel more natural, try speeding it up a bit while concentrating on keeping your right hand steady and making your fingers do the work.

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The Holy Grail of Memorizing Guitar Chords-Part 2

Part 2 of the highly effective and helpful technique to memorize guitar chords. Remember not to "walk" the chords one at a time but "land" them all at once. It takes some practice but once you begin to utilize this technique regularly, you will begin to really see better results in memorizing and "grabbing" guitar chords however difficult they may be.

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Practice Piano with Your Hands Separate

One mistake that many new students of piano make is to practice new pieces on the piano using both hands at the same time. It is a great misconception that you can enhance your coordination by learning music and practicing using both hands at the same time. In fact, for beginners, practicing new songs with both hands can lead to much more frustration and fatigue of the hands. Entertaining the same amount of time separately on both hands can lead to much higher levels of developmental proficiency.

When learning new songs or difficult passages begin with the right hand playing a bar or two of the melody line and before it tires, quickly switch to the left hand playing the more rhythmic pattern of the same bar set. Do this switch once every 15 seconds or so. Soon you will find that you are not as bored by the repetition and that your hands are actually eager to continue practicing!