By James Flood How many classical guitarists and musicians out there can relate to this experience. It may have been as an adult or as a child, but you’re performing something that you’ve practiced a ton. You’ve played it from memory so many times you could play it in your sleep. Suddenly in
By James Flood Practicing, as everyone knows, is absolutely necessary to learning a musical instrument. And it can’t just involve practicing once in awhile. It needs to be a consistent pattern in one’s life in order to gain the physical skills necessary for playing. With my beginning guitar students I recommend 20 to
By James Flood I discussed in Part I the importance of having a good teacher and common mistakes people make in choosing a teacher. I did not, however, get into how to actually go about finding a teacher, and that is what this section will discuss. Remember there is enormous variation in the abilities