From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Some Basic Scales

by Tan Yew Wei on July 30, 2009

In this post, I elaborate on the basic major and minor scales, and then tell you how to modify and practice scales, which form an essential part of any musical composition. Let’s not waste any time. The above is the A Major and A Minor scale. Play them, and you will notice a distinct difference [...]

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The Learning Curve – the stickman version

by Tan Yew Wei on July 27, 2009

For many people, learning the guitar (or some other skill) often ends up like the first picture on the right. It’s basically a wall which is just too hard to climb. The man needs equipment The Key at this stage is: Get the relevant resources, be it a teacher, an online guide, etc. . . [...]

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READ the caption of the picture (if you can), it is the main reason for failure in prog As I mentioned in the article “the value of a good mentor”, there are numerous benefits to having a good mentor. The keyword is “good”. So let’s define good. I’m going to be strict about it, if [...]

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The value of a good mentor/instructor/coach/teacher

by Tan Yew Wei on July 20, 2009

Despite the fact that I am self taught in the guitar, I am always in support of getting a good mentor. There was basically only 2 reasons why I could effectively teach myself the Guitar. At the same time however, I encountered 3 problems. Firstly, all the resources were readily available to me. I have [...]

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A Discussion on Picking – Holding the Pick

by Tan Yew Wei on July 18, 2009

In this post, I discuss a few methods on how to hold the pick and some examples of picking itself. Let’s get straight to it. This First picture Illustrates basically the way in which I hold the pick right now. I hold the pick between the flat side of my index finger and my thumb. [...]

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