A very important principle to practice guitar is relaxation. BEFORE even starting to play your instrument, you need to totally relax, because tension will cripple speed, accuracy and technique.

Being a self-taught guitar player, I spent many years practicing without even realizing this simple advice. Once I found out how to be aware of the tensions in the body and learned how to relax, my skills really improved. So I recommend you start every practice session by first making the choice of being relaxed. (more…)

Tuning your guitar is a very basic aspect of guitar playing, because if you don’t have your guitar tuned correctly, you’ll just end up playing different notes and the song will just sound wrong!  Many people who I have taught how to play acoustic guitar think this is a boring step, but it isn’t.  In fact, soon enough you’ll learn how annoying is to play with an out-of-tune guitar! (more…)