Stories from Black Belt Guitar Academy
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Guitar and Martial Arts?
Black Belt Guitar Academy &bull May 26, 2011
This site is founded on an idea that many guitarist/martial artists have noticed in the course of practicing both arts. Full Story »
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Topics:
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Guitar Teaching Basics to Remember
Black Belt Guitar Academy &bull May 26, 2011
Anyone can call themselves a guitar teacher, and even charge money for it, but most students are smart enough to figure out after a while whether they are learning anything from you. So this lesson will give teachers some basics… Full Story »
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Guitar Teaching Do's and Don'ts
Black Belt Guitar Academy &bull May 26, 2011
Here is a brief list of do's and dont's that can help make or break a guitar teacher in the minds of their students. Full Story »
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Topics:
- Guitar
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Musical Vitamins for Guitar Players
Black Belt Guitar Academy &bull May 26, 2011
In learning to play guitar, there are musical vitamins that can help supplement our usual diet of learning to play new songs, and rehearsing the songs we already know. These musical vitamins are the drills and theory that supplement your song playing, and help you to remain musically healthy. The benefits are that you can absorb more music, faster, process the music and understand it, and detect and fight off bugs in our playing. Here is a list of musical vitamins with the Black Belt Guitar Recommended Daily Allowances (BBGA RDA), needed to keep you musically healthy and strong. Check… Full Story »
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Inverted Chord Forms
Black Belt Guitar Academy &bull May 26, 2011
A major or minor chord inversion is simply the major or minor chord played with the with a different sequencing of the root, 3rd and 5th. When the root is on the bottom, we call the chord "Major or Minor,… Full Story »
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Ear Training: What? How? Why?
Black Belt Guitar Academy &bull May 26, 2011
It's not " ear straining ", or " fear training ", it's EAR TRAINING . This lesson will give you a very practical approach to the subject that will help you do it right and won't burn you out. Full Story »
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- Lesson
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Ongoing Growth: Horizontally and Vertically
Black Belt Guitar Academy &bull May 26, 2011
A black belt guitar player should be both wide and deep, as explained in the sections below. Also the black belt guitar player should be continually expanding both horizontally and vertically. This lesson has a few ideas to keep you… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Guitar Player
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Set Management: A Must-Have in Performing
Black Belt Guitar Academy &bull May 26, 2011
All good albums and concerts are organized to give the audience the best experience possible in the time allowed, so that you'll be invited back. This planning is an important part of performing that we'll call set management. When given an audience, you… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Play
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Guitarist and Guitar Anatomy 101
Black Belt Guitar Academy &bull May 26, 2011
Parts are parts... or are they? In this short but important lesson, we just want to take a little time to pay attention to some details too often overlooked in keeping the guitarist and their guitars healthy. We want both… Full Story »
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Knowing your Guitar Neck like the Back of your Hand
Black Belt Guitar Academy &bull May 26, 2011
Want to learn a valuable skill that your friends probably won't? Commit now to learn something that most self-taught guitar players never learn. This skill will enable later learning of reading music by sight. Full Story »
