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Thursday, July 30, 2009

How to Practice Guitar Effectively

This are only tips on how to practice guitar based on my experience.

Play your guitar everyday,keep it consistent at least 30mins a day well do great. Try not to miss a single day practicing everyday greatly enhances you hand memory. As you practice everyday you'll notice that your fingers get more and more comfortable and more relax next thing you'll know your playing some chords or songs without even looking at the guitar.

Try to practice with a metronome, A metronome is piece of equipment that plays ticks or beats. here is a sample of an metronome this ones an old school metronome.



Here is a digital one.



The digital is more expensive. Metronome is not necessarily needed to play the guitar but using one greatly improves you faster.

We all have a built-in metronome. If you cannot afford to buy a metronome try this method.

Try to practice this first without a guitar count 1 2 3 4 and everytime you say 4 tap your feet or nudge your head do it until you get comfortable with it. After a few minutes of practice with this pick up your guitar and try to play a song.

Most songs uses this time signature 4/4 its 1 2 3 4 for beat. Give it a try you'll see how you'll it greatly improve your timing with a song. Each time you say 1 give change into another chord. It's really simple. Even world famous guitarist uses this simple technique even at their concerts.

Perfect practice. If your practicing a new piece of song and having a hard time with it. Start by practicing some parts first very very slow then gradually increase your speed as you get more comfortable changing notes or chords. Playing fast but hardly having to hear clear notes is not good. It's better to play slow but clearly.

Keep on practicing whether your practicing to be a star some day or trying to catch a girl's attention or just for plain past time this guide will greatly help you i assure you.

Zoom G1 Effects Pedal Patches

As i was experimenting on my new effects pedal the Zoom G1 effects pedal. I browsed over the internet for some patches. The factory settings patches are good but im having a hard time to get to the right combination on the bands that i like. Example of this is the melodic sound of Michael Ammot guitarist of the band ArchEnemy. And some Scorpions songs too to mention some.

Michael Ammot is using a signature G1 zoom its called the G1M. Its factory are made by himself. So i it is really possible to have his sound using my G1 pedal.

I found this great site that has many patches of many effects pedals http://guitarpatches.haax.se/. But sadly for me they dont have any archenemy patches.

Anybody know some sites where i can find patches please post it here. Or if you have any patch of any arch enemy songs post it here.

keep rocking \m/

Removing Rust From You Guitar Strings

Let's make your guitar strings last longer by removing rust so it wont build up and eventually lead to a broken string.

This is a home remedy on how to remove rust on guitar strings..

Things that you will need: aluminum foil(commonly used for baking cakes) and your rusty strings.

First thing you need to do is cut out a piece of aluminum foil about the size of your hand. Now face the shiny part of the foil on the string and rub it on the strings that has rust on it. Make sure to fold the aluminum foil into a small piece so that it wont easily get torn apart when you rub it on the strings. Be careful not to tear the foil we dont want to bled over rusty strings it will only cause you tetanus it can kill you. haha!!!

Ive read somewhere that soaking it on coca cola removes rust too. But im lazy i dont want to remove my strings and put it on again. :)


Remember that by removing the rust on your strings it makes your strings go thinner and it slightly affects its sound. I recommend you do this only once or twice on a set of strings.

note that this guide is not meant to make your strings last forever it will only make it last longer than the usual.

Happy strumming