Guitar Technique Concepts - Week 20

Focus on one concept at a time each practice. Apply each concept consciously with exercises. When in performance practice record
yourself. Listen back and identify if the concept is helping, if unsure try both performance while remaining conscious of the technique.
Start slowly w. metronome, build speed gradually each day. Repeat tricky bars till they are correct 4 times in a row before moving on.

• Shoulders down
• Elevated chest
• Suspended by a Thread
• Posture (Left Leg, Stool)
• Intonation (Tuning the guitar, Setting the neck, Bends,Tuner app)
• Core Muscles
• Loosey Goosey
• Finger per fret
• 2 mm Finger Hover
• Slightly arched, Straight, Collapsed Wrists?
• Straight, Bent Thumbs?
• Rest Stroke
• Free Stroke
• Simultaneous Rest and Free Strokes
• Holding The Pick
• Picking Angles
• Picking Down Strokes
• Picking Up Strokes
• Left Hand Muting
• Right Hand Muting
• String Skipping
• Bends
• Slides
• Hammer-ons
• Pull-offs
• Legato
• Sweep picking
• Tapping
• Think the Note relax the Hand (Allowing the body to play)
• Go after the sound you hear
• Sight Reading