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    Guitar Practice Guide: A Practice Guide for Guitarists and other Musicians
    Guitar Practice Guide: A Practice Guide for Guitarists and other Musicians
    Guitar Practice Guide: A Practice Guide for Guitarists and other Musicians
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    Guitar Practice Guide: A Practice Guide for Guitarists and other Musicians

    By Gareth Evans

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    A 5900 word Practise Guide for Guitarists. Important areas are covered (listed below) giving a grounding on how to approach practise generally and make improvements on the guitar. Various issues you may come across are discussed with guidance on how to deal with them. Where appropriate, statements are backed-up by references to scientific research papers. Subject covered include the following:

    How much Practise
    How Often
    Concentration
    Patience
    Physical Limits
    Small Intermittent Breaks
    Mental Limits
    Coordination
    Sense of Timing and Rhythm
    How to Stay in Time
    Practise Speed

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIntuition Publications
    Release dateDec 13, 2018
    ISBN9781912135561
    Guitar Practice Guide: A Practice Guide for Guitarists and other Musicians

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      I love it! It has a simple way describing things i need as a guitar beginner
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    Guitar Practice Guide - Gareth Evans

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    ISBN 978-1-912135-56-1

    Written by Gareth Evans

    Copyright © 2018 by Intuition Publications

    www.guitar-book.com

    International Copyright Secured. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher

    Preface

    Welcome to the Practise Guide. This 5,900 word guide is written with the guitar in mind but much of it can apply to musicians in general. It starts with the broader subjects of how long and how often to practise then deals specifically with how to practise and various issues with some guidance on how to deal with them. It isn’t written with any particular skill level in mind, it applies to whatever level you are at, while there might be some insights already familiar to more experienced players. Occasional references are made to research papers.

    It’s not just a case that practise makes perfect as the saying goes, but really more like perfect practise makes perfect. It is at least as much about how you practise as it is about how much you practise, in other words quality as much as quantity. Using a metronome during practise is important and some of this guide is written with using one in mind so if you don’t have a metronome and are serious about practise you should get one.

    By the way, I have used the spelling of the word practice with a c on the title, cover and description due to how it appears to be the most commonly used spelling of the word, while practise with an s is used inside the book, which is original spelling of the word and is international English

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