Jazz Education

4 Tips for Keeping Your Guitar Arrangements Under Your Fingers

A student just asked me the question from the “Ask Adam” page.

“Adam…..I have a problem of remembering songs I’ve already learned
when they haven’t been played in a couple of weeks…usually when I’m
concentrating on new material. How do you keep it all under your fingers?”

When I learn a new song, or am writing a song I have to almost have to “forget” every other song I know.

For example, I recently came up with an arrangement for “Killing me Softly” and I had to
play nothing but that song for a week.

Win an iPad Mini from Adam….

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Watch the video to find how…

In the last post & video I mentioned a “cool prize” that I will be giving away to customers of the new “Fingerstyle Favorites” DVD when it launches….

Drum roll….

I will be giving away a brand new Apple iPad mini! Maybe you’ll be the lucky winner….

“Fingerstyle Favorites” DVD launching Tuesday July 8, 2014

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I want YOU to be part of the new DVD “launch”, so I will be offering some VERY special stuff to my email and blog subscribers only.

For Fingerstyle Guitarists – Effects & Tapping vs Melody

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This weekend I got a chance to listen to some wonderful young guitar players, but it brought me back to an issue I try to explain over and over when I teach workshops.

Many fingerstyle guitarists today are forgetting about the most important aspect of music – melody. I think this is due to a basic lack of musical study, and the lack of asking the basic question “what is music?”

Without an inquiry into what music actually is, one can get lost by simply copying whats trendy and popular on Youtube and in magazines. [Read more…] about For Fingerstyle Guitarists – Effects & Tapping vs Melody

How to Stay Focused and Finish Big Projects – A Brick a Day

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I have been working on some long term secret projects that I hope to unveil in the months ahead, and the following has been on my mind.

Maybe this applies to you too…

How Can We Stay Motivated to Finish Big Projects?

When we work on something “new” and exciting…it’s easy to start, but hard to follow through and finish.

After the excitement and newness loses it’s glitter dust, the hard work really starts.
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