InspirationV1 - Set file Name=The Advancing Guitarist's Strategies; Description=This set focuses on advice for guitarists, inspired by the book "The Advancing Guitarist" of Mick Goodrick, and famous method books from John Petrucci, Joe Satriani, Tom Hess, howtotuneaguitar.org and others.; Author=-musicalentropy (2012); Language=1; Colour=255,0,0; Item=A good solo has some shape, or phrasing, memorable content, and genuine emotion (Steve Morse); Tags=1,101,200,204,207,301,302,303,304,305,321,402,403,409,410,411,; Item=All playing requires energy. Good playing requires attention. Great playing requires passion (and maybe some luck too !); Tags=1,104,200,201,202,203,204,207,208,209,210,211,409,411,; Item=All the material that you accumulate for one tonality can become available in many other tonalities (if you work at it !); Tags=1,2,104,200,201,204,207,301,302,303,304,305,402,405,406,409,410,; Item=Always learn new things, there are hundred of different techniques that you can learn on guitar; Tags=1,2,104,200,201,202,204,409,410,411,; Item=Always practicing with a metronome or always practicing without a metronome will limit your ability to reach your full potential as a guitar player; Tags=1,2,104,200,201,202,204,409,410,411,; Item=Are you totally responsible for what you play ? Of course not.; Tags=1,100,101,102,104,402,405,406,407,409,410,411,412,; Item=Ask yourself : is there anything really important that I've forgotten about ?; Tags=1,100,101,102,104,400,401,402,403,404,408,409,410,411,412,413,414,415,416,417,; Item=Be accessible as a performer; Tags=1,2,100,101,102,200,201,202,203,204,205,206,207,208,209,210,211,212,213,214,215,402,409,410,411,412,; Item=Be creative; Tags=1,100,101,102,104,200,201,202,203,204,205,206,207,208,209,210,211,212,213,214,215,300,301,302,303,304,305,306,307,308,309,310,311,312,313,314,315,316,317,318,319,320,321,322,323,402,403,404,405,406,407,408,409,410,411,412,413,415,416,417,; Item=Be observant; Tags=1,100,101,102,402,403,404,405,406,407,408,409,410,411,412,413,414,415,; Item=Comping means to accompany. Hopefully, it also means to compliment (and to support).; Tags=1,2,101,200,201,202,203,204,211,300,301,303,304,315,316,400,405,406,409,410,411,412,413,; Item=Control usually involves slowing down; Tags=1,2,100,101,102,104,401,402,407,409,410,411,412,413,414,; Item=Create your own exercises. This is pretty easy to do. You can also modify other exercises you find in books or online.; Tags=2,104,200,201,202,203,204,402,407,408,409,410,411,412,413,; Item=Develop new skills; Tags=1,2,101,104,402,403,404,405,406,407,408,409,410,411,412,413,414,415,416,417,; Item=Don't ever forget, when you're playing music, someone is listening; Tags=1,104,300,301,302,303,304,305,306,307,308,309,310,311,312,313,315,316,317,320,321,409,410,411,412,413,; Item=Don't neglect your musical roots; Tags=1,2,101,102,104,200,201,202,203,204,300,301,302,303,304,305,306,307,308,309,310,311,312,313,314,315,316,317,318,319,320,321,322,323,402,405,406,407,408,409,410,411,412,413,414,; Item=Don't stay in your comfort zone; Tags=1,2,100,101,102,104,402,403,404,408,409,410,411,412,413,; Item=Don't try to make a study of your own individuality. Make studies of everyone else's individuality.; Tags=1,2,100,104,400,401,402,408,409,410,411,412,; Item=Dynamics : find the middle. Then you can go up or down from there.; Tags=2,100,101,402,409,410,411,; Item=Everyone may not have the ability to become a great guitarist. But everyone does have the ability to improve, to get better. That's more important.; Tags=1,104,200,201,400,409,411,; Item=Experiment with different guitars; Tags=2,100,101,102,104,200,201,400,402,409,410,411,412,; Item=Find other people who play guitar and ask them questions; Tags=2,104,200,201,400,409,411,; Item=Give yourself a goal that forces improvement; Tags=1,2,101,104,200,201,202,204,400,401,409,; Item=If even one person listens to you, your playing is drastically altered; Tags=1,104,200,201,202,203,204,205,206,207,208,209,210,211,212,213,214,215,409,410,411,412,; Item=If you play electric, try acoustic. If you play acoustic, try electric. If you've tried both, learn Flamenco.; Tags=2,100,104,200,300,301,302,303,304,315,320,321,400,402,409,410,411,; Item=If you truly love what you're doing, you can handle failure or you can handle success; Tags=1,400,411,412,413,414,; Item=Imagine a time or circumstance where you could never play the guitar again; Tags=1,2,100,101,102,104,200,201,300,301,302,303,304,305,315,316,400,409,410,411,; Item=In music, your greatest sense of identity usually occurs when you are hardly there at all; Tags=1,101,104,400,402,409,410,411,; Item=In order for you to become a well rounded musician, you have to master the three major aspects of playing : technical, musical and creative; Tags=1,104,400,401,402,403,404,405,406,407,409,410,411,; Item=Individuality seems to have a lot to do with being true to yourself. This is not always easy.; Tags=1,400,402,409,410,; Item=Instant gratification; Tags=1,2,100,101,102,104,400,; Item=It seems that the better you get, the more you see the importance of fundamentals; Tags=1,104,402,409,413,; Item=It's never too late to learn something new (or too soon). You're never too old to improve an area of your playing (or too young).; Tags=1,104,400,402,409,410,413,; Item=It's not what you play, it's how you play it; Tags=1,100,101,102,104,402,409,410,411,412,413,416,; Item=It's very important to be able to find the appropriate emotional energy for whatever is being played; Tags=1,100,101,102,104,409,410,411,412,; Item=Learn a new chord everyday; Tags=2,104,400,402,405,409,; Item=Learn scales. The repetition will help develop consistency.; Tags=2,104,200,201,204,207,208,209,401,402,406,409,410,; Item=Learn the skill to relax before and after playing each note, to play faster without becoming tired; Tags=2,104,401,409,411,; Item=Listen to the music that you play. It will tell you things.; Tags=2,101,104,409,410,411,412,; Item=Look for several ways to memorize the fretboard; Tags=2,104,200,201,406,409,410,; Item=Manage your practice materials; Tags=2,104,400,401,409,; Item=Music comes from life. Many times you'll find that you learn more about music from life than from music.; Tags=1,100,101,102,400,402,409,411,; Item=Music is like life on a small scale. Life is like music on a large scale.; Tags=0,1,100,101,102,402,409,410,; Item=Never try to be the best. Always try to be the best that you can be.; Tags=0,1,100,101,102,104,400,402,409,410,411,412,413,; Item=No matter how good you get, there's more. Go after it, improve it, play it, and give it away.; Tags=1,100,101,102,104,400,402,409,410,411,412,413,; Item=No one is better at exactly what you're doing than you. Also, no one is worse at it.; Tags=0,1,100,101,102,104,400,402,408,409,410,411,412,413,414,; Item=No single approach seems to work all the time; Tags=1,100,101,102,104,401,402,409,410,411,412,413,414,; Item=One difference between practicing and playing is that when you practice, you pay a lot of attention to mistakes. When you play, you either ignore mistakes or else you recover from them; Tags=1,101,104,400,401,402,408,409,410,411,412,413,; Item=One of the few things that's worth taking seriously is humour; Tags=0,1,100,101,102,400,401,; Item=One of the things you have to do is forget all of this and just play music; Tags=1,100,101,102,104,400,402,409,410,411,; Item=One thing that everybody has in common is pain. See if you can learn to play from your pain.; Tags=1,2,100,101,102,104,303,306,312,402,405,406,407,408,409,410,411,; Item=One wrong note is a wrong note. Two are free jazz improvisation.; Tags=1,100,101,102,104,200,201,204,207,211,304,314,319,402,406,410,; Item=Patience is so important; Tags=0,1,100,101,102,104,400,401,409,413,; Item=Person working on time with a metronome : an imperfect version of perfection, and a perfect version of imperfection; Tags=0,1,104,407,409,; Item=Play the vocal part with your guitar; Tags=2,100,101,102,200,201,402,409,411,; Item=Play with conviction; Tags=2,100,101,102,104,409,410,411,412,; Item=Play with other guitarists or musicians. Playing with other people will give you insight into your own playing.; Tags=2,101,104,400,401,409,410,411,; Item=Positivity equals power; Tags=0,1,100,101,102,104,400,401,402,408,409,410,411,412,413,414,; Item=Practice has to do with preparing yourself for real music; Tags=1,100,101,102,104,400,401,409,410,; Item=Practice your legato with your fingers rubbing the strings before releasing them; Tags=2,104,200,201,409,; Item=Remember : if it sounds good and / or feels good, you must be doing something right; Tags=1,101,104,402,409,410,411,412,; Item=Remember the big picture; Tags=0,1,101,102,104,401,402,403,404,405,406,407,408,409,410,411,412,413,414,; Item=Sing the note you are going to play, before playing it; Tags=2,100,104,406,409,410,411,; Item=Solo on a tune with changes and limit yourself to one octave (low, middle, or high register); Tags=2,100,101,402,410,; Item=Sometimes it's better to be aware of the intentionality rather than the specifics; Tags=1,101,102,402,409,410,413,414,; Item=Sometimes, if you close your eyes while you're playing, you can hear better; Tags=1,2,100,101,102,104,402,409,410,411,; Item=Sometimes, if you look around while you're playing, you can gather energy or exchange it; Tags=1,2,101,409,410,411,412,; Item=Sometimes, when you see something vast, don't try to go after the whole thing. Just take a bite out of it for a start.; Tags=1,100,101,102,104,400,401,402,403,404,405,406,407,408,409,410,411,412,413,414,415,; Item=Study non guitar music; Tags=2,101,104,200,201,402,403,404,405,406,407,408,409,410,411,; Item=The faster you play, the further ahead you have to look (and / or hear); Tags=1,101,409,410,411,; Item=The one activity that you learn the most from is playing; Tags=1,2,101,104,400,401,402,409,410,411,; Item=There are many ways to listen. Don't assume that just because you're a musician, you already know what it means to listen.; Tags=1,101,104,402,405,406,407,409,410,411,412,413,415,; Item=There have been (and still are) many great guitarists. Listen to them.; Tags=2,101,104,200,201,300,301,302,303,304,305,315,321,409,410,411,; Item=There is not any wrong note. Only wrong choices.; Tags=1,101,402,406,409,410,; Item=To keep learning : aim at always being a beginner; Tags=1,104,409,410,411,; Item=Toughen up those fingers; Tags=2,104,409,; Item=Try using vu meters when working with dynamics; Tags=1,2,101,402,409,410,411,412,416,417,; Item=Use your voice to sing melodic ideas, and reproduce them with your instrument; Tags=1,211,402,406,409,410,; Item=Watch guitar players you know are good. Focus on what they do with their body as well as their fingers.; Tags=2,101,104,200,201,402,409,410,411,412,; Item=What do you focus on when you are playing guitar ? Do you even focus on something ?; Tags=1,2,104,200,201,409,410,411,; Item=What you could learn from playing with a metronome is "continuity"; Tags=1,104,407,409,; Item=When it comes right down to it, we probably don't really know very much about how it is that we learn, but we know that we can learn; Tags=1,104,409,; Item=When you don't like the way you're playing, try to change your attitude instead of changing the content. Or try to like what you play instead of playing what you like.; Tags=2,101,409,410,411,412,; Item=Working with dynamics : establish for yourself what soft, medium and loud are. After that, proceed to rare, medium-rare, medium-well, and well-done.; Tags=2,101,104,409,410,411,;