New strings day: D’Addario EFT16

Being tired of the “squeaking” strings I decided to try “flat wound” ones. Does it help? Read on.

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On motivation and practice

Motivation is what keeps us going. But you have to set expectations and keep going to get results.

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Taking first steps in jazz

Coming from a completely “jazz-less” background I never understood “what the fjuzz is about”, but seeing the virtuosity of the players I was always wondering how do they ever get to that level.

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Beginner’s take on multi-FX pedals

In this post I share my thoughts on the multi-FX pedals from the beginner point of view.

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Beginner’s take on multi-FX pedals (part 2)

This is second part of the “Beginner’s take on multi-FX pedals“.

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Making sense of 12-bar blues

If there would be one style I would like to play it would be blues. With my 15-minutes-a-day I am not as fast as I would like to, but after all there are so many things you “have to do” (earning some money to live on is not the least of them!). Hereby a short summary of learnings and “cheat-sheets”.

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Printable minor and major pentatonic scales

So while learning scales I was always looking for a simple “cheat sheet” that would provide an overview of pentatonic scales in all positions. One that I can print and use at any moment.

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