How to practice this classic rock riff on guitar for the fastest results! Timing, bending, semiquavers and more! In this blog post and accompanying video I run through the standard problems that crop up regularly when working through the guitar riff from Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog" with students in lessons. There's a big difference between memorising the notes that make up a guitar part and *really* getting them learned. You'll know that already if you've ever tried playing s

How to practice to make it easy to sing while playing *any* guitar part! Here are some quotes from the comments left on Justin Sandercoe's popular video How To Sing And Play Guitar At The Same Time on Youtube. I've corrected a few spelling mistakes. - "I've been playing for about 1 year and the song I want to sing I can play with my eyes shut and in the dark though the second I start (to) sing I lose it :(" - "you can't teach this to someone" - "Still having problems in si

Eight beats a week! Today's challenge will keep both your mind and fingers busy for a while. Tommy Emmanuel's version of "Day Tripper" was brought to my attention recently by a student looking to learn it and I've enjoyed digging in at home myself to get the key section shown below burned in. Feels out of reach? Keep reading! Patterns like this can remain off limits for a lifetime, however if approached in the manner described below using Taplature, I'd expect most looking