The Creative Guitar Blog
This creative guitar blog is dedicated to music creativity, improvisation and composition - with interviews, articles, and practical tips & lessons for guitarists.
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- Campanella: How To Use This Guitar Technique
Here’s a cool concept that blew me away when I was first introduced to it: the Campanella guitar technique. It's mind-blowing because it opens... - Create your next guitar piece from that place of innocent curiosity and playfulness
Remember how easy it was for you as a kid to scribble things on paper, a wall and everywhere... and just play? There were... - Guitarists, a reminder for you
A short reminder for guitarists who feel stuck: how to reconnect with creativity, enjoy practice again, and make music that is truly yours. - Creative Guitar Practice: The Art of Embracing the Unknown
This is for you if you feel stuck playing the same things on your guitar. There are common ways to get unstuck, like learning... - How To Finish Your Guitar Composition IdeasAre you into guitar composition? Do you have great ideas for the music you want to compose on the guitar, but get stuck somewhere...
- The biggest guitar practice mistake guitarists makeI have noticed many mistakes and bad habits in over twenty years of teaching guitar players. But this one is right on top. It’s...
- Solo guitar composition: Create it by mastering the 12-bar blues
I just uploaded this video, which provides 12 mini-lessons on using the 12-bar blues framework to create a solo guitar composition or a stand-alone... - How to Add Expression to your Guitar Solo? 3 Effective & Simple SolutionsThe guitar expression struggle “How do I add more expression to my guitar solos? I feel like I’m just playing notes, not saying anything.”...
- How do you improvise over chord progressions: 6+ ways to successHow do you improvise over chord progressions
- How you can release a solo guitar album in 6 weeks
How you can release a solo guitar album in 6 weeks, too! On 9 January 2025, I started seriously working on my new guitar... - What's Your Guitar Dream? The Ultimate Guitar Learning FormulaI just got an exciting list from a guitar student of 11 dreams and struggles she wants to conquer this year. It includes: These...
- From Running to Guitaring? And How Zen Koans HelpWhat running and Zen koans taught Udi about practising guitar. A calmer way to build creativity, focus and a musical voice on the instrument.
