The definitive course on alternate picking. I’ll show you what the pro’s do differently that allows them to alternate pick anything they want. You’ll learn how the mechanics of alternate picking work, how to develop your own alternate picking using a step by step process, and how to use these concepts to problem solve any phrase you’re trying to learn.
This weeks lesson is on guitar phrasing, everything you need to know to stop sounding like a scale and be more musical when you improvise. It covers motifs, call and response, leaving space, acquiring vocabulary, and modifying your vocabulary to create original phrases on the fly like pro improvisers. If you feel that your solos just sound like scales, or would like to play more in a more musical and engaging manner, I think you will find many of the ideas in this post/video useful.
In this lesson we’ll be talking about how to play by ear, using a concept called the musical feedback loop. Clearly, being able to play by ear is a vital skill for any musician. From copying a phrase that someone plays to you, transcribing your favourite songs, to improvising and writing your own music, playing by ear facilitates these skills and more. This post covers the four main things you need to be doing in order to play by ear – Audiation, Fretboard Mapping, Technique, and Comparison – and how these four skills come together to form the musical feedback...
Learning how to learn accelerates the rate at which you can acquire new skills. Dig into the what, why, and how of practice so that you can understand the process completely. Then apply your knowledge to any of the courses on Olicana Music to maximise what you can get from them. This course is essential for every musician and will show you how to truly get the most out of your practice time.
Learn music theory that’s actually useful. In practical music theory you’ll learn music theory from the ground up that you can directly apply to your guitar. We’ll cover everything you need to know so that you can better understand the things you’re playing, improvise with confidence, and write your own music.
Do you feel that your practice is not returning the results you want. That other musicians seem to make way more progress in way less time. In this lesson we’re going to talk about the practice habits of great musicians. What they are doing that makes their practice so effective. At the end I’ll show you an easy exercise that I give to students who struggle with practice that you can do to improve your sessions.
Learning to play fast is a science, not a gift. Anyone can learn fast musical ideas with the right approach. In this course I break down the science of how to get faster. I’ll show you how to practice using evidence based strategies in order to increase your guitar playing speed. You’ll learn exactly what to practice to get faster and why it works so you can apply the concepts to any aspect of your guitar playing.
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