Essentials for building finger strength
Wednesday, December 13, 2006 | Trackback
As you start learning the guitar you'll realise one of the first things that will slow you down is lack of finger strength (and sore fingertips of course). So as well as practising those chords and scales you'll seriously need to build up some strength before you can really enhance your playing. Whilst this does come with practise I've come up with a top tip for you to improve your finger strength quickly.
Simply nip down to your local guitar shop or visit an online guitar store and buy yourself a GripMaster. This handy exercise tool helps develop total conditioning to each individual finger as well as the entire hand, wrist, and forearm and aswell as being invaluable to musicians is often recommended for those recovering from sports injury's to this area.
Of course if you wanted to do it on the cheap then why not squeeze a tennis ball for the same length of time. You can do it anytime, while watching tv or at work in the office. Just 30 minutes a day should improve both your finger and forearm strength which is always a good thing whether its to improve your guitar playing or doing DIY jobs around the house.
Simply nip down to your local guitar shop or visit an online guitar store and buy yourself a GripMaster. This handy exercise tool helps develop total conditioning to each individual finger as well as the entire hand, wrist, and forearm and aswell as being invaluable to musicians is often recommended for those recovering from sports injury's to this area.
Of course if you wanted to do it on the cheap then why not squeeze a tennis ball for the same length of time. You can do it anytime, while watching tv or at work in the office. Just 30 minutes a day should improve both your finger and forearm strength which is always a good thing whether its to improve your guitar playing or doing DIY jobs around the house.
Labels: guitar reviews, playing guitar
Some more cool gift ideas for Christmas
Following on from my last post about Christmas present ideas for guitarists those cool chaps over at Music Store UK have some more excellent ideas in there Christmas gifts section.
I particularly like the JHS Guitarist's Christmas Stocking for the beginner guitarist which includes strings, capo, glass bottle slide, picks, pick holder, guitar machine head winder amongst other things.
The Planet Waves Guitar ToolBox also caught my attention and I think I'll be picking up one of those myself. It includes a five-pack of the new Planet Waves SurePick, which has an overmolded rubber grip that keeps it from slipping in the player's hand, The Headstand string-changing stand, which holds a guitar's neck in place during re-stringing, the Pro-Winder 4-in-1 peg winder that also has a string cutter, string stretcher, and bridge-pin puller built in, and a thick, soft, black tubular nylon strap. As Borat would say "Its Nice!"
Visit the Music Store UK website.
I particularly like the JHS Guitarist's Christmas Stocking for the beginner guitarist which includes strings, capo, glass bottle slide, picks, pick holder, guitar machine head winder amongst other things.
The Planet Waves Guitar ToolBox also caught my attention and I think I'll be picking up one of those myself. It includes a five-pack of the new Planet Waves SurePick, which has an overmolded rubber grip that keeps it from slipping in the player's hand, The Headstand string-changing stand, which holds a guitar's neck in place during re-stringing, the Pro-Winder 4-in-1 peg winder that also has a string cutter, string stretcher, and bridge-pin puller built in, and a thick, soft, black tubular nylon strap. As Borat would say "Its Nice!"
Visit the Music Store UK website.
Labels: guitar reviews, guitarists
Christmas gift ideas for guitarists
Saturday, December 09, 2006 | Trackback
Well we are well and truly into the christmas maze of trying to figure out what presents to buy our friends and family and I don't know about you but I'm always leaving it too late to buy presents online. I'm always left with that last minute rush around the shops which as we all know isn't much fun at all.
So it got me thinking about alternative presents and especially those for guitarists. Typically after guitar strings, picks and straps, presents for guitarists can get expensive especially when you start looking at effects pedals and amps. The answer, especially if you know someone who is just picking up the guitar is an online guitar course such as Jamorama. These online course are good value for money and can be downloaded instantly so you don't have to worry about whether it is going to be delivered on time. Alternatively if you have someone in mind who is more advanced then how about buying them a 6 month membership for Lick Library or a more advanced online course such as video guitar lessons.
Well this should give you some food for thought anway and help take some of the stress out of shopping this time of year. More importantly I hope you have a peaceful and very merry Christmas!
So it got me thinking about alternative presents and especially those for guitarists. Typically after guitar strings, picks and straps, presents for guitarists can get expensive especially when you start looking at effects pedals and amps. The answer, especially if you know someone who is just picking up the guitar is an online guitar course such as Jamorama. These online course are good value for money and can be downloaded instantly so you don't have to worry about whether it is going to be delivered on time. Alternatively if you have someone in mind who is more advanced then how about buying them a 6 month membership for Lick Library or a more advanced online course such as video guitar lessons.
Well this should give you some food for thought anway and help take some of the stress out of shopping this time of year. More importantly I hope you have a peaceful and very merry Christmas!
Labels: guitar, learn guitar, video guitar lessons
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