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Quality practice is essential for improving your skills on the guitar - but luckily, practice doesn’t have to be boring. Ayla Tesler-Mabe is in the studio with her guitar teacher and mentor, Sami Ghawi, to discuss how you can create AND stay motivated with a summer guitar routine - one you can start this weekend.
And as a bonus, you can follow along to a LIVE guitar workout with them. So make sure to have your guitar handy!
Ayla and Sami teach online courses available at www.Guitareo.com - covering topics ranging from the basics to expanding your musicality on guitar. And you can try them out, risk-free!
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00:00 Intro
00:15 - Ayla and Sami play "Oh Well".
02:45 - Ayla introduces Sami.
03:31 - Sami remembers Ayla's first gig.
05:11 - What are we gonna talk about today?
06:34 - Figuring out what you want.
07:03 - Ayla: "Sami, what were your main goals when you started playing guitar?"
08:18 - A few examples of Sami's practicing routine.
09:27 - Knowing the songs really well - listening.
11:19 - Ayla's goals.
13:46 - Sami's dad advice!
14:02 - Sami asks Ayla about her looping technique.
14:48 - Sami: "Did you start learning first some little licks and then the pentatonic scale?"
15:44 - Ayla plays a classic rock lick.
16:14 - Ayla remembers Gary Gillespie showing her the pentatonic scale.
17:30 - Practice makes progress!
18:23 - Awareness of emotions.
20:41 - What to practice.
21:28 - Know your chords.
23:16 - Think ahead.
23:44 - Ayla remembers the big band experience.
26:44 - Get to your chords quickly.
29:21 - The strokes you can do on guitar.
31:20 - Introduction to Sami's course in Guitareo.
33:31 - Timing.
36:19 - People's reaction to groove!
36:40 - It's all love!
38:17 - Sami: "When I started I always wanted to jam!"
39:35 - Rhythm workouts.
41:00 - G/Am chord progression workout.
43:41 - Quarter Notes, downstrokes, upstrokes and smacks.
50:16 - Start softly and then increase the dynamic.
54:38 - Iris: "When I'm strumming the sound doesn't sound good. What do you recommend?"
57:11 - "Yellow"'s dynamics.
57:56 - Internalizing the groove.
59:15 - "Space" - Don't overstep.
59:54 - Play with finesse!
1:04:27 - James: "Should the metronome used for all rhythm exercises?"
1:06:52 - Tony - "Why would you choose an electric guitar over the other?"
1:12:09 - "Could you demo the use of the capo"?
1:14:40 - "How many times do you practice the guitar each week and how long should your practices be?"
1:18:21 - Learn songs.
1:18:54 - "Do you have any advice about starting a band?"
1:21:50 - Aula and Sami play "Taxman"