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Animated Chords In The Every Key
The act of becoming a guitar player is really not hard. You just have to be disciplined to play every day and work at a few specific items over a period of time. These long term strategies build up muscle strength and finger response, so your fingers will do what you command them to do. It takes a few months to get your fingers to a point where they will behave and do what they are told.
This build up of skills is accomplished by making your fingers touch the fretboard countless times. The more times your fingers press down and release from the fretboard under strict control, the deeper skills you develop. This is really the only way to play at a meaningful, skillful level. You are learning by doing.
So we take a good close look at chords in the context of keys. This is a tried and true component of The Uncle Tim Series for guitar. When you use these resources you are always oriented in one of the western keys because that is how music really works. Every piece of music you will ever play will be in one of these keys.
Shouldn't you practice this way, if you are going to play inside them every second of your guitar playing life? Yes! You should! So with Uncle Tim, you will know what you are playing every second. You will become competent! You will lose the feeling of being lost all the time.
Uncle Tim's Flash Chords are a private studio for each key. You get the opportunity to test ideas quickly and work with chords in a free form style or listen and practice the standard progressions any time you want.
If you are interested in learning the chords in the keys, Uncle Tim's Flash Chords are an excellent tool. You can purchase it right here.
Animated Scale Exercises Watching videos is very helpful, but sometimes other practice aids are important too. Remember when you practice scales you play for at least a half hour at a time. This means you end up playing the scale(s), hundreds of times in a row. This is a high level of repetition and extremely important. A skill that will pay off huge. Every time you move your hands accurately and correctly, you build up proper technique. The more you do it, the better guitarist you become. Everyone is subject to the same limitations of development. Human bodies all work the same. True there are differences in the rate of absorption, but EVERYONE WHO IS WILLING TO PLAY SCALES CAN BECOME A GUITAR PLAYER! EVERYONE! |
Slow, Medium... So I developed an animated series of scales. This is a tool you can use as you practice. You can loop the scale and play with the animation. You can start out by playing only one note at a time, clicking next and moving to the next note. Eventually as you become more comfortable, you can loop it and play the entire scale for as long as you want. There are three different speeds for each scale. So as you gain comfort in playing, you can increase your speed. Comfort is what drives speed and accuracy. The more comfortable you are, the better you will execute these finger movements. |
...Or Fast The fast scales are actually medium fast. I do not think it is a good idea to play scales fast when you are learning. Inserting speed just increases the chances of making mistakes. The slower you play it, the better accuracy you will develop. Once you gain accuracy, speed will naturally follow. Speed that you can control and use. Remember anyone who plays scales, can play lead guitar. They go together like bread and butter. If you play scales, you should also play some lead guitar, if for no other reason that it is extremely fun. It also makes you better in a big way. All from just playing scales. |
Uncle Tim's Video Series $19.95. Uncle Tim's Flash Scales $19.95 Uncle Tim's Flash Chords $19.95 Uncle Tim's Flash Scales And Chords $29.95  |
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