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alehrman
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Hi Andreas,
I just discovered this website after sending you that email through youtube...this place is pretty cool! My question is probably one that gets brought up a lot, but I'm curious about what you have to say. I constantly get stuck in "boxes" on the guitar...that is to say my fingers are limiting how I express myself. I talked to Richard Davis about this, but the best he could do was refer me to Barry Harris or Bill Dobbins "The Contemporary Jazz Pianist" books. While they are both great teachers, and I have Dobbins book and it is great for advancing theory, I am curious to know if you know of any books, videos, teachers, etc that could help me get out of the "boxes." Thanks so much for your time.
Sincerely
Alec
I just discovered this website after sending you that email through youtube...this place is pretty cool! My question is probably one that gets brought up a lot, but I'm curious about what you have to say. I constantly get stuck in "boxes" on the guitar...that is to say my fingers are limiting how I express myself. I talked to Richard Davis about this, but the best he could do was refer me to Barry Harris or Bill Dobbins "The Contemporary Jazz Pianist" books. While they are both great teachers, and I have Dobbins book and it is great for advancing theory, I am curious to know if you know of any books, videos, teachers, etc that could help me get out of the "boxes." Thanks so much for your time.
Sincerely
Alec
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i always prefer listening to players that avoid the boxes and locked positions like benson and lagrene. it sounds so much better imho. you can improvise better and don't get locked into old fingerings.
when you practice a scale, a triad or an arpeggio, try it on one or two strings instead of using all six. this way you'll work on your ears and also it will help you to visualize the whole guitar neck. then try to improvise a solo on a tune, just using one string and then maybe two, then three etc.
check out my new site, http://www.andreasguitaruniverse.com (opening in a few weeks) i'm teaching this kind of stuff in almost all the lessons!
best regards
a
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Also, your guitar universe website looks really cool and I am interested in it, however, how much will it cost?
the pricing is 20 dollars a month with a minimum of 3 months at a time, pretty good deal if you ask me!
regards andreas
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Definitely a very good deal IMO. It´s a nice idea anyway, and I´m glad to hear you´ll be opening soon.
Good luck with it, Andreas !
Best wishes,
Matthias