Monthly Archives: August 2018
Powerful reasons to learn the guitar from Philadelphia guitar instructor David Joel Research shows that guitar players’ brains work a bit differently than everyone else. The art of learning to play the chords and read sheet music opens up new pathways. Essentially a guitarist does rewire their brain in a positive way, which leads to […]
Piano vs. Guitar: What is the best instrument to learn first? There are many people who will ask what is the best instrument for a beginner (usually their child) to learn on? It often comes down to the piano versus the guitar. There are many pros and cons to learning each instrument first but what […]
Do you want to be a solo guitarist or ensemble guitar player? When you begin learning to play the guitar, you have to think about what kind of guitar player you want to be. As you progress through the learning process, you will start to consider narrowing your focus in order to deepen your results. […]
Death of the Guitar? We don’t think so! There are so many headlines being written on the state of the guitar industry including the recent bankruptcy of Gibson that it may be easy to predict that the guitar is all but extinct. This assumption, of course, is not true. When a car company declares bankruptcy, […]
Practice Distractions…Insights from David Joel, a NE Philly Guitar Teacher One of the most important goals we set for our guitar playing is to practice every day. This is important because the number of hours you practice is one of the best indicators of playing ability. When you take guitar lessons in Philadelphia, your instructor […]