Guitar lessons in Rotherham: articles on practising, reading music and life as a working guitarist.https://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/https://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/practising/exploring-intervals/https://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/practising/exploring-intervals/The following post is a simple, clear explanation of the concept of intervals. Simply put, an interval is the distance between two notes. Notes played in succession are melodic, whilst notes played simultaneously such as in a chord are harmonic. We measure the…Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:23:26 GMThttps://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/practising/commit-drop-2-chord-voicings-memory/https://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/practising/commit-drop-2-chord-voicings-memory/Once we reach a certain level in our playing, our chord voicing’s can sometimes feel a little too routine. Perhaps you are playing in a band with a keyboard player or another guitarist, and feel like the chords you are playing are sounding too similar…Tue, 11 Oct 2016 12:59:33 GMThttps://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/practising/5-thoughts-every-guitar-player-sooner-later/https://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/practising/5-thoughts-every-guitar-player-sooner-later/Be it Jimi, Eric, Slash, or whomever your inspiration may be, at some stage in their life they had never picked up a guitar. Behind each callused finger and seemingly effortless fretboard meandering solo lies hours upon hours of one thing… practice! As I’m sure…Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:44:38 GMThttps://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/practising/4-things-guitar-teacher-wants-know-cant-say/https://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/practising/4-things-guitar-teacher-wants-know-cant-say/Have you ever wondered what your child’s guitar teacher thinks while delivering a lesson? You have probably been at work yourself, and felt like you’d like to say a word or two – but maybe it would work out better if you just keep the…Tue, 20 Sep 2016 11:12:41 GMThttps://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/practising/advanced-theory-guitarists/https://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/practising/advanced-theory-guitarists/Welcome to the advanced theory section. Here we will take a look at the modes of the major scale, and their uses. Musical theory is a very large topic, and what I will cover here is only one small section of it. I have called…Fri, 22 Apr 2016 16:30:53 GMThttps://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/practising/music-theory-beginners/https://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/practising/music-theory-beginners/Welcome to my crash course in musical theory, for beginners! Here you you will find a more in depth analysis of popular musical theory, on topics which have been covered briefly in my videos, as well as some supplementary information which I consider useful at…Sat, 27 Feb 2016 16:02:33 GMThttps://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/live-music/a-week-in-the-life-of-a-working-guitarist/https://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/live-music/a-week-in-the-life-of-a-working-guitarist/When people ask me what I do for a living, I’m often hesitant to reply at first; ‘I’m a guitarist’ often makes people look at you as though you are a pubescent 15 year old who needs to find a ‘real job’. You get a…Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:58:30 GMThttps://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/practising/practise-better-play-better-structure-matters/https://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/practising/practise-better-play-better-structure-matters/Anything related with performance requires many hours of practise, especially musical performance. For that reason, it’s a good idea to make sure you are managing your practise time efficiently. Structure is a vital part of practise that is often abandoned. Pick a set amount of…Mon, 05 Oct 2015 09:11:19 GMThttps://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/uncategorized/10-things-everything-guitar-player-should-know/https://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/uncategorized/10-things-everything-guitar-player-should-know/When working as a professional guitarist, there are several tips that get overlooked by so many players. Half of them aren’t even to do with actually playing or learning, but they are essential if you want to gain a good reputation for yourself as a…Mon, 05 Oct 2015 09:09:15 GMThttps://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/reading-music/why-guitar-players-cant-read/https://www.omniguitartuition.co.uk/reading-music/why-guitar-players-cant-read/Traditionally, guitar players were taught to read standard notation. Some still are, but it seems to be a dying art. Nowadays there are several more popular ways to learn to play the guitar, without having to learn how to read music. Here I look at…Mon, 05 Oct 2015 09:05:57 GMT