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Vol. 25, No. 2: August-September 2020

Mitigate Heat, Hurricanes and Pandemics

August Issue Chock Full O' Features From Our Guest Columnists
August-September 2020 ยท July 2020

Welcome to the August edition of the Guitar Nine on-line magazine. Guitar phrasing, chromaticism and managing guitar practice time are just a sample of the topics covered in this issue, giving guitarists tools to improve their playing ability, and help with composition and originality. In total, three guest columnists have submitted six excellent articles on musical topics of interest to practicing musicians. After working through the information and lessons, please sample some excellent music released by the over 1500 musicians we've worked with over the past 24 years! Notably, we've now published over 220 artist interviews, while over 210 musicians and industry experts have written close to 1200 guest columns for this site since 1996.

In this issue

8 columns
Guest Columnists
Tommaso Zillio

The #1 Guitar Motivation Killer - And What To Do About It

Tommaso Zillio

The perils of an out-of-balance guitar practice.

Guest Columnists
Tommaso Zillio

8 Guitar Tips Every Beginner Should Know

Tommaso Zillio

Learn all the little tricks that are easy to underestimate but make the difference.

G9 Focus
Guitar Nine

Guitar Nine Focus: Chromatics

Guitar Nine

The word chromatic in music means two or more consecutive notes that are a half step from one another.

Guest Columnists
Tommaso Zillio

How To Train Guitar Phrasing In Your Daily Practice

Tommaso Zillio

3-dimensional phrasing - as opposed to 2-dimensional (flat, lifeless) playing.

The Power To Release
Dan McAvinchey

Influences: Tom Scholz

Dan McAvinchey

Studio wizard Tom Scholz literally altered the trajectory of my life.

Newsletters
Guitar Nine Newsroom

Newsletter August-September 2020

Guitar Nine Newsroom

Guitar Nine's August-September 2020 newsletter.

Guest Columnists
Mike Campese

Picking Exercises: Chromatic Sequential

Mike Campese

Strengthen your upstrokes so they are as strong as your downstrokes.

Guest Columnists
Tommaso Zillio

Practice Guitar When You Have Limited Time

Tommaso Zillio

The perils of an out-of-balance guitar practice.

Also carried

First ran elsewhere

The survey that ran with it

25 answers

Have you been playing more guitar, or less guitar, since the COVID-19 pandemic began?

I am playing more guitar
44%
I am playing less guitar
24%
I am playing about the same
24%
I do not play guitar
8%
Percentages of 25 answers. All the surveys.
← The one before June-July 2020