Warmups keep your hands from Hurting
10/26/2022
 Guitar learners are curious about how to prevent their hands from hurting while playing on the guitar. Truth be told, the simplest and easiest way to achieve this feat is by warming up. As with most exercises, it is always important for people to warm up first before engaging in any strenuous activity which can go a long way in helping to prevent them from hurting themselves.
Warm-ups are essential for both novice and professional guitarists. Before doing anything on the guitar it is highly recommendable for players to perform a series of warmup exercises such as rehearsing, playing a gig or doing some recordings. Just so you know, many muscles, tendons, and bones are responsible for finger movements. This is why it is essential for guitarists to perform some warmup exercises before they even start flailing them around recklessly. Here are two important things you need to know about these preparatory exercises. They help to prevent injuries Ultimately, warming up can be every efficient in helping to improve your playing skills and technique. However, it is also important to note that these little exercises can go a long way in helping to prevent injuries from occurring. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and tendonitis are some common problems that can occur as a result of not warming up before play. Just so you know, that are many guitarists that have been forced to retire from playing the guitar due to problems of this sort. This is why warming up before playing is important as it goes a very long way to help to prevent body injuries. Parting shot Warming up should be regarded more like a precautionary exercise than an optional thing. There is no better way to avoid those nightmare experiences associated with hurting hands than this. Now that you know how warmups can keep your hands from hurting on guitar, it is imperative to ensure that you make these activities a norm. Don’t just grab your guitar and let rip without taking the time to do some warming up exercises. Medically speaking, it is advisable to observe some finger stretching routines before setting out to play the guitar. There is no need to cut your guitar playing dreams short due to your inability to perform proper warm up routines before playing which has finally messed up your hands. In fact, doing so doesn’t even make any sense. The main aim of engaging in warmup routines is to awaken all the necessary ligaments, tendons, and muscles needed for playing the guitar. This can go a long way in preparing the hand and even the mind for the vigorous playing demands you are about to engage in. If you're interested in taking lessons on Zoom or In Person in Burbank, Glendale or North Hollywood, please contact us at (818)902-1233 or on our website at https://www.losangelesmusicteachers.com/online-guitar-lessons-in-burbank-ca.html
 The best way to read guitar tabs is to understand what they are & how to understand them. As you can see from the two pictures to the right, the first one is far easier to understand than the second one. Start simple then move to more complicated. Guitar tabs are a simplified form of sheet music. It’s a type of sheet music for guitar. As where standard notation (regular type of sheet music) is more general and can be for any instrument. Tutorial Guitar Tab Lesson With tabs you use numbers to represent the frets you play. Unlike standard notation where you use symbols to recognize notes. A lot of people frown on guitar tabs because they don’t show you as much as standard notation. They’re a lot more simplified for easier learning & might require you to listen to a piece of music to understand what you’re reading. But is still a great training tools. Once you understand how they work when you reading them (say in a song) you’ll begin to gain insight on how things in music are put together. And that’s when the fun starts. Once you do a whole new world will open up to you and you’ll be able to understand things most guitar players won’t. But you must start slow and take your time. It won’t come over night, but if you work at it daily, you will see some nice positive results. If you feel that guitar tabs are too complicated. There is a free website to teach you how to read music. It is a hands on website that teaches you Music theory. Click here to check out the Music Theory Teaching site. Los Angeles Music Teachers Call:818-902-1233 Or Email: rick@losangelesmusicteachers.com  Beginner Drum Beat Breakdown
10/17/2022
 This is the basic form of showing a student how to count a basic beat and separating it by steps. In this guide you will see the breakdown of the beat and then when it is all together, you will be playing your very first beat. First we will start off counting 1-2-3-4 and Repeat 1-2-3-4 because he will be playing to these numbers. Each Number represents a beat. And I will show you during the lesson and put it on the sheet for your son. So you can practice his homework with him. Hi Hat: (If he is a righty, use right hand on Hi-Hat) (If Lefty he plays Hi Hat with his left Hand) Snare: (If he is a Righty, He will use his Left hand on the Snare) (If he is a lefty, he will use his right hand on the snare) Bass Drum: (if he is a righty, his right foot will be on the bass Pedal) ( if he is a lefty, His left food will be on the bass.. pedal) Would look like this below: R-Right Hand, L - Left Hand Snare: R,L 1,2 Tom 2: R,L 3,4 Tom 3: R,L 5,6 Floor Tom: R,L. 7,8 Crash Cymbal R. Crash Lesson Number 1 (first Beat) Step 1 Tap Hi Hat on Every Number. Tap on 1, on 2, on 3, on 4 (Count out loud when doing this) Repeat (Twice) It will look like this when I write it out. Hi Hat: 1-2-3-4 Step 2 Next we will add the Snare Tap Hi Hat and Snare on 2 and 4 at the same time. (So we will Count 1 then have him hit the hi-hat and snare at the same time. So we will count 1, Tap on 2, count 3, then tap on 4) it will look like this. Tap Hi Hat and Snare on 2 and 4 with sticks Count: 1-2-3-4 Hi Hat: 2 4 Snare: 2 4 When he’s comfortable doing this, we will tap the hi hat on every number Tap Hi Hat on all numbers and Snare on 2 and 4 with sticks Count: 1-2-3-4 Hi Hat: 1-2-3-4 Snare: 2 4 Step 3 Next we will add the Bass Drum/Pedal We will be taping the Hi-hat and bass pedal with his foot and we will be doing this at the same time but on number 1 and 3 (So we will tap and step on 1, count 2, then tap and stomp on 3, and then count 4) it will look like this below Tap Hi Hat and step with foot on 1 and 3 Count: 1-2-3-4 Hi Hat: 1 3 Bass: 1 3 When he’s comfortable doing this, we will tap the hi hat on every number Tap Hi Hat on all numbers and Foot on 1 and 3 Count: 1-2-3-4 Hi Hat: 1-2-3-4 Bass: 1 3 Final Step Next we will put step 2 and 3 together Now we will slowly put step 2 and 3 together. (On 1 it will be Hi Hat and Bass Drum, on 2 hi hat and snare, on 3 hi hat and bass drum and on 4 its hi hat and snare. Then we will end with a crash cymbal. Tap Hi Hat and Bass on 1 and 3 and Snare on 2 and 4 I’ve color coded for you. (The Hi Hat will be going all the way through Count: 1-2-3-4 Hi Hat: 1-2-3-4 Bass/Foot: 1 3 Snare: 2 4 If you're interested in taking Drum lessons on Zoom or In Person in Burbank, Glendale or North Hollywood, we have some of the best drum lessons in Los Angeles. Our drum instructors are picked by interviewing hundreds of drum instructors and we have really high standards on both their teaching ability as well as their personality. If you'd like to talk to one of our instructors or set up a first lesson we have a guarantee that if you don't absolutely love your first lesson you don't have to pay for it. Please contact us at (818)902-1233 or on our website at https://www.losangelesmusicteachers.com/online-drum-lessons-in-burbank-ca.html
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