Practice Sessions – Axe Files

Intervals #2 (Major And Minor 2nd)

In this session, we’ll be working with intervals and we’ll play around with some harmonics – including a cool harmonic driven Rush riff. Fun stuff! Practice Structure Here’s a suggested outline of your practice session including the suggested time you should spend. 10-20 minutes running through your technique exercises 15-30 minutes working through the practice… Read more

04-16
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Sight Reading 3

We’ll be working on sight reading in this practice session by looking at “hard” music. Step One Repeat warm-up routine. Try to increase your max speed by 2 bpm. Click here for a printable version of the warm-up routine. Step Two Print out music for session 3.3 (PDF) Step Three Listen to the audio with your music and… Read more

02-14
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Sight Reading 1

This session is dedicated to sight reading. Step One Repeat the warm up 1 routine. You don’t have to beat your previous max bpm. You should have hit a new high in our last practice session. In today’s practice session, just try to repeat your prior success.  So, if you started out at 60 bpm, you should… Read more

02-07
34:16

Sight Reading 2

This session is dedicated to sight reading Step One Repeat warm-up routine. Try to increase your max speed by 2 bpm. Click here for a printable version of the warm-up routine. Step Two Print out music for session 2.3 (PDF) Step Three Listen to the audio with your music and guitar in hand. http://guitaralliance.com/images/practiceclub/audio/2.3.mp3

01-16
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Intervals #3 (Perfect 4th, 5th, and Flat 5th)

In this practice session, we’ll learn about the perfect 4th, flat 5th, and perfect 5th intervals. Listen to the audio and follow along with the images below: 1. 2. 3.

04-20
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