The very first guitar hero

Long before Hendrix, the first champion of the electric guitar exploded upon the scene. His impact upon guitar players is still massive. Learn avout the brilliance of Charlie Christian today at www.ethical.cashhosters.com

Ritchie Blackmore

To my mind Ritchie is the singularly most influential guitar player from the seventies on - tat should discount your complaints that I've forgotten Hendrix. Regrettably Blackmore's penchant for upsetting people means that journalists in particular tend to leave him off their best of lists.
But ask a guitar player of the seventies or eighties how important he is.

Blackmore was king of rock Guitar but then literally threw it all away.



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Rory Gallagher

Was a very special player - read my impressions of him today at http://www.ethical.cashhosters.com/thinkguitar/Rory%20Gallagher.htm

There isn't anyone who comes close in my opinion

Guitar players have two hands - learn to use both

For some strange reason when I started to play the guitar I laboured under the strange misapprehension that if I could train my left hand properly everything would be Ok. It was kind of like learning how to steer a car without learning how to use the footpedals - disastrous.My full thoughts on the matter are here
Don't make the same mistake that I did!

Training your ears

It took me way too long to realise how important ear training was. As a guitar teacher now it is a major focus with new students . Technique is important yes, but training your ears properly is critical .
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Introduction

There are lots of great guitar sites - most are dedicated to technique, but I have found over the years that teaching technique is easy, coaching players to think about and feel their music is much more difficult.

I intend to run a series of commentatries dedicated to getting players to view their guitar as a means of communicatiuon with no boundaries