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I subtitled my Tech Tip "Doug's Dirty Little Secrets" after
reading someone's posted message on a guitar web forum.
The writer asserted that professional virtuoso guitarists all
had secrets they kept to themselves and wouldn't tell anyone
else, so no one would play as well as them!
Photo by Robin Gentile, NYC
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Toosy's favorite quote is by German theologian,
musician, philosopher, and physician Albert Schweitzer
(1875-1965) who wrote, "There are two means of
refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."
The February Technique Tip of the Month

Folks, this one is very self-explanatory. It's titled,
How to Give a Performance without Making a Complete
Fool of Yourself
.

Enjoy.

Do you want to improve your playing? Doug knows his stuff!
He studied in the Segovia Master Classes, with Pepe
Romero, Jorge Morel, Christopher Parkening, Narciso
Yepes, Oscar Ghiglia, with general musical studies at The
Juilliard School.
Read about his background. Plus, he
himself can play really, really well!
being should be allowed to have!

■ Is your note recognition on the
musical staff a little slow?
■ Don't know your notes very well on
the fretboard--especially in the higher
positions?
■ Do you want practice recognizing the
sounds of different scales, intervals,
and chords?

Then click on any of the games below.
They are
very cool.
1. Guitar Fretboard Trainer Learn the notes on the fretboard
2.
Note Trainer Recognition of notes on the musical staff
3.
Key Trainer Learn to recognize the major and minor key signatures
4.
Interval Trainer Learn to recognize written intervals on the musical staff
5.
Triad Trainer Learn to recognize written triads on the musical staff
6.
Interval Ear Trainer This game plays intervals for you to recognize by ear
7.
Scale Ear Trainer This game plays scales and modes for you to
recognize by ear
8.
Chord Ear Trainer This game plays chords for you to recognize by ear

Our sincere thanks to Ricci Adams, the developer, who makes these
available free to the public and to guitarist John Horne for making us aware
of their existence.

If the games don't load, you may need to install the
Adobe Shockwave
Player. I know it's a pain, but it will be worth it! Just click link and follow their
simple instructions.
A Great Game! It's Classical Composer HANGMAN!
The familiar game of Hangman but with a classical twist!
This is really fun but rather addictive. You should PRACTICE FIRST,
then play this game!

I practiced already--please take me to the Classical Hangman page.
Toosy
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