Technique

This page discusses natural and artificial harmonic techniques along with a video lesson.
Harmonics

Natural harmonics should be the first type of harmonics new players get comfortable playing. Natural harmonics are played by lightly “tapping” a finger over the metal frets of the guitar with the left hand and playing open strings with the right hand.
Natural [...]

This page discusses slurring technique along with two video lessons.
Hammer on

Pull off

New players tend to do hammer on’s very weakly, producing a weak sound. This is natural as we begin to develop strength and precision in our hands. But there should be an improvement of both strength and precision as time passes, or else [...]

This page discusses freestroke technique along with a video lesson.

You want to have a very relaxed and natural hand position when doing freestroke. For beginners it can be very tough to “relax” their hands because they are still unsure of their movements. New players tend to tighten and clasp their hands up a lot at [...]

This page discusses alternating between freestroke/reststroke along with a video lesson.

Often new players practice freestroke and reststroke so much that they begin to look at each method in a vacuum, forgeting that both must be used interchangeably. You must find “the spot” where you can change between the two at will, without any awkward hand [...]

This page discusses thumb technique along with a video lesson.

The finger that is often left to it’s own devices is the right-hand thumb. The thumb is just like any other finger, and should be practiced with as much attention as the others. Often I have seen new players pluck a string with their thumb and [...]