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zepp_rules
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zepp_rules
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10/08/2004 6:19 pm
I'm thinking about getting into teaching guitar soon. I've been playing for over 5 years and am a music minor in school so i think i could do it well. for those teachers out there i was just wondering if you had any advice. what's a good place to start, any tips. i'm primarily a metal guitarist and shredder so i guess i would lean a lot in that direction, but i know i'd have to branch out a little. is there anything i should focus on, especially for brand new beginners. thanks for any help



ps. i'm sure this has been asked before, so sorry about repeating
To improve technique and of course trying to keep all as clean as possible. I know my own limits and speed limits and so on I never play anything I'm not capable of. That wouldn't make any sense. After three years of playing I tried to play everything as fast as possible and that sounded, I would say, like shit, and I didn't realize that if I'd play bit slower things than I was capable of playing then everything would sound much better.

--Aleksi Laiho - Advice to Play By