GUITARHABITS

40 Thought Provoking Questions For Guitar Players

May 15, 2019 by Klaus Crow

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Thought provoking questions can make you realize what you’re missing out on in life, what you are grateful for or what things are still left undone.

I always ask myself stimulating questions from time to time to make sure I’m on the right track and staying true to myself and the people around me.

Are you still being honest with yourself? Are you sure you know where you stand?

Let’s take a look at some guitar-player-life-examining questions to trigger your thought process.

Print the questions and write down your answers in a notebook. Are you content or are you going to make a change?

Let’s find out!

1 – Where do you want your guitar skills to be a year from now?

2 – What music gets you excited and why?

3 – What would you do if you knew there would be no way you could fail?

4 – Why aren’t you playing guitar as much as you would like to?

5 – Are you thinking outside of the box? if so, are you also acting outside of the box?
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What is The CAGED System? (The Keys to The Fretboard)

By Klaus Crow 24 Comments

May 15, 2019 by Klaus Crow

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Whenever you try to deepen your guitar knowledge and you buy a guitar music theory book or look up something on the internet you keep bumping into the CAGED system.

There comes a point when it’s unavoidable, that means it’s time and probably something worth knowing about.

Let me rephrase that “definitely something worth knowing about”.

So then, what’s all the fuzz about the CAGED system?

Well, if you want to be serious about guitar playing and you want to understand how the guitar in relation to the fretboard works, the CAGED system is an absolute valuable tool. Let’s take a good look and see what this is all about.

The CAGED system gives you a logic overview of the fretboard. It makes it much easier to find your way around the neck and understand how chords, chord shapes and scales are related to each other as well as a lot of other things on the guitar. (arpeggios, triads, licks, etc.)

The CAGED system is derived from the five open major chord shapes: C, A, G, E and D. Each chord shape can be moved up on the fretboard. To do so we first have to take the 5 open chord shapes and turn them into closed chord shapes. That means there are no open strings in the chord. By barring the fret and then playing the shape next to it you can easily move the chord up and down the neck and play each shape in all 12 keys.Continue Reading

Top 3 Inspiration List for 2014

By Klaus Crow 12 Comments

May 15, 2019 by Klaus Crow

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I always have many things I want to learn, accomplish, try and experience.

And starting a new year always gives that extra boost. As if you’re starting from a clean slate.

I don’t set a specific time or date to reach a certain goal to avoid stress or complicated situations. I just give in to the feeling of what I want to create or experience at any particular moment.

It’s just more fun than trying to discipline myself to accomplish something, forcing myself not to procrastinate and then doing something I don’t really feel like. I’d rather go with the flow. I get things done, but they are the right things at the right time.

Of course there’s also a way to make things fun that don’t seem to be fun in the first place. This requires some creative thinking. Sometimes I’ll try to come up with things that will make a task more challenging, exciting, enjoyable, easier, comfortable, entertaining and off I go.

I do make lists of all the things I want and don’t want in my life. And because there are many things I’d love to do, I always write them down to make sure I don’t forget each and everyone of them.

Once I have written down all the things I want to do in the new year I select a top 3 of the most important ones that definitely have to be part of my life. All the other wishes will flow gently around the top 3 waiting for their turn.Continue Reading

Habits for The Best Christmas Time Ever

By Klaus Crow 10 Comments

May 15, 2019 by Klaus Crow

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I love christmas time. I just love everything about it, christmas trees, music, decorations, spending lots of time with my family and friends, watching movies, christmas dinner, conversations with good wine, walking outside and watching people who are also really feeling the christmas spirit.

But for a lot of people christmas time also means busyness, shopping, obligations, rushing, expectations and even stress.

Fortunately there’s a way out of that. This year let’s take a moment to add some really small changes to the holidays that will have a huge impact and give you the best christmas time ever.

Here are the keys:

Be present and observe
Take time to observe. Turn off your television for a moment and enjoy the christmas decorations, the children playing, the birds in your garden, the early quiet mornings, the sunrise and sunset, your cappuccino break. Be fully aware when you drink your tea, when you take a shower, when you cook dinner or make breakfast, when you practice guitar. Enjoy the peace and happiness that it brings you. Be present with everything you do. It makes you feel alive.Continue Reading

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