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One of Smithsonian‘s 10 Best Science Books of 2024
Neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author of This Is Your Brain on Music Daniel J. Levitin reveals the deep connections between music and healing.
Music is one of humanity’s oldest medicines. From the Far East to the Ottoman Empire, Europe to Africa and the pre-colonial Americas, many cultures have developed their own rich traditions for using sound and rhythm to ease suffering, promote healing, and calm the mind.
In his latest work, neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author Daniel J. Levitin (This Is Your Brain on Music) explores the curative powers of music, showing us how and why it is one of the most potent therapies today. He brings together, for the first time, the results of numerous studies on music and the brain, demonstrating how music can contribute to the treatment of a host of ailments, from neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, to cognitive injury, depression, and pain.
Levitin is not your typical scientist―he is also an award-winning musician and composer, and through lively interviews with some of today’s most celebrated musicians, from Sting to Kent Nagano and Mari Kodama, he shares their observations as to why music might be an effective therapy, in addition to plumbing scientific case studies, music theory, and music history. The result is a work of dazzling ideas, cutting-edge research, and jubilant celebration. I Heard There Was a Secret Chord highlights the critical role music has played in human biology, illuminating the neuroscience of music and its profound benefits for those both young and old
Guitar Exercises for Beginners: 10x Your Guitar Skills in 10 Minutes a Day
Have you been practicing for hours and hours with little progress? Here’s how to get the most out of your practice sessions.
“Practice, practice, practice until you can play it right!”
The biggest lie the industry wants you to believe. A big fat lie!
You shouldn’t have to practice for hours or wait for years to be able to play your favorite songs. It sucks the joy out of learning the guitar and makes it boring and tedious.
Yes, you need to practice. But not as much as you’ve been told to!
With the right practice strategy – you can get 10x results out of each practice session. And it’s disturbing to see so many beginner guitarists fall into the trap of practicing with no end.
To solve this problem – we created “Guitar Exercises for Beginners: 10x your guitar skills in 10 minutes a day”. A book designed to provide a structured, systemized and disciplined way to practice guitar.
We say you can enhance your guitar playing by practicing just 10 minutes a day. That’s all it takes for most people to make incredible progress with their guitar skills. 10 minutes of the right practice every day.Automate progress in your guitar playing
The book has exercises for whatever you might be practicing – finger independence, chords, scales, chord progressions etc.
Pick a few exercises and practice it every day for 10 minutes – you can easily slide in these exercises into your everyday guitar routine. It’s that simple!
As the chapters in the book are divided according to stages of a beginner’s guitar journey – the book will make sure you always have something to work on!The right way to practice
With over 100 well-crafted exercises this book will ensure a balanced mix of melody, harmony and rhythm. It Starts with simple guitar tablature and finger independence exercises.
Then we move up a level to things like – how to hold a pick, picking methods, and strumming patterns. Followed by exercises for techniques like hammer-ons and pull-offs.
With exercises dedicated to chords and scales – the book will make sure the concepts stick! After having mastered the basics – we move onto playing melodies and chords.
We’ll end in style with 10 popular chord progressions used by guitar gods, getting you ready for your journey with popular songs.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll find inside
- A simplified way to read guitar tablature
- A step-by-step approach to master complete finger independence
- The secret method of getting rhythmic with time signatures
- 10 easy and popular melodies and chord progressions
- Learn where these exercises are applied – references from popular songs
- Visual references to help you nail all the methods and techniques
- No prior experience needed – completely beginner friendly
We also provide free downloadable audio for each exercise in slow and medium tempo. Enjoy playing it and take it at your own pace, without getting frustrated or confused.
Practice, practice, practice – but do it properly.
What else? With this book, you’ll also get a FREE PDF, access to a private community of passionate guitarists like yourself, and weekly guitar lessons.
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