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How I Teach/Learn/Practice Guitar
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As much as music is art and expression, it’s also communication and to communicate in any language there’s 4 aspects you need to know.
- How To Hear & Identify the Language (Recognize Guitar)
- How To Speak The Language (Play the Guitar)
- How To Read The Language (Staff Notation, Tablature, & Lead Sheets)
- How To Write The Language (Staff Notation, Tablature, & Lead Sheets)
Let me tell you about a website that will do that!
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I just made one of the best Guitar Tutorials that I’ve ever made… let show you what it looks like
The entire tutorial was made with Soundslice in mind… that way, if you feel like I was going to fast or not as thorough, you can look at chord charts and tablature to guide you in REAL TIME… you can speed it up/slow it down, skip through sections or even loop sections.
Introduction
I’ve been using Soundslice since 2016 maybe 2017 and it’s a very interesting platform in order to learn and practice guitar, even though it’s not ONLY for Guitarist. Soundslice is an online tool that synchronizes music notation with video, enhancing learning and teaching. It allows users to adjust speed, loop sections, and transcribe music, making it ideal for both educators and students seeking interactive, real-time music lessons… oh and did I mention all of this was free… well except some of the courses… but you might be able to get by with just the free stuff.
How We Use It
So although I started using Soundslice in 2017… around that time I was toying with the platform… I didn’t see it as a one stop shop for all my guitar knowledge… but for the past 3 years that I’ve been an educator, it’s one of the most valuable resources that I use to share my knowledge and transcriptions. I think this is one of the best platforms for “Interactive Sheet Music”.
Case in point… I have a Song Breakdown video that I did for Crazy by Gnarls Barkley… the entire tutorial was made with Soundslice in mind… that way, if you feel like I was going to fast or not as thorough, you can look at chord charts and tablature to guide you in REAL TIME… you can speed it up/slow it down, skip through sections or even loop sections…
As I said I use Soundslice in my classroom and in my private lessons but sometimes my students are slightly intimidated with the user interface or don’t know what all they can do with it so let’s dive deeper into how to use this platform:
Without an Account:
With an Account
Well… If you just make an account, this is what you see
Library
Overview Tab:
the most recent slices you’ve written or however you decide to organize your slices.
Practice Tab:
Whatever you see whatever you saved to practice for later.
Discover
Community:
Which is like an explore page where you find other soundslice accounts and their public slices organized by genre and instrument.
Your Feed:
Which shows you the content of whoever you followed on Soundslice.
Store
Which is people organizing their content into courses, behind a paywall.
More
Where you can create and sell your own courses.