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Tom Hess By Tom Hess

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Although there is a huge amount of helpful content for guitar players, the biggest problem most musicians face is trying to make sense of it all.  After teaching hundreds of guitarists from all over the world privately, and through my online guitar lessons, I can relate to the frustrations and struggle that you face in improving your musical skills.  With my lessons and columns I will point you in the right direction to taking your guitar playing to the level you want to be.

A short bio

Articles:

  • How To Improve Your Guitar Technique - Part 1 - This article will help you to improve your guitar playing so that you can become a much more expressive musician and songwriter.
  • Songwriting - Part 5 - In this article you will learn about using principles of orchestration to your advantage when writing music. 
  • Songwriting - Part 4 - In this article, I will show you how to use the often overlooked element of dynamics in your songwriting that will make you a more expressive musician. 
  • How To Make A Great Guitar Solo - This article will show you how to instantly improve your guitar solos.  You will learn new creative ideas that will greatly advance your lead guitar playing.
  • Songwriting - Part 1 - Learn how and why it is important to have more than one method for writing music. If your main approach to songwriting involves improvising on the guitar, you are severely limiting your creativity. This article outlines several additional songwriting strategies that will make you a more expressive composer.
  • Songwriting - Part 2 - In Part 2 of this article series you will learn more innovative ways of using melody and chords to enhance your songwriting. 
  • Songwriting - Part 3 - In this part of the Songwriting article series, you will learn more advanced ways of applying rhythm to the process of songwriting.

A short bio:
Tom Hess is a professional touring guitarist and recording artist.  He teaches guitar players around the world via online guitar lessons, Visit http://www.tomhess.net to get free guitar playing tips, assessments, surveys, mini courses and to reach Tom with questions about reaching your musical goals.

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