| Getting ready for any type of guitar
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| | twelve songs and memorize them.2. Make
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| performance can be a little scary at
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| | sure you select songs with different
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| first, but if you are well prepared, you
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| | tempos and rhythms for your performance
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| will find the experience much easier to
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| | in order to create and sustain interest
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| handle. Whether you're
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| | from your audience.3. Pick songs with
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| playing with a band, or by yourself; are
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| | varying degrees of difficulty, but don't
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| a seasoned performer, or a rookie; there
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| | overestimate yourself. Be realistic about
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| are several things you can do to make the
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| | your own ability. You want to pick songs
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| most of your performance. First and
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| | that you enjoy and are able to play well
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| foremost, realize that you are not the
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| | on your guitar when no one is watching.
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| first one on the block to ever feel
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| | If you find that you are constantly
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| jittery about playing your guitar in
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| | making mistakes in a particular song,
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| public. It's a common experience among
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| | give yourself more time to get it down
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| musicians, and being a little nervous can
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| | before actually performing it in
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| even work in your favor.There is always a
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| | public.4. Practice playing with
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| mysterious struggle that goes on inside
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| | distractions. You will be amazed at how
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| me when I'm about to give a performance.
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| | beneficial this can be. I remember
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| I think it's something akin to the Dr.
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| | playing at an outdoor concert once where
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| Jekyl and Mr. Hyde phenomenon. Two voices
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| | the band that was to follow mine was
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| bantering for my attention, the good guy
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| | warming up right behind us! Tamborines
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| and the bad guy. Mr. Hyde tells me that I
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| | and all. One of the bandmembers actually
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| must be out of my mind. What makes me
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| | started asking me questions about my
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| think I'm good enough to get up on a
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| | guitar performance and wanted to know how
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| stage and play my guitar before an
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| | I learned to play like that! It was very
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| audience? Who do I think I am anyway? On
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| | weird, but all I could do was ignore her.
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| the other hand, Dr. Jekyl tells me that
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| | After that experience and a few others
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| I've worked hard practicing my guitar and
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| | like it, I began practicing my repertoire
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| know the material well. It will be fun to
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| | with the T.V. and radio turned up pretty
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| share what I've got with others so they
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| | loud to mimic such distractions.5. Start
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| can enjoy hearing it too. Be brave, live
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| | your performance off with something that
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| life to the fullest and go for it!Because
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| | you find easy to play on the guitar and
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| I am basically a shy person, it would be
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| | graduate to the more difficult pieces
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| much easier for me not to play my guitar
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| | later. This will help you to warm up your
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| in public. But there is a certain drive,
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| | fingers and get comfortable with being
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| almost a need I have, to express myself
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| | on stage. I usually like to start with a
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| through music; especially with regard to
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| | strong, upbeat song in order to gain the
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| playing my own material. Yes, there is a
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| | attention of the audience and rid my
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| certain risk involved; it's called being
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| | stomach of butterflys.6. Get a good
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| vulnerable. Anything could happen... A
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| | night's sleep the night before your
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| string could break (been there), you
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| | performance if at all possible. That will
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| might forget the words or chords to the
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| | help keep you fresh and alert and also
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| song (been there), you might make a
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| | reduce your level of anxiety.7. Avoid
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| mistake and have to start over (been
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| | drinking too much alcohol or caffeine.8.
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| there too). But no matter what happens,
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| | Have all your clothes, equipment, contact
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| the world will go on and you will
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| | information and directions ready the
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| discover that people are very supportive
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| | night before.9. Always have extra
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| and encouraging overall. I'm always
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| | strings, pics and guitar batteries, etc.
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| amazed when I get positive feedback over
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| | in your gig bag.10. Relax, take a deep
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| a performance that I thought was
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| | breath and try to enjoy yourself. After
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| absolutely awful. It provides me with
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| | all, it's just another part of the
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| more incentive to continue on.So how can
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| | learning process and tomorrow's a brand
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| you make the most of your guitar
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| | new day!FREE Reprint Rights - You may
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| performance? Below I've put together
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| | publish this article in your e-zine or on
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| several suggestions for you to consider.
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| | your web site as
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| They are in no particular order of
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| | long as you include the following
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| importance. Some may be relevant to you
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| | information:Kathy Unruh is a singer
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| at certain times and irrelevant at
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| | songwriter and webmaster of ABC Learn
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| others. Just take what you need and
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| | Guitar. She has been writing songs and
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| ignore the rest.1. Develop a repertoire
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| | providing guitar lessons to students of
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| (song list) of approximately ten to
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| | all ages for over 20 years.
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