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Craig Winston Guitarist

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Jun 6 2023

3 Octave Moveable Shapes

This whole thing sounds intimidating, and I should say it’s not a simple thing to execute, but the concept, once divulged, will come across as exceedingly simple.  Today we’re going to talk about a 3-octave pentatonic scale using a couple…

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May 23 2023

Do Guitarists Really Need to Read Music?

In today's guitar lesson, we'll talk about why you should learn to read standard music notation to help you be the best guitarist you can be.

The old joke goes “How do you get the lead guitarist to stop playing…

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Mar 16 2023

Online Guitar Lessons: instruments, tone, and guitar setup

In today's guitar lesson, I want to talk about the the importance of a quality instrument and setup.

 

I’m mostly writing this to wax poetic about the new guitar I received by Elias Bonet Monne from Galerie des Luthiers…

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May 12 2021

Special Announcement: Pursuing a Master's Degree

I'm happy to announce I'll be continuing my music education at University of Denver's Lamont School of Music. I was awarded a scholarship to attend, and will begin my classical guitar studies there in September.

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Mar 3 2021

Some ways to manage all of this extra time

In today’s online guitar lessons, we’ll look at the best ways to stay motivated, practice, and improve your technique during these strange times we live in. 

I had a talk with some friends the other day in which I asked…

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Aug 17 2020

Five simple ways to improve your pentatonic scales 

In today’s guitar lesson I’m going to cover five simple ways to improve your pentatonic scales and make your soloing more interesting. This is a lesson that I’ve been doing with many of my students getting into rock and blues…

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Jan 25 2020

On the use of downstrokes vs. other picking techniques

I made something of a breakthrough in my playing recently thanks to Dave Mustaine. Megadeth has always been my favorite metal band and a few years ago I saw them play at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. When they played…

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Jan 23 2020

2020 updates

I’ve neglected to update this page in a while, but I just wanted to give you some news about everything that I’m up to lately. 

My bands Thy Shade and The Union are both actively gigging in the Southwest having…

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Apr 2 2019

Faith

Interestingly enough, all things do converge in your favor so long as you keep the faith in the positive nature of your actions and the universe’s willingness to reciprocate. 

Go beyond the constraints of what you understand of yourself or…

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Jan 15 2019

The most important lesson anyone can learn from practicing music.

Too many people get into music for the wrong reasons, their parents sign them up for guitar lessons or violin lessons etc. because they believe the hype that says that Music is going to make you better at math or…

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Oct 4 2018

This is a progress video of my work on “Shepherd of Fire” by...



This is a progress video of my work on “Shepherd of Fire” by Avenged Sevenfold.  I spent a good lot of my life being intimidated by learning things like this, but recently made a strong resolution to just keep working…

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Sep 10 2018

I’ve been missing for a while, very busy practicing I guess and not much creating.  I’ve learned a...

I’ve been missing for a while, very busy practicing I guess and not much creating.  I’ve learned a few things in all this time.  A few helpful points:

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, even though it…

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