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How to divide your time
Are you feeling Stuck? Learn to structure your practice routine and guarantee progress.
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Watch Kiko practice a difficult song and apply his tips to master your own challenging riffs or solos.
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Testimonials
I used to get lost on playing my stuff and only focus on playing some old songs, because I didn't have any program or discipline to start practicing.
Kiko helped me a lot with dividing up different parts of the techniques that I need to focus on. He also provides guidance on to how to arrange and schedule the practice.
After the course I noticed the most improvement on my alternative picking. I'm also understanding the modes more confidently than before, but I still need to work hard of course. I would recommend Guitar Hacks to my friends.
Keep uploading different topics on guitar techniques. I would also like to know the settings on your guitar and how to use the different pickups for soloing. ??
I felt I was making some progress, but it was very slow and very boring at times to practice. I think I wasn't using my practice time as efficiently I could because I kept doing the same exercises from youtube everyday. I felt I was stuck not making much improvements.
Guitar Hacks helped me discover all of the weaknesses in my playing. It helped me practice more carefully, by examining the minor details that needed to be improved in my technique. I also overcame many of the speed barriers with the Out Of The Plateau approach.
I think my legato was helped the most. I never did the fundamentals to increase my articulation before, but after doing the legato practice I'm able to play legato notes much more clean and clearly.
I feel I am much better and faster after completing the Guitar Hacks courses. I know how to practice everything I need and I can improvise better. Practicing is fun now after seeing improvements almost daily!
I would recommend Guitar Hacks to anyone who is struggling to get better -- I think it is the best guitar course for more serious players.
Thank you, Kiko, for helping all us guitar players reach beyond our potential! I hope you do more courses relating to techniques and improvising!
Before Guitar Hacks, I thought that I couldn't play guitar with a band or in any solo project -- I have severe problems with the metronome, precision and accuracy.
Kiko showed me a structured way of practicing and provided a guideline for everyday practice which helped from the very beginning.
I saw the most improvement on alternate picking and legato. I am gaining confidence and improving gradually.
Surfing around the internet and youtube wouldn't give any proper direction, but with Kiko, you will find a road map which you can navigate to become a master in Alternate Picking, Legato, Hybrid Picking, Sweep Picking and Tapping. With guided video and pdf lesson.
I wish all the best to Guitar Hacks and The magician, Kiko Loureiro.
I felt I was stuck on the same level of technique; slowly getting better, but too slow. I was practicing in the same way all the time and got stuck with the same results.
Through Guitar Hacks, I learned how to structure my practice time in a better way and how to push beyond my plateau. Also the idea of practicing "musical exercises" was sort of revelation to me.
I improved with most techniques, but especially alternate picking. I have more confidence in my playing and feel better than before. I can see how it will get even better over time.
Thank you for the course and I would like to see even more of them coming (especially about songwriting and composition processes).
After playing on and off for over 20 years and now a father of three with no time, I was starting to feel very discouraged musically, and that I wasn't reaching my goals. I would play riffs and my technique was starting to fade.
I am mostly self taught with no youtube or local teachers back in the day. Fast forward, I was at place where I didn't know where to go next - no clue. Do I just learn riffs to get good? My practices became nostalgic playing music from the 80s/90s, and I had no idea where to go next. I thought in order to improve I needed to set aside entire days to practice hard riffs like I did when I was young. It was eating away at me whenever I would see my guitars just sitting there collecting dust.
Guitar Hacks has helped me in so many ways! First off, I have learned that my journey is not all that uncommon and that everyone goes through similarities as they develop. GH helped me understand how to maximize the time I do have, to break down components (e.g. separate right hand from left /technique from riff, etc.) while celebrating small wins. This helped me rebuild the foundation! Through the set lessons, live and relatable sessions with Kiko, interacting with others, it really helped me open my mind. I now feel more confident and accepting of where I am and what I need to do to improve. With the loving support of my family, I have built a habit of practicing daily - even if it's only 30 minutes or while everyone is in bed.
I've had the biggest breakthrough with alternate picking, sweep picking, and modes. With picking, up until this course, I have never taken the time to think of the strike quality and economy of motion. Relating the sound and speed of sweep picking to alternate picking (starting slow) was mind blowing. Now I'm learning about modes and I am really taking my time to memorize and understand.
I feel like each day spent opens up doors. I am much more confident, patient, happy, and motivated to learn while on this life-long journey as a guitarist. I am not afraid to accept a struggle in my playing and own it until I can overcome. I have been able to play more challenging licks in less time. My improvisation s feel more musical!
It can feel overwhelming having so much material available for musicians today. What sets this course apart from others is that it is holistic, engaging, and continuous. Kiko's course flows very logical, it's structured and self paced, which is what I need. I have been able to correct many bad habits and design a practice routine that works! It didn't take long to start seeing results.
Kiko, Giorgo (and others), thank you so much for working on this course and the continued innovation that keeps it evolving. Kiko, I'm so appreciative of your live sessions with the opportunities to ask you questions and help others.
Easier to connect with my guitar
Thanks for this awesome workout!
I'm doing this for 5 days now, and I can already feel a difference in my playing.
It's much more controlled and I have more precision.
And it's easier for me, to connect with my guitar, and improvise
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I have not seen any teacher with this kind of involvement. Kiko you are like God to me.
Stagnated. I can play tabs and was learning slowly, but never got to the point to where I could feel like I could just play. Little progress, practiced a variety of areas, but never felt that I was actually moving forward. Guitar Hacks provided a more professional trainer that actually enjoys teaching, explaining things better, and in a more logical way.
I have more overall focus on the things that were either overlooked, misinformed, or just not explained well previously. If I had to pick one thing I saw most improvement on, it would be left and right hand muting.
I have zero background in music or instruments, so I am very slow to learn this stuff. But I enjoy it and I can start to see progress in my playing. Kiko is a trusted teacher who enjoys teaching and comes from a wide variety of guitar styles. He's a professional who doesn't act like a snob and cares about his students. I love having tabs to follow along off-line.
I know when I teach someone about something I know very well, I tend to assume that they will understand it like I do. Not always the case, some are slow and need step-by-step, others catch on quickly. Overall, I highly recommended this course for all levels of students.
I've been playing for a long time and never got to a level I wanted to be playing at. It took a long time to learn new songs and I couldn't play many solos by some of the great guitarists.
Guitar Hacks breaks things into smaller steps and different exercises to get things improving slowly. It is more dynamic then most other lessons and creates more confidence in playing.
I improved the most on scales and string skipping. I feel I'm getting better and still working towards more advanced playing.
I recommend Guitar Hacks because Kiko is a great master at playing and teaching. He has a way of making things seem simpler then they actually are and his calm, warm demeanor gets the student to be less frustrated and more inclined to improve. In the future, I'd love to see an in depth lesson on getting great tones for playing live and for recording.
I was doing way too much noodling as well as a lack of structure in my practice routine. Because of that, I was not making consistent progress.
Guitar Hacks helped me become more consistent with my practice routine. It had very valuable tips on how to structure my time and approach certain issues, i.e. overcome plateaus, improve technique.
The biggest improvements were in my right hand and, specifically, Alternate Picking. I see better progress, feel more comfortable, and am even more motivated to grab the guitar and play.
I feel Guitar Hacks provides me with structure as well as a clear path to improve my technical, musical and theoretical skills.
Kiko is an amazing teacher and the passion and effort he is putting into this is outstanding. I have been signing up for many courses (with famous and less famous players) over the last years but Guitar Hacks and Kiko are bringing it to the next level. Kiko also does sessions to interact with his students and in those sessions he provides even more help.
Kiko - as stated above - you are not just an incredible guitar player and fantastic teacher, but also such a humble, kind and motivating individual when interacting with people. It is always a pleasure being part of your live sessions on YT and feel lucky and thankful for the opportunity to be one of your students! Andreas
About Kiko Loureiro
Kiko has played guitar for over 25 years and has performed all over the world. He started teaching when he was just 16, and has given lectures, seminars and clinics in over 50 countries. He is co-founder of the acclaimed Brazilian heavy metal band Angra and is currently the lead guitarist of the legendary band Megadeth with which he won the "Best Metal Performance" Grammy Award for the song "Dystopia".
Kiko is also a very experienced teacher, and throughout his career has produced five different instructional videos. Lately he released seven online courses in Portuguese, transforming the playing and musicality of over 3000 students.
Kiko has also been an instructor as part of guitar camps from renowned musicians including Allan Holdsworth, Paul Gilbert and in 2018 was part of the lineup of the G4 experience with Joe Satriani.
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