Guitar-brain connection: How to develop it

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Fingers

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Visuals

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Sound

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Posture

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Timing

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Sound Physics

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Musical Predictions

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Voice

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Stories

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Guitar-brain connection: How to develop it

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Physical skills like playing the guitar have many pathways that connect the body to the mind. Your neurons recalibrate and refine their signaling with practice.

Fingers

Visuals

Sound

Posture

Timing

Sound Physics

Musical Predictions

Voice

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Your guitar-brain connection develops when your senses become automatic.

Stories

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