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 "But I practiced it a thousand times!" How often have these words of frustration been spoken by students and professionals alike when, after hours of practice, a difficult passage simply remains difficult.

 Janet Marlow’s Guitar Practice Tips and Techniques are shortcut methods of getting to the core of a problem while enjoying the process of resolving the difficulty.  Each chapter of this book offers a holistic approach to understanding yourself as a student of the guitar. While learning these creative and efficient methods, you will discover that your goals will be accomplished more quickly and more enjoyably.

 The book’s subtitle, What Every Great Guitarist Knows About Practicing is a theme throughout this book to support and encourage you. Great players use these methods to attain their mechanical, technical and musical goals… and now you can too!

 Whether you are a classical or acoustic player ,Guitar Practice Tips and Techniques is a companion resource for you on the music stand so you can say, “I’ve practiced it a few times and I’ve got it!”.

Born in London, Janet Marlow is the fifth generation of noted Russian musicians. Classically trained as a violinist and pianist, she studied classical guitar in classes with Maestro Andres Segovia, Julian Bream, Abel Carlevaro and Leo Brouwer and Maestro Narciso Yepes, the innovator of the modern ten-string guitar. 

Moving from performances to include original composition was a natural process for Janet Marlow. This evolution began in New York where she was personally influenced by jazz legends Bill Evans and Joe Pass. Spending time with these jazz greats led her to create original compositions and arrangements for guitar and ensemble. Her  recordings bring her classical and jazz worlds together in solo and ensemble composition.

As an educator, Janet has been artist-in-residence at New York University and the Manhattan School of Music. Ms. Marlow has lectured at Yale University on the “Aesthetics in Music” and teaches workshops on composition and practicing techniques. Janet Marlow is hailed as a master teacher of the six and ten-string guitars for technique and contemporary composition. Her book entitled What Every Great Guitarist Knows About Practicing will be published in English and Spanish.  

Janet's recordings express her passion for the ten-string guitar in creative arrangements and compositions. Janet Marlow establishes her world class stance each recording and performance.