Write an article based on this "Start every practice session with 10-15 minutes of scales. Practice with consistent rhythm and speed, avoiding mistakes. Skip strings as you play to build speed up and down the neck. Play with triplets and quarter-note sets. Try "down and backs" to learn to change direction quickly. Skip notes, but make sure you only play notes in the scale. Improvise solos in your favorite scales."
article: Scales are an incredible way to warm up, and they are essential to becoming a good guitarist. You need to make scales a priority in your practice time, so put aside a set amount of time to practice them each day. Turn on a timer and work through every scale you know, playing them each on multiple sections of the guitar. Baseball players hit batting practice every day on a variety of pitches, artists doodle in a sketchbook, and writers free-write. Scales are the basic skill behind guitar theory and playing, and you need to devote time to practicing them. Do not rush through your scales, hitting 1-2 bum notes or missing a string here and there, just because you want to get faster. Speed means nothing if you're not hitting notes cleanly, so always practice with an ear for perfection. Once you've got the scales and exercises down at a certain tempo, then you can gradually increase your speed. It may be frustrating now, but it will make you a better guitarist in the long run. It is highly recommended that you play with a metronome for the best practice sessions. Once you have the scales memorized up and down, it's time to kick your practice into the next level. Very rarely do you play a scale straight up and down, so you shouldn't always practice like that. Try the following string skipping exercises to master any scale.  Play all the normal notes on your scale. Start with the 6th string (your thickest string), then skip to the 4th. Play the notes on the 4th string, then come back up to the 5th. Skip to the 3rd string, then come back to the 4th, moving up and down like this until you can hit them all in rhythm Skip from top to bottom, playing the 6th string, then the 1st. Then play the 5th string, followed by the 2nd, etc. After each string, return to the 6th string again so that you repeat the root note after every string. Once you've gone up and down like this, start repeating the 5th string, then the 4th, etc. This is a fantastic way to increase your speed both up and down the neck, and to add a bit of spice to your normal scale runs. Basically, you play the first note in a scale, then the next three in quick succession. You then return to the 2nd note in the scale and play the next three in quick succession. From there, you repeat the pattern all the way down, until you've done a set starting with every note in the scale.  Try to string this together rhythmically -- not worrying about speed just yet. While you'd never play a full solo like this, you can adapt parts of this lick into your playing once you get better. This simple little exercise is a great way to comfortable speeding up and down the fretboard during solos. To do it, simply play your scale like normal. However, once you hit the fifth note, turn around and re-play the last three notes you played. Work through the whole scale like this -- five notes down, three notes up, and then reverse it once you hit the bottom.  As you get comfortable, adjust the numbers. Try going four down, two up. How small can you make the intervals and still move comfortably through the scale? For an added challenge, try it with repeating notes. Once you get to the fifth note, play it twice, then move only two notes back. Repeat this note as well. This is a good way to work on your picking speed. Start playing your scales randomly, to the rhythm. Set a metronome to a comfortable pace, then hit a note on every single beat. Pick notes at random, but make sure they are all on the scale. As you get better, move up and down the neck. How many unique notes can you play before messing up? This is invaluable practice for improvisation because it teaches you to find the right note anywhere on the guitar at the drop of a hat. Not all practice has to be rote. Once you've worked through the technical exercises, bring it all together by improvising a few solos with your scales. You can search for practice tracks online by typing "Key + Your Scale + Instrumental Track," Such as "A Minor Dorian Scale Instrumental." You can also train your ear by putting on your favorite songs, then finding the key and scale by yourself. Ultimately, all the scale practice in the world means nothing if you can't use them in a song, so have some fun and start jamming. Though jams are more free-form, you should still be focusing on technique. Challenge yourself, but don't sacrifice quality of play for a few faster, sloppier notes.

Write an article based on this "Exclaim "buon compleanno! Wish "tanti auguri! Try "cento di questi giorni!"
article: " This is the most direct way to say "happy birthday" in Italian, and the expression literally translates into "good birthday."   Buon means "good" and compleanno means "birthday.  Pronounce the entire expression as: bwon kom-pleh-ahn-noh " This expression does not translate into "happy birthday." In fact, the Italian word for "birthday" (compleanno) does not appear in this phrase at all. Nonetheless, the expression means "best wishes" and is a popular Italian way to express goodwill to someone on his or her birthday.   Tanti means "many" and auguri is the plural form of the noun augurio, meaning "wish." The entire phrase literally translates into "many wishes." Pronounce this expression as: tahn-tee ahw-goo-ree " This is another Italian phrase that you can use to express birthday wishes even though it does not explicitly mention birthdays. Essentially, you're wishing the birthday boy or girl 100 years of birthdays, or a long life.   Cento means "one hundred," di means "of," questi means "these," and giorni means "days." Translated directly, the expression says, "One hundred of these days!" Pronounce this phrase as: chehn-toh dee kweh-stee jeohr-nee  Note that you can also shorten this to "cent’anni" or "a hundred years!" Pronounce this version of the expression as: chehn-tah-nee

Write an article based on this "Get pumped for the test. Take deep breaths Glance over the entire test before you begin. Read the test questions carefully. Go through the questions in order. Go with your first answer, then check later. Use the process of elimination if you're stuck on a multiple choice question. Review your answers thoroughly when you are done."
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Believing that you’re going to do well on the test will actually help you get there. Even if you think you won’t do well on the test, don’t let yourself hear it. Instead, just say “I got this!” It's sort of a "fake it till you make it" idea, but it can work!  Take a piece of paper and write positive stuff like "I will ace my test!" on it.  Try smiling before the test, even if you have to force it. Studies show that making yourself smile, even when you don't feel like it, actually raises your mood. You could also try to think of something funny, like imagining your teacher slipping on a banana peel or walking in the room dressed like Hello Kitty. before and during the test to stay relaxed. Deep breathing increases your oxygen levels. Getting plenty of oxygen means you can think more clearly. And when you think clearly, you’re primed to do your best on the test!  Breathe in slowly through your nose for 10 seconds. Exhale slowly through your mouth.  Repeat several times. Take a minute to see how many questions there are, and if there are separate sections on the test. This will give you an idea of what is in store and will help you to manage your time better. It also prevents any nasty surprises with only a few minutes left. Take a close look at every question before you attempt to answer it. Read each one twice if you have time. If you are taking a multiple choice test, read the entire question before looking at any of the answers. Don’t waste time hunting for an easy question to begin with. Just go through the questions one by one. If there’s one you can’t answer, or just seems hard, skip it and go to the next one. Come back later to any questions you didn’t answer, if there’s time.  If you’re really nervous, however, do some easy problems first to build your confidence and calm yourself down. If you skip any questions, mark them with a star so you'll know which ones to come back to if you have time at the end. If you go back and change your mind several times, you are likely to make a mistake due to self-doubt. Many tests are also designed to include trick questions, and getting bogged down can just make things worse. Usually 1 or 2 of the question choices are clearly wrong, so take those away. Now you should have 2 answers, creating a greater chance of you getting it right. Now go over everything and find the best answer out of the 2. The key to multiple choice isn't thinking "Which one is right?" but instead "Which of these are not right?" and eliminating answers until you have only 1 left. Try to save time at the end of the test session so you can go back and check your answers. Make sure you answered all questions, never leaving one blank. Guess if you have to. It's worth a shot!  Also, a final look through is a good time to catch any obvious mistakes you might have made. You might remember something more to add to a question as well.