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A New Student Shows How It’s Done

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new student determination

I got this great email the other day:

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Filed Under: Beginner guitar, Learning Tagged With: beginner guitar, learning guitar

A Simple Guitar Tip That Made Him Say “Wow”

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a simple guitar tip

I got this little comment on one of the pages in the 7-Day Transformation course the other day, which I thought I’d share with you:

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Filed Under: Beginner guitar, Learning, Practice Tagged With: beginner guitar, guitar practice, learning guitar

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Frodo’s Guitar Journey, Goals, and Jamming Made Easy)

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frodo's guitar journey

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including Frodo’s guitar journey, setting goals, and more…

Here we go…

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Filed Under: Beginner guitar, Learning, Practice Tagged With: beginner guitar, enjoying the journey, learning guitar

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Music Tests, Breaks, and an Embarrassing Dad Moment)

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music tests

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life. This week’s post is all about my family trip to Wales last week and some useful musical thoughts from it including music tests, breaks, and more…

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Filed Under: Beginner guitar, Learning Tagged With: learning guitar, Self-testing, test

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Ukuleles, Tough Journeys, & My #1 Rule)

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ukuleles

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including ukuleles, tough journeys, and more

Here we go.

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Filed Under: Beginner guitar, Learning, Practice Tagged With: enjoying the journey, guitar practice, Ukulele

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Beautiful Setlists, Fun Guitar Songs, and an Announcement)

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fun guitar songs

Here are this week’s 3 random thoughts on guitar, music, and life, including fun guitar songs, plus a big announcement, but more on that in a moment.

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Filed Under: Beginner guitar, Practice, Songs Tagged With: beginner guitar, Beginner songs, Fingerstyle, Fingerstyle Arrangements, Practice, practicing songs, songs

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (January Blues, Learning as a 5-Year-Old, and Improving Your Fretting Hand)

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It’s Monday again, so here are 3 more of my random thoughts on guitar, music, and life, including how to beat the January blues, how to improve your fretting hand, and more.

Enjoy…

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Filed Under: Beginner guitar, Practice, Practice Techniques, Technique Tagged With: enjoying the journey, Good technique, Practice Methods

3 Random Thoughts This Tuesday (Keyboards, Musical Skills, and Inspiring Others)

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Here is another of the weekly posts with 3 thoughts about guitar, music, and life. As it was my son Archie’s 5th birthday yesterday, this week’s post is a special one based around 3 useful things I have learnt from him, including how to inspire others, how to develop musical skills, and more.

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18 Things That Bug Me in the World of Guitar Playing

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Recently, I posted a short five-part series of Facebook posts about all the things that bug me as a teacher in the world of guitar tuition.

 

It is not too serious, you may or may not agree with all of these, but either way, there are some useful pointers for things to watch out for, and some of these will give you a bit of insight into my mindset from a teaching perspective.

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The 6 Deadliest Fingerpicking Mistakes (And a Fun Little Test)

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Below are 6 of the most commonly made fingerpicking errors I see on a day-to-day basis with students.

Take a look and see how many of these you make.

Be honest with yourself, as these 6 can crush progress faster than Bigfoot treading on a greenfly.

 

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Filed Under: Beginner guitar, Fingerpicking, Technique Tagged With: beginner guitar, Beginner technique, fingerpicking, Fingerstyle

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