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3 Random Thoughts This Monday (The Grinch, Destruction!, and End of the Year Thoughts)

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The Grinch

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including the Grinch having a gig, end of the year thoughts, and more…

Here we go…

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Filed Under: Equipment, Practice, Riffs, Songs Tagged With: Christmas, learning guitar, Practice

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Riffs, The Competition Winner, and Beethoven)

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riffs

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including riffs, Beethoven, and more.

Here we go…

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Filed Under: Practice, Practice Techniques, Riffs Tagged With: Beethoven, Guitar riffs, Riffs

The Lord Voldemort of Guitar Playing (guitar riffs for the beginner)

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Recently, me and my son, Archie, sat down to watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

As you may or may not know, in Harry Potter there is a certain Lord Voldemort, an evil wizard capable of cruel and inhuman things.

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Halloween Guitar Spooktacular – 4 Easy Guitar Riffs To Scare Your Neighbours With!

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Welcome to this little Halloween Spooktacular of four fun classic Halloween riffs for the guitar. If you want to learn some scary (tongue in cheek!) Halloween guitar riffs, this is the place to be. Each one features a different and very useful technique that will help improve your guitar playing – especially if you are a beginner.

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Learn How To Play The James Bond Theme On Guitar

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Today we have a fun and exciting riff which is the James Bond theme. Last week I told you I have decided to update the top 50 riffs of all time and this one is definitely going in.

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An Upcoming Update On The Top 50 Riffs Of All Time

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One of my most popular posts on this blog is the Top 50 guitar riffs post which was released a few years ago. It is now getting a massive update and I want this to be the absolute best guitar riff list anywhere so you can have fun, enjoy the best sounding riffs and learn them in a progressive manner.

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50 legendary guitar riffs to take you from being a complete newbie to a killer guitar hero

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best guitar riffs for beginners

Led Zeppelin at a concert in Chicago, Illinois by Jim Summaria, licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

When I first started teaching guitar, I quickly realised that if you try to teach students a lot of chord based strumming songs, (which seems like the typical way to teach new students) they would find it difficult and get frustrated. I quickly realised a great way to motivate the student was to teach them riffs – particularly easy, classic riffs.

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Filed Under: Riffs, Technique Tagged With: Guitar riffs

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