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Storytelling with Your Guitar

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Following on from last week’s post about Tommy Emmanuel, which a lot of you said you enjoyed, I wanted to give you some insight into the mindset of the guy.

On the surface, it might appear to be advice for those advanced players who can do loads of cool things on the guitar.

In reality though, this little tip is immensely powerful.

One of the things he says is that no matter how good you get, guitar playing is music and music is storytelling.

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Filed Under: Learning, Performing, Songwriting Tagged With: learning guitar, Songwriting

8 Reasons Why Using a Capo is Great for Your Guitar Playing

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When I was learning guitar, I was always told that using a capo is “for cheats and wimps” and stuff like that. The fact is if I would have started out using a capo, I would be a better guitarist for it now.

I would have learned more songs quicker; I would have jammed more, joined more bands sooner and got bitten by the guitar bug much sooner.

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Filed Under: Equipment, Songwriting Tagged With: capos, Changing keys, Chords, tone

How To Embellish A C Major Chord On The Guitar For Lush And Sweet Chord Extensions

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Filed Under: Chords, Songwriting Tagged With: chord extensions, chord melody, Embellisments, lead and rhythm

Songwriting 101: How To Write A Song Using `Chinese Whispers`

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Every now and then I will write a song, a riff or a melody that I like, play it through a few times, and then nod my head in approval, and say to myself:

“Yeah, man, that`s the sh*t” while pouting like a rock star, only to realize with horror that this little `masterpiece` I wrote sounds just like another song!

Duh, duh, durn!
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Filed Under: Songwriting, Videos Tagged With: Creativity, Originality, Plagarism, Songwriting

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