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Join the Guitar Domination community for free. It`s designed for those over 40, who are beginners and love to fingerpick and strum their acoustic guitars. If this is you, come join us and learn the 3 most important fingerpicking patterns ever...that will allow you to play 1000`s of songs.

3 Random Thoughts This Tuesday (Classical Guitar Position, Fear, and the Importance of Patterns)

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Here is another of the weekly posts with 3 thoughts about guitar, music, and life, including letting in fear, a question about the classical guitar playing position, and more.

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Filed Under: Classical Guitar position, Fingerpicking, Learning, Strumming Tagged With: classical position, classical posture, learning guitar, Strumming patterns

3 Random Thoughts This Tuesday (Some Strumming Tips, Music vs Politics, and Just Go for It)

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Here is another ‘beginning of the week’ post with 3 of my thoughts on guitar, music, and life, including tips for strumming guitar, thoughts on how music can bring people together, and more.

I hope you enjoy…

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Filed Under: Fingerpicking, Learning, Strumming Tagged With: Fingerstyle, Strumming

If You Have Ever Wanted to Learn Fingerstyle Blues…

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One of the toughest things I found about learning guitar was trying to get my head around fingerstyle blues.

 

Many years ago, I would watch various YouTube videos while trying to learn how to play this style.

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Filed Under: Blues, Learning, Strumming Tagged With: 12 bar blues, Blues, Fingerstyle, Strumming

Strum With Me If You Want to Live

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I’ve had a few of you ask about strumming exercises for guitar recently.

Just like Arnold Schwarzenegger said in Terminator 2, “Strum with me if you want to live”. Okay, he didn’t say exactly that, but for strumming success, give this a go…

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Filed Under: Practice, Practice Techniques, Strumming Tagged With: learning guitar, Practice Methods, Strumming

A Fun Little Guitar Challenge to Measure Your Guitar Skills

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Here’s a little test I want you to do.

It’s something I like to do with new students and also with current students every now and then.

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Filed Under: Chord Progressions, Learning, Strumming Tagged With: Chords, guitar challenge, Strumming, test

5 Strumming Mistakes to Avoid

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I had a good lesson yesterday with a fingerpicking student of mine who previously HATED strumming.

Recently, we have made some big breakthroughs with strumming, and now she is starting to love it much more.

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Filed Under: Strumming, Technique Tagged With: Learning, Strumming, Strumming patterns

6 Easy Ways To Adapt Your Favourite Guitar Strumming Patterns

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One of the most boring things a guitarist can do when playing a strumming song is to strum the song in the exact same way using the exact same strum pattern throughout.

In this post, you`ll learn how simple it is to methodically adapt the strum pattern and how it will give your strumming songs a massive new lease of life.

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Filed Under: Rhythm, Strumming Tagged With: `Ballad strum`, Cadd9, strum patterns, Upstrums

Reader Question: How do I do upstrums when strumming the guitar?

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Upstrums are very frustrating for all beginners. Not only do guitarists lack the technique, but they lack the tone and try to be way too precise. In this video, I share with you my secrets for up-strumming.

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Filed Under: Reader Question, Strumming, Videos Tagged With: Harp strumming, practicing, Rhythm Guitar, Upstrums

Podcast #4 – How To Supercharge Your Strumming Patterns

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Check out my latest podcast where I discuss a really simple way of making your strumming sound more interesting.

I discuss how you should vary your strumming patterns to supercharge your strumming songs, sound more musical and improve your sense of rhythm all at the same time.

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Filed Under: Podcast, Strumming Tagged With: Creativity, Rhythm Guitar, strum patterns, Strumming variations

Love Is A Losing Game Chords and Video Lesson – by Amy Winehouse

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`Love is a losing game` is a great tune with some fantastic sounding jazzy chord voicings and in the video, I show you how you can play the SAME chords in DIFFERENT ways to create some really cool sounds.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Songs, Strumming Tagged With: Amy Winehouse, Chord Progressions, Inspiration, Jazz, Major 7 chords

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