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5 Tips That Will Instantly Help You Improve Your Barre Chords

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Barre chords are one of the most infuriating parts of learning guitar for most beginners. Unfortunately, many guitarists really struggle with them and usually, this isn`t their fault but it is the way that barre chords are taught. Most teachers and resources out there teaching barre chords are really poor.

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Filed Under: Technique Tagged With: A minor barre chord, capo, Easy barre chords, Good technique

Podcast #6 – The Importance Of Breathing To Reduce Tension And Allow You To Enjoy Your Guitar Playing More

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In this podcast, I discuss one of the hidden killers of guitar playing progress and why it is so important you spend some time focusing on getting it right.

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Filed Under: Podcast, Technique Tagged With: beginner guitar, Breathing, motivation, posture

Guitar Calluses – How to Toughen Up Your Fingertips The Smart Way

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One of the biggest misconceptions about learning and improving your guitar skills is the myth about sore fingers. Many guitarists are told or taught that sore fingers equals progress and that it is, in fact, a sign you are doing things correctly. In this post, I’ll explain why that is nonsense — and what you should do instead.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Learning, Technique Tagged With: `Minimum Pressure Required`, Bad Habits, posture, Sore fingers

Guitar Posture – How To Sit With Your Guitar For Better Technique, More Comfort And Far Less Frustration (Part 2)

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In Part one of this series on how to sit with a guitar properly, I explained why good, solid and consistent posture is critical for you as a guitarist – mainly because good posture can save a huge amount of time and frustration.

In this part, we are getting right into the meat and potatoes of the series where I`ll show you what I have found to be by far the most optimal playing position for guitarists.

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Filed Under: Learning, Technique Tagged With: Classical, posture, sitting position, standing position, strap

Guitar Posture – How To Sit With Your Guitar For Better Technique, More Comfort And Far Less Frustration (Part 1)

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Many people have no idea how to actually sit with their guitar for the most optimal playing comfort, efficiency and technique. Some sit in a downright terrible way. This places a huge strain on their wrists, leads to their backs being hunched over and their guitar being placed at a weird angle.

In this two-part post, I`ll explain why it is essential that you start sitting in the proper manner, why most teachers get it wrong, and what you can learn from the sport of golf. Most importantly I`ll show you what I have found to be by far the most optimal playing position for guitarists.

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Filed Under: Learning, Technique Tagged With: classical position, posture, sitting, standing

Aural Training For Guitarists: 3 Quick Tips Taken From My `Guitar Tutor` Article

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Below is an article I recently wrote on the topic of aural training for Guitar Tutor magazine, published and released by RGT – the Registry of Guitar Tutors. I`m a member of the RGT and love getting this magazine in the post every 3 months as it features some wonderful insights, tips and tricks for teaching and playing the guitar.
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Filed Under: Aural Skills, Technique Tagged With: Aural Skills, ear training, Listening skills, Musicality, working songs out

5 Simple Tips On How To Make Your Basic Guitar Chords Sound Clearer

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If you are a novice guitarist or a frustrated beginner, then you are probably still experiencing some sort of unpleasant noise or lack of clarity when playing your basic guitar chords.

In this post, I`ll share with you five basic tips I give out to students on a daily basis to help them overcome this frustrating part of guitar playing.
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Filed Under: Chords, Technique Tagged With: Beginner technique, chord changes, Clear chords, Rhythm Guitar, Strumming patterns

Bouncing fingers – why it`s one of the worst guitar `techniques` around and how you can fix it

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One of the worst habits a guitarist can have (and one I used to be very guilty of committing myself) is the habit of `bouncing` their fingers off the fretboard. I talked about this briefly in my Ultimate Guide to Practicing Scales but want to expand upon this, as it is a very important subject. 

In this post, you will learn why `bouncing` your fingers can really hamper the way you play guitar, why fixing it will make a big difference to the accuracy of your playing and how to actually fix it.
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Filed Under: Practice, Technique Tagged With: Bouncing fingers, guitar habits, guitar techniques

The 3 things that really matter when you start playing music by ear

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I get asked a lot by students exactly how I work songs out for myself. That is, by not using any sort of tab, chord chart or YouTube video—nothing but my own hands and ears.

Often a student is really keen to learn this skill but they cannot believe it is something they can acquire. They see working songs out by ear as a mystical skill that only wizards such as Gandalf and Merlin could acquire (just imagine those two rocking the guitar!)

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Filed Under: Aural Skills, Technique Tagged With: Aural Skills, ear training, Listening skills, Music Theory, working songs out by ear

How To Have Fun Practicing Guitar The Modern Way

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A lot of my students know how to play quite a few songs. Some of those who have played for a while know anything upwards of 10 songs.

A while back, I noticed that some students would neglect to practice some songs so I got to the bottom of it and asked them why hadn’t they practiced these songs.

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Filed Under: Practice, Technique Tagged With: Recordings, Spotify, Streaming

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