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.
The 6 Deadliest Fingerpicking Mistakes (And a Fun Little Test)
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.
The “Spelling Bee” Game for Learning Notes on the Fretboard Faster
Your ideal guitar practice routine – How to get better at guitar with a super simple method of guitar practice
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If you have ever wanted a practice routine for your guitar playing, this is it. It is something I call the “To-do” list and it will help you learn how to get better at guitar and get better faster.
2 Super Simple Fingerpicking Exercises To Improve Your Fingerstyle Tone, Accuracy and Patterns
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A lot of guitarists can play a few fingerpicking songs and knock out some fingerstyle patterns but a lot don’t ever do any exercises for their fingerpicking hand. Yet, they wonder why they lack speed, dexterity and agility with their picking hand. This video, featuring two simple fingerpicking exercises will help you with this. [Read more…]
Free Podcast – The 6 Most Common Mistakes That 99% Of Beginner Guitarists Make (And How To Fix Them)
Happy new year! To celebrate the start of the new year and to help you with your guitar playing in 2019, I have created a very special podcast for all of my Guitar Domination subscribers. This podcast is going to be VERY important for many of you.
Learn my “Medium” difficulty fingerstyle arrangement of ‘Silent Night’ – with tab, chords and a video play-through
“Silent Night” is one of the most recognisable Christmas carols of all time, and in my opinion one of the most spiriting and emotional. Here we have the video of me playing it and the tab and chords below so you can learn it too!
Use the “5 x Rule” To Make Your Guitar Practice More Enjoyable, More Productive And Far Less Frustrating
Today, I want to share with you a really quick but incredibly powerful practice tip that will make learning anything on the guitar faster, more enjoyable, and far less frustrating for you. This is something I call the “5 X Rule” and it is something every single one of my students knows inside out. You should too.
Halloween Guitar Spooktacular – 4 Easy Guitar Riffs To Scare Your Neighbours With!
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.
Podcast #6 – The Importance Of Breathing To Reduce Tension And Allow You To Enjoy Your Guitar Playing More
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.