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A New Student Shows How It’s Done

I got this great email the other day:

November 8, 2022 In Practice Tagged as beginner guitar guitar practice learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

A Simple Guitar Tip That Made Him Say “Wow”

I got this little comment on one of the pages in the 7-Day Transformation course the other day, which I thought I’d share with you:

September 27, 2021 In Practice Tagged as beginner guitar enjoying the journey learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Frodo’s Guitar Journey, Goals, and Jamming Made Easy)

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including Frodo’s guitar journey, setting goals, and more…

Here we go…

March 22, 2021 In Practice Songs Tagged as beginner guitar Beginner songs Fingerstyle Fingerstyle Arrangements Practice practicing songs songs By Dan Thorpe

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Beautiful Setlists, Fun Guitar Songs, and an Announcement)

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.

July 23, 2020 In Fingerpicking Technique Tagged as beginner guitar Beginner technique fingerpicking Fingerstyle By Dan Thorpe

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.

July 19, 2020 In Misc. Tagged as beginner guitar learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

The “Spelling Bee” Game for Learning Notes on the Fretboard Faster

Most of you know how important it is to eventually learn the notes on the fretboard, but most guitarists struggle with it.

Over the years, I have had some really good success with students here, mainly by using games, quizzes, and tests to help them learn it and remember it faster.

June 12, 2019 In Practice Videos Tagged as "To-do" list beginner guitar Fixing mistakes Improving Practice Methods By Dan Thorpe 4

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.

May 29, 2019 In Fingerpicking Technique Tagged as beginner guitar Fingerpicking Patterns Fingerstyle Picking hand By Dan Thorpe 5

2 Super Simple Fingerpicking Exercises To Improve Your Fingerstyle Tone, Accuracy and Patterns

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

January 2, 2019 In Podcast Tagged as beginner guitar Learning mistakes motivation By Dan Thorpe 2

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.

December 1, 2018 In Fingerpicking Songs Tagged as beginner guitar Christmas Fingerstyle Fingerstyle Arrangements Silent Night By Dan Thorpe 2

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!